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Liangzhi You

Liangzhi You is a Senior Research Fellow and theme leader in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on climate resilience, spatial data and analytics, agroecosystems, and agricultural science policy. Gridded crop production data of the world (SPAM) and the agricultural technology evaluation model (DREAM) are among his research contributions. 

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Fair prices elude (Daily Star)

December 30, 2019

The Daily Star (Bangladesh) reported on the cost of rice paddy and the effect it has on struggling farmers. Senior Research Fellow and Bangladesh Country Representative, Akhter Ahmed said, “It appears that falling price of Boro paddy hampers farmers’ wellbeing. But there had been major setback except for the price of Boro paddy. Overall, the outgoing year has not been too bad or too good.” He added that ensuring fair prices is vital.

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