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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.

Timothy Thomas

Timothy Thomas is a Senior Research Fellow in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. His research focuses on the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity. Tim’s work involves developing innovative methods for simulated climate futures and model coordination between climate, crop, water, energy, and economics.

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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.

Study: Children born at 5,000 feet or higher may be stunted in growth and development (MSN News US) 

August 25, 2020


MSN News US published a video (from CBS Denver, Colorado on the recent study, Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes published in the journal, Jama Pediatrics. The study found that children born at 5,000 feet or more above sea level are typically smaller at birth and more likely to remain stunted than those born at lower altitudes. Katie Johnston reports. Also, in CBS Denver, My Headlinez (the Netherlands).


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