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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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Government should provide direct subsidies to farmers (Financial Express)

June 04, 2016


The Financial Express‘ Sandip Das sat down with IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan to discuss agricultural commodoties in India. Fan also spoke on the sharp increase in the price of pulses and the future of GM crops. Read the full article on The FInancial Express’ website. 

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