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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.

Agricultural growth key to spur Ghana’s economic growth (Ghana Web)

October 09, 2019


Ghana Web published an op-ed by Xinshen Diao, Danielle Resnick, Peter Hazell and Shashidhara Kolavalli on their new book, Ghana Economic and Agricultural Transformation: Past Performance and Future Prospects. They stated agriculture offers several options for improving economic transformation but the viability of those options must be weighed carefully given past policies and investments. (Reach 2M). Republished at AllAfrica, My Joy Online, and Africa News.

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