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Ahmed Akhter

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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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Joseph Glauber on China’s agriculture (CGTN America) 

September 02, 2022


CGTN (China) produced a video on YouTube where reporter Gerald Tan talks to senior research fellow Joseph Glauber about China’s agriculture. Glauber said, “China is the largest importer of agricultural products. Not only did imports from the US go up, but also Brazil, European Union, and other suppliers. China has been a big engine for agricultural growth.” Are U.S. farmers still dependent on China? Glauber said, “One out of every four hectares planted in the U.S. goes to China. Also, corn is a big market, and we’ve seen a dramatic rise. Countries like Ukraine and Brazil will benefit from the amount of corn China is importing.” He also said, “Ukraine has provided corn to China and with those exports being diminished, China has had to find other sources of corn and other food grains. The U.S. has benefited.”  

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