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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.

World food supplies are enough to feed everyone (Reason) 

June 18, 2022


Reason published an article stating that the world is on the verge of a global food crisis of unprecedented portions. If there’s enough food to go around, why has the global trend toward lower levels of hunger recently reversed? Senior research fellow David Laborde said, “As of today, the world has no global shortage of food, but food is quite expensive and people’s wages have not adjusted yet. The main issue is that we have problems moving this food around, either due to the war or export restrictions.” 

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