South AsiaIFPRI has had a long presence in South Asia, identifying ways to eliminate the deep-seated poverty in the region, exploring the impact of the Green Revolution, and undertaking major work on subsidies, trade, markets, nutrition, adoption of agricultural technology, and other issues critical for the region. Over the last few years, IFPRI has intensified its activities in South Asia, given the persistence of poverty in the region and the new opportunities and challenges it faces.
This renewed commitment is exemplified by IFPRI’s South Asia Initiative (an effort to bring together IFPRI staff and researchers and policymakers from the region in a more focused way) and by its South Asia office, opened in New Delhi this past March.
IFPRI was honored to have Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurate the New Delhi office. In conjunction with the inauguration, a technical seminar was co-organized by our Indian partners the Confederation of Indian Industry and the National Council of Applied Economic Research. After the seminars, the Board of Trustees held their annual meeting in New Delhi and Rajasthan. And following the Board meeting, country seminars were held in Bangladesh (with the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and Bangladesh Rice Foundation), in India (with the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation and XV Genetic Congress Trust), and in Pakistan (with Beaconhouse National University).
This booklet provides an overview of these exciting events along with some supplementary material on IFPRI’s activities and strategies in the region.
I especially want to thank the chair of the IFPRI Board of Trustees, Isher Judge Ahluwalia, for her guidance and support regarding the inaugural activities and IFPRI’s growing presence in South Asia, and Sartaj Aziz, M. S. Swaminathan, and M. Syeduzzaman for their leadership in the successful seminars in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, respectively.
IFPRI looks forward to a sustained and fruitful cooperation in South Asia, working alongside national, regional, and international partners to help the region achieve its enormous potential for economic growth, rural development, and improved food and nutrition security of the poor.
The proceedings are available for download in PDF format as an entire document or by chapter.
- Full Proceedings
- Table of Contents, Foreword
- Inauguration of IFPRI’s South Asia Office
- Indian Agriculture and Rural Development: Strategic Issues and Reform Options
- Agriculture in South Asia: Destined for a New Deal
- South Asia Seminar Proceeding Briefs
- New Delhi, India
- Lahore, Pakistan
- Chennai, India
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- IFPRI’s South Asia Initiative (box)
- Back Cover
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