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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.

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  • Press Release

    IFPRI welcomes four new members to its Board of Trustees

    November 04, 2026

    José Campos (Costa Rica), Eleni Gabre-Madhin (Ethiopia), Simi Kamal (Pakistan), and Purvi Mehta (India) join the Institute’s BoT.


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    How the world’s wheat is being sown in German fields (GIZ)

    November 04, 2026

    In an interview with GIZ, IFPRI’s Ruth Hill explains how Germany’s support for CGIAR research pays off at home as well as in the Global South.


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    New Global Coalition Calls for Action as Funding for Critical Food and Nutrition Security Data Systems Declines

    October 22, 2026

    With a historic El Niño intensifying and global fertilizer supplies disrupted by conflict in the Middle East, the new Intentional Data Community for Food and Nutrition Security aims to help the world anticipate and prevent food and nutrition crises.


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    Debt burden grows for rural poor (The Daily Star)

    October 13, 2026

    A Daily Star (Bangladesh) article highlights findings from studies presented at a workshop organized by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and IFPRI.


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    CAST names Joseph Glauber 2026 recipient of the CAST Lifetime Achievement Award

    October 06, 2026

    IFPRI research fellow emeritus honored for more than four decades of analysis and communication on agricultural markets, trade and food security; award to be presented Dec. 10 at the Library of Congress.


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    From fields to markets: The cost of climate shocks drives up food prices (Al Jazeera)

    October 02, 2026

    IFPRI’s Rob Vos explains that high food prices will remain a threat as the effects of climate change continue, particularly through rising temperatures and their impact on agricultural production in many parts of the world.


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    Fixing fertilizer supply chains won’t be enough, experts warn (Devex)

    October 02, 2026

    Devex cited IFPRI research in this article on plans from leading multilateral development banks to strengthen fertilizer supply chains disrupted by the Strait of Hormuz closure.


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    IFPRI researcher’s paper featured among influential articles on family economics

    September 30, 2026

    A paper coauthored by IFPRI Research Fellow Mehrab Bakhtiar was selected for The Economic Journal’s new Family Economics virtual issue.


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    Food Loss and Waste Awareness Day: Nutrient-dense foods lost first, driving hidden hunger (Nutrition Insight)

    September 29, 2026

    Nutrition Insight quoted Alan de Brauw, senior research fellow at IFPRI, in this article on the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.


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    Steven Were Omamo elected President of the African Association of Agricultural Economists

    September 25, 2026

    Omamo was elected during the 8th African Conference of Agricultural Economists (ACAE), taking place September 22–25 in Nairobi, Kenya.