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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.

3 climate-resilient food solutions for smallholder farmers (Green Biz)

September 02, 2020


Green Biz published a blogpost about the hunger and climate crises exacerbated by COVID-19. According to IFPRI, climate change could depress global crop yields up to 30 percent by 2050, putting about 50 million more people at risk of undernourishment, Research Institute produced for the Global Commission on Adaptation. The global food system is under threat, and what we do now will determine whether millions more people go hungry. (Reach 64K) Republished in World Resources Institute 

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