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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.

ICO economic report: Life after COVID-19 (Global Coffee Review) 

June 27, 2020


Global Coffee Review published an article on why coronavirus has shocked the supply chain, how to build market resilience, and the next steps to recovery. A recently published report, Volatile coffee prices: Covid-19 and market fundamentals from the ICO and IFPRI has attributed the increased volatility to significant disruptions in the coffee supply chain, at least in the first months of the pandemic, as well as the impact on coffee consumption caused by the global spread of the virus. The next actions of ICO and IFPRI are to carry out surveys and additional analysis.

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