Ifpri Podcast

The Washington DC launch of The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh was held last Februrary 11, 2020 at IFPRI Headquarters, featuring presentations from Paul Dorosh, Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, IFPRI; Nicholas Minot, Deputy Division Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, IFPRI; Shahidur Rashid, Director, South Asia, IFPRI; and Xiaobo Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI, remarks from Loraine Ronchi, Practice Manager for South Asia, Food and Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank Group, and moderated by Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff, Director General's Office, IFPRI A rapid increase in aquaculture production in Bangladesh has lowered fish prices, increased protein consumption, and reduced poverty. The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh offers a valuable case study of how this transformation in the fish value chain has occurred and how it has improved the lives of both fish producers and fish consumers an