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Who we are

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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What we do

Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

Where we work

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Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

Previous Global Hunger Index (GHI) Reports

2017 Global Hunger Index
The inequalities of hunger

2016 Global Hunger Index
Getting to zero hunger

2015 Global Hunger Index
Armed Conflict and the Challenge of Hunger

2014 Global Hunger Index
The challenge of hidden hunger

2013 Global Hunger Index
Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security

2012 Global Hunger Index
Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses

2011 Global Hunger Index
Taming price spikes and excessive food price volatility

2010 Global Hunger Index
Focus on the crisis of child undernutrition

2009 Global Hunger Index
Focus on financial crisis and gender inequality

2008 Global Hunger Index
The challenge of hunger 2008

2007 Global Hunger Index
The challenge of hunger 2007

2006 Global Hunger Index
Facts, determinants, and trends, Case studies in Afghanistan and Sierra Leone