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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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Food secure future centers around India-Dubai collaboration (Times of India)

November 11, 2021


Times of India published an article stating that food secure future is an important issue not only for the UAE but also for India. IFPRI, in fact, warns that changing climate, growing global population rising food prices, and environmental stressors will have significant and uncertain impacts on food security in the coming decades. However, industry experts and policymakers believe that the UAE and India can up their collaborative efforts to tackle food security issues toward achieving food self-sufficiency. 

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