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Who we are

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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What we do

Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

Where we work

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Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

National Bureau of Economic Research Conference

Agricultural Markets and Trade Policy

April 30 to May 1, 2020

  • 9:00 – 5:00 pm (America/New_York)
  • 3:00 – 11:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 6:30 – 2:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in the National Bureau of Economic Research Conference (NBER) on April 30-May 1, 2020.

To promote research on economic issues that involve trade and the agricultural sector, the NBER, with the support of the Economic Research Service at USDA, will convene a research conference on “Agricultural Markets and Trade Policy.”

New empirical and theoretical research on the role of both intra- and international trade in agricultural markets, the links between trade policy and pricing and production decisions in the agricultural sector, and the role of agriculture in current trade flows, will be discussed.

Modeling the Impacts of Agricultural Support Policies on Emissions from Agriculture (April 30 –- 3:40pm – 4:20pm) (Presentation)