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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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Food panic recedes for now as nations row back export curbs (BNN Bloomberg)

May 12, 2020


BNN Bloomberg reported on export restrictions. Of at least 17 countries that sought to limit food exports to protect local supplies, about half have backtracked all or some of the measures, according to the COVID-19 Food Trade Policy Tracker. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber said, “We hope that we have seen the end of export restrictions,” Glauber said by email. “But people will be watching countries such as Russia to see whether the current quota and restrictions are extended into the new crop year.” (Reach K) Republished in Bloomberg Quint (India), Bloomberg LawYahoo Finanzen DeutschlandMSN PhilippinesUOL Economia (Brazil),  Yahoo CanadaBloombergtHt (Turkey), American Journal of Transportation (AJOT), Business Mirror (Philippines), and several other major international media outlets. 

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