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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.

Why World Hunger Isn’t Going Away As Fast As We’d Hoped (NPR)

October 17, 2017


NPR’s Morning Edition ran a feature on the Global Hunger Index 2017, recently launched by IFPRI. The news outlet interviewed IFPRI’s Markets, Trade and Institutions’ director, Rob Vos, who explained that despite a drop in the global hunger levels, quite a few countries are at serious risk of hunger or alarming states of hunger. “If we don’t do a lot more then this, goal of ending hunger will not be met,” Vos added. 


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