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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

    Iran war forces farmers to seek fertilizer alternatives from cow dung to compost (AP)

    May 31, 2026

    AP quotes IFPRI: “The Gulf region produces 30% of globally traded chemical fertilizer, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute, and global prices have increased by 50%, according to the World Bank’s fertilizer price index.” Read more


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    Fertilizer prices are skyrocketing. Here’s why (Think Landscape)

    May 19, 2026

    IFPRI’s Rob Vos is cited saying that South and Southeast Asian countries could be heavily impacted by the current fertilizer price shock.


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    “Hidden hunger”: Climate crisis reduces nutrients in food and widens global inequalities (O Globo)

    May 18, 2026

    Brazil’s O Globo interviewed IFPRI’s Timothy Sulser for the article examining how rising atmospheric CO₂ levels are reducing the nutritional quality of staple crops.


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    Anti-poverty program is effective even in one of the world’s toughest settings (NPR)

    May 04, 2026

    Research shows that the “graduation” anti-poverty approach can be effective even in world’s hardest humanitarian contexts. NPR interviews IFPRI’s Jessica Leight, co-author of the study.


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    Earth Day 2026: Agroecology and micronutrient supplements power food sovereignty (Nutrition Insight)

    April 22, 2026

    The article features recent IFPRI research on combining agriculture programs with micronutrient supplementation, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and behavior change interventions.


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    Devex Dish: Shock to the system (Devex)

    April 15, 2026

    Devex quoted Johan Swinnen, IFPRI Director General, in the April 15 edition of Devex Dish: “The war represents the third major shock for the global food system in just six years, following the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. These shocks — and their frequency — highlight how important it is for countries to diversify where they […]


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    New IFPRI book documents the impacts of Sudan’s conflict and identifies evidence‑based pathways to recovery

    April 14, 2026

    The book is being launched today in Cairo on the opening day of the conference “Three Years of Conflict: What the Evidence Tells Us and What Recovery Requires.”


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    Could the Iran war pose lasting risks to global food security? (Al Jazeera)

    April 12, 2026

    Avinash Kishore, IFPRI senior research fellow in New Delhi, was interviewed for the Al Jazeera’s “Inside Story” program on the Iran war risks to global food security.


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    Geopolitical conflict-driven food fallout calls for agroecology solutions (Rural21)

    April 10, 2026

    CGIAR colleagues Lulseged Tamene, Jonathan Mockshell, and Francisco Hidalgo together with IFPRI’s Ryan Nehring and Wei Zhang call for a shift towards a holistic approach to environmental, social and economic sustainability.


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    The Iran war’s agriculture shock isn’t over yet (Foreign Policy)

    April 10, 2026

    Foreign Policy quotes IFPRI’s Joseph Glauber who notes that energy inputs are built into food costs at nearly every step, from production and processing through transportation and retail.