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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.

By 2050, Feeding additional 2 billion people will require $10 trillion, says World Bank Chief

October 04, 2021


The News Chronicle published an article stating that in the next 29 years, the world will require $10 trillion, a colossal amount that cannot be easily measured with the current state of the naira, Nigeria’s currency, to feed an additional two billion people. How we finance food systems – from both public and private sources of capital – may be the ultimate game-changer since financing is both a driver of food system inefficiencies and an essential ingredient to their transformation. ‘’As part of the UN Summit, the World Bank collaborated with IFPRI, and the Food and Land Use Coalition, to rethink the way food systems are financed. Together we identified five ‘food finance imperatives’ which could unlock $4.5 trillion in new business opportunities every year.


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