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Policies are needed to improve South Asia’s trade in livestock, specifically in meat and dairy products.
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Lessons from pandemic offer an opportunity to integrate food systems transformation to the overall development strategies
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An assessment of the data availability to track progress on nutrition actions across South Asian countries.
Research Posts
IFPRI's South Asia Office, in collaboration with the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) and others, examine the alignment of national nutrition policies and programs with global recommendations, and assess the availability of data to track progress on nutrition actions across the eight South Asian countries
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Rather than using a ban, steps could have been made to incentivise farmers to adopt safety practices including excess usage.
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Co-Organized by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) South Asia, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and Trust for Advancement
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The covid-19 blog series will provide a platform for the researchers, policy makers, and civil society leaders to share their insights and analysis of the impacts and policy responses to COVID-19 pandemic at the national and regional levels. 
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The government of Sri Lanka implemented stringent curfew to contain the spread of COVID-19, which disrupted many economic activities. Jeevika Weerahewa, Dilini Hemachandra and Devesh Roy look at the agri-food policy responses including trade regulations, marketing interventions, production and income support programs [Read More...]
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy of Sri Lanka like anywhere else in the world will be