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With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

David Spielman

David Spielman is the director of IFPRI’s Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit and has been with the institute since 2004. His research agenda covers a range of topics including agriculture and rural development policy; agricultural science, technology, and innovation; plant genetic resources and seed systems; agricultural extension and advisory services; and community-driven rural development.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

Improving evidence for better policy making in Ethiopia’s livestock sector

Co-Organized by IFPRI, EIAR, and PSI

June 24, 2020

  • 3:00 – 5:30 pm (Africa/Nairobi)
  • 8:00 – 10:30 am (US/Eastern)
  • 5:30 – 8:00 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

In collaboration with the Livestock Systems Innovation Lab (LSIL), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has been doing collaborative work over the last 3 years with the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) and Policy Studies Institute (PSI) to study the livestock sector in Ethiopia. Analysis has been done on the consumption and markets of livestock and animal sourced foods (ASF) and on the functioning of the dairy value chain supplying the city of Addis Ababa. Highlights of this research will be presented during the webinar.