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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.

Prof. John Perkins vouches for replacement of Fossil Fuel with Renewable Energy (Kashmir News Service) 

October 18, 2022


Kashmir News Service published an article about SKUAST-J’s International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture. Senior research fellow and Senior Director for Food & Nutrition Policy, Purnima Menon was one of the keynote speakers. Menon and her colleagues said a collaborative approach is in need of holistic development and nutritional security and those should be the top priorities of every nation. Menon added, “Millets can play a vital role in addressing malnutrition problems but it should be worked along with cereals and not in isolation.” 

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