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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.

Corona has created a food security crisis in the world (IRNA)

April 06, 2021


Islamic Republic News Agency published an article stating that CSIS has analyzed the consequences of the global corona epidemic and food security in countries around the world. More than a year ago, IFPRI, in the book COVID-19 and Global Food Security, warned for the first time that if proper measures were not taken, Covid-19 could lead to a food security crisis. Today, with the rapid growth of the virus in the world, about 100 million people with coronary heart disease and 2 million deaths due to this disease have been registered. Meanwhile, at least four countries, Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria, and Burkina Faso are facing famine and 13 other countries are close to their status. As a result, the UN Secretary-General has set up an excellent working group to prevent famine.

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