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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.

Timothy Thomas

Timothy Thomas is a Senior Research Fellow in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. His research focuses on the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity. Tim’s work involves developing innovative methods for simulated climate futures and model coordination between climate, crop, water, energy, and economics.

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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.

Russia brands Ukrainian steel plant defenders terrorists (Washington Post) 

August 02, 2022


Washington Post published an article that quoted senior research fellow David Laborde, who said only 6 million tons of grain stuck in Ukraine is wheat, and just half of that is for human consumption. “Monday’s shipload is actually chicken feed. A few ships leaving Ukraine is not going to be a game changer,” he said. The departure of the ship came against a backdrop of continued fighting, especially in southern and eastern Ukraine. Republished in Associated Press,  Los Angeles Times, US News & World Report, Detroit News, Daily Nonpareil, KLTV (Texas),  KY3 (Missouri). 


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