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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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Sub-Sahara children at most risk of starving to death, charity warns (Church Times)

September 12, 2020


Church Times (United Kingdom) published an article on hunger and malnutrition specifically in children South of the Sahara. The article quoted IFPRI and its prediction that that food poverty will grow dramatically across the globe in 2020. Sub-Saharan African will be one of the hardest hit, with a 23 percent increase in those classed as falling into extreme poverty: a rise of 80 million people. By 2030, it is predicted that an estimated 433 million people will be malnourished across Africa. (see blogpost, Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads) . Republished in Transit Magasin,ePressi (Finland)

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