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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the leading international think-tank on food and nutrition policy issues, offers guidance to policymakers, journalists, and smallholder farmers throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America on a broad range of topics, from agricultural trade to zinc deficiency. IFPRI has about 100 research scientists-including many world-renown experts in their fields-that can speak about a wide variety of complex issues related to sustainable development and hunger and poverty alleviation. Many of our researchers also have regional or country-specific expertise.

To set up an interview with one of our staff experts, please contact:

• Michael Rubinstein +1 (202) 862-5670 or m.rubinstein@cgiar.org
• Michele Pietrowski +1 (202) 862-4630 or m.pietrowski@cgiar.org
• Veronica O'Connor +1 (312) 235-2856 or v.oconnor@cgiar.org

Here is a partial list of topics IFPRI experts can address (as related to developing countries):

AGRICULTURE Agribusiness Avian influenza Biodiversity & genetic resources Gene banks High-value agriculture Livestock Smallholder farming Subsidies Success stories BIOTECHNOLOGY Benefits and risks Biosafety GMOs and trade Golden rice Intellectual property rights Research in the pipeline DEVELOPMENT AID Food aid and cash transfers Foreign aid and emergency relief from US, other countries DISASTER PREVENTION AND RECOVERY Famine prevention Food aid Hunger and conflict Natural disasters Post-conflict recovery

GENDER/WOMEN'S ISSUES Empowerment of women Female education Nutrition & gender Property rights and inheritance laws Women & development MARKETS AND TRADE, WTO Agricultural trade Global and regional trade Impact of subsidies/protectionism Improving access to markets WTO & trade negotiations, Doha Round NUTRITION AND HEALTH Agriculture & health Breeding crops for better nutrition Child malnutrition Extent of malnutrition Food for education/school feeding HIV/AIDS links with agriculture, food and nutrition Improving diet quality & health Obesity PROPERTY RIGHTS Individual & collective land rights Intellectual property rights Water rights

PUBLIC POLICY AND INVESTMENT Capacity strengthening Governance Impact of public spending Promoting growth & poverty alleviation Public-private partnerships Social safety nets SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Biofuels GPS mapping Green revolution Information & communications technology WATER Irrigation and rainfed agriculture Privatization Resources, allocation, scarcity Water rights Water safety WORLD FOOD SITUATION Current world food situation Future world food outlook Global and regional trends