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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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Mid-day meals linked to improved growth in children, says study (Logical Indian)

July 14, 2021


The Logical Indian published an article on findings of the IFPRI study, Intergenerational nutrition benefits of India’s national school feeding program. The findings show that investments made in school meals in previous decades were associated with improvements in future child linear growth. Suman Chakrabarti stated, “Findings suggest that intervening during primary school years can make important contributions to future child stunting, particularly given the cumulative exposure that possible through school feeding programs.”

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