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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.

Science: The new crown epidemic has caused continuous turbulence in the global food market (Qianzhan) 

August 05, 2020


Qianzhan published a brief announcement about the new Science magazine article COVID-19 risks to global food security by IFPRI researchers David Laborde, Will Martin, Johan Swinnen, and Rob Vos. This summary quotes Director General Johan Swinnen who said, “The most important impact of the epidemic on food security is that the decline in income it causes puts food supplies at risk. This is especially true for extremely poor people because they spend an average of 70% of their total income. is spent on food.” 

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