This brochure highlights some of IFPRI’s major projects in Bangladesh during the past few decades and describes major new initiatives with the potential to positively influence food and nutrition security policies that benefit the poorest. Bangladesh has made enormous progress in food and nutrition security, food production, market development, employment growth, and social protection programs >> Read more
Marketing of Multiple Micronutrient Powders in Bangladesh
MOTIVATION Micronutrient malnutrition—or, “hidden hunger”—is a chronic lack of vitamins and minerals that can lead to severe physical and mental health problems, especially when it afflicts children who are still growing. Dietary supplements called multiple micronutrient powders can add valuable nutrients to food and potentially prevent iron-deficiency anemia in infants and young children. But, even >> Read more
