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Ahmed Akhter

Akhter Ahmed

Akhter Ahmed is a Senior Research Fellow in the IFPRI’s Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit and Country Representative for IFPRI Bangladesh. He has worked on strategies for agricultural and rural development, social protection, and women’s empowerment to reduce poverty, food insecurity, and undernutrition in developing countries including Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Malawi, the Philippines, and Turkey.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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COVID-19: Poor hit as ration shops run out of grains in Chitrakoot  (Down to Earth)

April 21, 2020


Down To Earth (India) wrote an article about grain shortages in Chitrakoot, India. The blog post, How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown was quoted, “COVID-19 exposes a harsh reality: An inadequate and uneven safety net may leave many from these economically vulnerable groups without access to food and other services.” Republished in Daily Hunt (India) 

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