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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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  • In the News

    Ethiopian Economy Grows, but Diets Are Still Poor (News Deeply)

    March 02, 2018

    News Deeply published an op-ed by IFPRI's Bart Minten and Kalle Hirvonen, on the challenges of malnutrition in Ethiopia.


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    India seeks to double the income of its farmers (Lok Sabha)

    March 02, 2018

    India's Lok Sabha TV (live) featured IFPRI-South Asia director P.K. Joshi for a discussion on  doubling the income of farmers.

     


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    Innovate to increase the incomes of rural farmers (Mint)

    March 01, 2018

    India's Mint published an op-ed by IFPRI's P. K. Joshi that outlines the practical applications of innovation for improved incomes and sustainable development.


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    Tewodaj Mogues selected as the Foreign Policy Interrupted Fellow 2018

    March 01, 2018

    IFPRI's Tewodaj Mogues is among 7 women to be inducted into the Program designed to empower women & diversify foreign policy perspectives.


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    Corporate America’s new dilemma: raising prices to cover higher transport costs (Reuters)

    February 28, 2018

    Reuters published an article which featured IFPRI’s Joe Glauber for his comments on the impact of rising transportation costs on consumer prices.


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    Ghana’s Style Of Politics Threatens Cocoa Sector (Modern Day Ghana)

    February 28, 2018

    Modern Day Ghana published an article which featured IFPRI’s new book, The Cocoa Coast, and comments from its co-author Shashidhara Kolavalli.


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    The Silicon Valley food start-up thinks it can cure malnutrition in Africa (Washington Post)

    February 28, 2018

    The Washington Post published an article in which IFPRI’s Marie Ruel commented on the effectiveness of a new product, fortified cassava porridge, purportedly designed as “a solution to addressing West African Malnutrition”.


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    BOOK RELEASE: The Cocoa Coast: The Board-Managed Cocoa Sector in Ghana

    February 22, 2018

    Accra, Ghana—The doubling of cocoa production since 2000 and rising farmer incomes have marked a transformation in Ghana’s cocoa sector. Increased share of export prices, investments in improving productivity and centralized marketing helped Ghana increase production and significantly improve the living conditions of producers during the past decade, according to a new book analyzing the […]


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    We need to involve more women in the agricultural sciences (Devex)

    February 15, 2018

    More women and girls should be included in agricultural research in Africa, says a Devex op-ed citing Nienke Beintema's study. 


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    Higher crop support prices cheer farmers (Financial Express)

    February 10, 2018

    Indian agriculture deserves serious attention, writes PK Joshi in a newspaper op-ed.