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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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ACH develops a system with artificial intelligence to fight climate change in the Sahel (Siglo XXI)

October 24, 2020

Diario Siglo XXI (Italy) published an article on the Action Against Hunger, an NGO that has developed an early warning system that combines high-resolution satellite images and artificial intelligence to combat the effects of climate change in the Sahel region. ACH used data from IFPRI that showed that the climate crisis will increase the number of malnourished children in the world by 25 million by the year 2050 if not action is taken to avoid it. Republished in CE Noticias Financieras English. 

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