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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.

Worst drought in 16 years threatens food supplies in North Korea – UN (Reuters)

July 21, 2017


The Thomson Reuters Foundation published an article on food security in North Korea, which highlighted the Global Hunger Index. The country is facing severe food shortages because of an extreme drought. The article cites the GHI findings that in 2016 two in every five people in North Korea were undernourished. The article ran in 17 other publications including major outlets such as The Irish Times, MSN, UK’s The Daily Mail, The Sydney Morning Herald, and CGTN

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