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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.

9.06 Crore Indians to go hungry by 2030 due to climate change: Study (The Quint) 

May 14, 2022


The Quint (India) published an article on the report launch of the 2022 Global Food Policy Report. According to the Report, the average temperature is predicted to rise in the range of 2.4 degrees Celsius to 4.4 degrees Celsius by 2100. The study also showed that nearly 23 percent more Indians are at risk of hunger by 2030 due to a fall in agricultural production and disruption in food supply chains; India’s food production could drop by 16 percent and the number of those at risk of hunger could increase by 23 percent by 2030 due to climate change. 


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