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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.

Food security at risk as prices soar (Bloomberg) 

November 06, 2022


In a video interview with Bloomberg’s Daybreak Asia, IFPRI’s senior research fellow Joseph Glauber discusses the impacts of the Ukraine War, the Black Sea Grain Agreement, and climate change on global food prices. “The world needs more wheat and other commodities. Unfortunately, because markets are so tight, and because of all the recent climatic events, we haven’t been able to replenish global stocks,” says Glauber.


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