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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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Over 15 lakh children below five years suffer from malnutrition in J&K: NITI Aayog (Kassmir Monitor) 

October 13, 2021

Kasmir Monitor published an article on the new A NITI Aayog report which has revealed that over 15 lakh children below the age of five are suffering from acute malnutrition-related ailments including stunted growth in Jammu and Kashmir. The study was conducted in collaboration with IFPRI, the Indian Institute of Population Sciences, UNICEF, and the Institute of Economic Growth. Doctors claim that the lack of awareness is the main cause behind increasing malnutrition-related diseases in J&K. 

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