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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.

2018 Global Food Policy Report – Rome, Italy

Co-Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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FAO HQ, Sheikh Zayed Centre

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla

Roma, Italy

May 8, 2018

  • 12:00 – 1:00 pm (Europe/Rome)
  • 6:00 – 7:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 3:30 – 4:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

Speakers

Moderator

  • Kostas Stamoulis, Assistant Director General for Economic and Social Development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

 

At the launch of the Report in Rome (a global launch of the report took place on March 20, 2018, in Washington D.C.), the key messages of the report and their relevance to today’s policy agenda will be highlighted by both the FAO Director-General and the IFPRI Director-General.

 

This will be followed by a moderated discussion where the audience will have the opportunity to comment and ask questions on the relevance of the report’s findings.

 

The audience will comprise permanent representatives to the Rome-based agencies, staff and experts of FAO, IFAD and WFP, and other international organizations present in Rome.