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Ahmed Akhter

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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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Eric Opoku wants gov’t to address poultry feed challenges (Prime News Ghana)

July 16, 2021

Prime News Ghana reported that the Ranking Member on the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee in Parliament, Eric Opoku, wants the government to immediately address challenges poultry farmers are currently facing with regard to access to feed for their chicken. According to an IFPRI study on the poultry feed sector, maize accounted for 60 percent of poultry feed. Thus, its availability and price have implications for the profitability and growth potential of the industry. Also published in Citi Business News (Ghana).

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