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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.

How changing climate is affecting Bangladeshis (International Policy Digest) 

October 09, 2022


International Policy Digest published an article stating that Bangladesh, the largest delta in the world, is a highly vulnerable country owing to climate change. According to a study by IFPRI and The Ohio State University, Chittagong and Khulna districts are more likely to experience the greatest within-district extra-added flow of migrants, estimated between 15,000 and 30,000 migrants annually. Those who are losing their homes, fisheries, and cultivable land are dealing with a significant challenge to their daily livelihoods. The impacts of climate change will not appear only in the future; many people are already experiencing its consequences. About 80 percent of the land in the country floods during the monsoon season because most of it is low and flat. Due to the massive river water increase during this season, the frequency of riverbank erosion also increases. 

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