Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Thursday emphasised the need to address the ongoing pressure of inflation on safety net programmes.

Such programmes include vulnerable group feeding, food for education, cash transfers for vulnerable people, and others.

IFPRI announced plans to conduct research on the inflationary impacts on these critical programmes during a press conference held at a hotel in the capital.

The event marked the institute's 50th anniversary, celebrating its decades of impactful work and reaffirming its commitment to evidence-based policymaking in Bangladesh.

Dr Akhter Ahmed, IFPRI country representative for Bangladesh; Dr Dan Gilligan, director of IFPRI's Poverty, Gender, and In...