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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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Raising Ghana’s land productivity can transform economy, boost incomes – Report (MyJoyOnline)

December 08, 2019


MyJoyOnline (Ghana) reported on key findings in the book, Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation: Past Performance and Future Prospects, co-edited by IFPRI Senior Researcher Fellows Danielle Resnick and Xinshen Diao; and independent researchers, Peter Hazell and Shashidhara Kolavalli. Resnick stated, “In order for the Ghanaian government and other African countries to harness the transformative potential of agriculture, more effort will be needed to strengthen relationships with business and target scarce resources to selected value chains with the greatest growth and employment potential.” 

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