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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.

Danielle Resnick

Danielle Resnick is a Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit and a Non-Resident Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution. Her research focuses on the political economy of agricultural policy and food systems, governance, and democratization, drawing on extensive fieldwork and policy engagement across Africa and South Asia.

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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.

‘Instead of coronavirus, the hunger will kill us.’ A global food crisis looms (New York Times) 

April 22, 2020


The New York Times reported on the global food crisis, a result of the COVID-19 health crisis. Director General Johan Swinnen, stated that there is no shortage of food globally, or mass starvation from the pandemic — yet. But logistical problems in planting, harvesting and transporting food will leave poor countries exposed in the coming months, especially those reliant on imports. 

Republished in several major international outlets including MSN South AfricaMSN DenmarkMSN CanadaMoney ControlNews 18ACQ5 MagazineNew Express News (India), Sepe (Greece), One News Page (US), Sri Lanka Two, Gulf News, MENA English, The New Nation (Bangladesh), Uma (in) certa antropologia (Brazil), New York Times (Live Coronavirus Outbreak Updates – “Economic Chaos Fuels Hunger and Strongmen), Clarin (Argentina), NSC Total (Brazil), Keep the Faith.