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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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Farmers left to jockey for bite of rescue funds (Yahoo News) 

April 10, 2020


Yahoo News reported on how USDA is trying to allocate funds to farmers from the latest stimulus package. The calculations based on similar calculations from the previous subsidies might be trickier based on the impact from COVID-19. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber commented, “I am not sure how you would separate out price impacts from COVID versus other market factors.” Republished in Politico.

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