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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 and Digital Green expand collaboration to test AI innovations for smallholder farmers

    November 12, 2025

    Building on years of joint research on digital extension, the collaboration will now focus on user testing of Digital Green’s FarmerChat application as part of IFPRI’s Generative AI for Agriculture (GAIA) initiative.


  • In the News

    Smartphones, women’s rights and coupons: new trends that can boost insurance for African farmers (The Conversation)

    November 11, 2025

    IFPRI’s Berber Kramer and Ruth Hill discuss how new, innovative forms of insurance could help insure farmers against weather shocks, and how South Africa’s G20 presidency can support these initiatives.


  • Press Release

    New study examines affordability and nutritional implications of the 2025 EAT–Lancet Commission diet

    November 05, 2025

    The study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, used IFPRI’s IMPACT model to assess how adopting the EAT-Lancet diet could affect calorie availability, share of income spent on food, nutrient availability, and food prices.


  • In the News

    Agricultural drones are taking off globally, saving farmers time and money (The Conversation)

    October 29, 2025

    Ben Belton (IFPRI/MSU) and Leo Baldiga (MSU) share findings from their new study published in ‘Science’ documenting a rapid growth of agricultural drones usage around the world.


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    In Memoriam: Dr. Elisabeth Sadoulet

    October 24, 2025

    IFPRI mourns the passing of Betty Sadoulet, a leading figure in development economics.


  • In the News

    Food prices are likely to remain high and volatile (Welternährung)

    October 23, 2025

    Rob Vos (Markets, Trade, and Institutions unit) explores the persistent volatility and inflation in global food prices.


  • In the News

    Agriculture Ministry and LIFAAS host generative AI workshop to strengthen extension services (Ministry of Agriculture, Liberia)

    October 06, 2025

    With support from IFPRI, the workshop brought together diverse stakeholders to explore how generative AI can close extension gaps and enhance the reach and impact of agricultural advisory services in Liberia.


  • In the News

    Saarc Agriculture Centre teams up with IFPRI for food, agriculture research (The Daily Star) 

    September 26, 2025

    The Saarc Agriculture Centre (SAC) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in food and agriculture research, policy analysis, and capacity building across South Asia, The Daily Star reported.  The MoU was signed on September 25 in New York on the sidelines of the […]


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    Raising PNG’s minimum wage to improve affordability of healthy diets (DevPolicy Blog) 

    September 24, 2025

    In a recent DevPolicy article, Kristi Mahrt and Emily Schmidt (IFPRI) examine how raising the minimum wage could improve the affordability of nutritious foods in Papua New Guinea (PNG).  Using the Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) indicator, they show that the price of a basic healthy diet in urban PNG increased from K7.70 in […]


  • Press Release

    SAARC Agriculture Centre and IFPRI sign MoU to strengthen food and agriculture cooperation in South Asia

    September 23, 2025

    The MoU was signed today by Secretary General of SAARC and Director General of IFPRI at the margins of the UN General Assembly this week in New York.