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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.

‘Unprecedented food crisis, catastrophic if world doesn’t act fast’ (Times of India) 

June 27, 2022


Times of India published an article stating that the world’s richest countries will be meeting at the G7 summit. Climate change has been adversely affecting global food security, water, and hunger.  IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report has warned about climate change pushing more Indians into hunger by 2030 due to a dip in agricultural production and food supply chain disruption. 

  

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