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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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US farmers in line for record $37bn in government handouts this year (Financial Times)

September 03, 2020


Financial Times reported that farmers in the US are in line for record handouts from Washington this year, sparking accusations that Donald Trump is trying to buy the agricultural vote ahead of the November election. China’s imports of farm goods covered by the trade deal were $7.bn at the end of July. Still Beijing and Washington reached a truce in January that included commitments from China to purchase $12.5bn worth of extra farm goods. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber said, “sales of US farm goods to China were on track to return to 2017 levels this year.”  

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