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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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Perdue Meeting on Agriculture a Prelude to Nafta Renegotiation (Bloomberg)

June 20, 2017


IFPRI senior research fellow Joseph Glauber was quoted in a story from Bloomberg about possible Nafta renegotiation. Dr. Glauber emphasized that Nafta is widely seen as a success in agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will meet with Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Mexican Agriculture Secretary Jose Calzada this summer.

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