Mohammad JabbarMohammad Jabbar is a well-known agricultural economist, professor of economic theory and development policy, and gender, agriculture, and development researcher. After achieving bachelor and master of science degrees in agricultural economics in Bangadesh, he went on to achieve his doctoral degree in the same discipline in the UK. Having built up considerable knowledge in economic theory, development economics, and their relationship with both gender and agriculture throughout his career as a student, Jabbar went on to teach economic development and agricultural policy to both undergraduate and postgraduate students for nearly twenty years. After this, he entered an equally long and fruitful career working at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), a centre of CGIAR (the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research), where he was involved in an extensive list of projects related to farming systems, resource management, land tenure, livestock economics and policy, gender and food security, and more. Though this is his first book, he has authored 83 peer reviewed journal articles and 182 other publications covering a wide range of topics related to agriculture, food policy and livestock development in Asia and Africa. Since his retirement from the ILRI in 2007, he has been living in Dhaka with his wife, Sultana.

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