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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.

Beyond COVID-19: Recommendations from Five Years of Policy Research in Egypt and Directions for the Future

December 8, 2020

  • 2:00 – 4:00 pm (Africa/Cairo)
  • 7:00 – 9:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 5:30 – 7:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

The event presents key findings and policy recommendations based on research and capacity building activities conducted by IFPRI and its Egyptian partners under the USAID-funded Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity (EIBC) project. It informs Egypt’s post-COVID-19 development agenda, presents a digital monitoring tool (MAP Egypt) and identifies directions for future policy research collaborations.

This virtual policy research symposium focuses on three areas:

• Promoting food system transformation and resilience post-COVID 19

• Digitalization of agricultural services and policy analysis

• Agriculture and social protection for improving health and nutrition