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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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Most Argentines ate poorly during the pandemic (Rio Negro)

January 01, 2021


Rio Negro (Argentina) published an article on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected nutrition.  The article discussed findings from an IFPRI paper, Reflections on Argentina’s food-nutritional policies, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic that presented worrying data–a study based on surveys was carried out with 3,500 people, and it was shown that 70 percent reported a poor-quality diet during these months.

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