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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.

FIPP Outputs

Articles

Books

Book Chapters

  • Jordan, David; Brandenburg, Rick; Payne, Gary; Hoisington, David; Magnan, Nick; Hoffmann, Vivian; et al. 2018. Preventing mycotoxin contamination in groundnut cultivation. In Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes, volume 2: Improving cultivation of particular grain legumes, eds. Shoba Sivasankar, James Kelly, John Ojiem; Sushil Chaturvedi, and Paul Kimurto. Part 1: Cultivation of common beans, lentils, soybeans and groundnuts, Chapter 9. Cambridge, UK: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited.
  • Joshi, Pramod Kumar; Roy, Devesh; and Sonkar, Vinay Kuma;. 2017. Elements of agriculture value chain financing: A review. In Financing agriculture value chains in India: Challenges and opportunities, eds. Gyanendra Mani, Pramod Kumar Joshi, and M.V. Ashok. Part 1: Agriculture value chain financing: Theoretical framework, Chapter 2, pp. 15-32. Singapore: Springer.
  • Dorosh, Paul A.; Schmidt, Emily; and Thurlow, James. 2016. Agricultural growth, poverty, and the rural nonfarm economy: A spatial economy-wide analysis. In Agriculture and the rural economy in Pakistan: Issues, outlooks, and policy priorities. Spielman, David J.; Malik, Sohail Jehangir; Dorosh, Paul A.; and Ahmad, Nuzhat (Eds.). Chapter 12. Pp. 475-504. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press on behalf of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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