IFPRI
AT A GLANCE
I N N E R N N T I O O N L LF O O O DP O O I C Y YR E S E A R C H HI N N T I T U U E E
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CHALLENGES to the Developing World Today
5.36 billion people live in developing countries
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970 million people live on less than US$1 a day
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162 million ultra poor live on less than US 50 cents a day
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820 million people go hungry every day
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CHALLENGES to the Developing World Today
854 million people in developing and transitional countries
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are undernourished
Over a third of all child deaths are caused by undernutrition
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143 million children under 5 are underweight
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More than 1 billion people lack access to safe water
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TRENDS and DRIVING FORCES
Globalization, trade liberalization, and rapid urbanization
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Income growth and surging demand for food, feed, biofuel
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Rising food and energy prices
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Climate change, water scarcity, environmental degradation
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Health and nutrition crises, including AIDS, avian influenza
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TRENDS and DRIVING FORCES
Technological and structural changes affecting farming
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Exclusion and discrimination of women, minorities,
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and other disadvantaged groups
Ultra poverty and hunger, especially in Sub-Saharan
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Africa and rural areas
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IFPRI is one of 15 CGIAR research centers
ICARDA
ICRISAT
Agriculture in the dry areas
Aleppo, Syria Semi-arid tropical
IFPRI agriculture
Bioversity
Food policy Patancheru, India
Washington, D.C., USA Agricultural biodiversity
Rome, Italy
Africa Rice Center
WorldFish
Rice in West Africa
CIMMYT Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire Penang, Malaysia
Maize and wheat
Mexico City, Mexico
IRRI
CIAT Rice
Tropical agriculture
Los Baños, Philippines
Cali, Colombia
IITA
CIP CIFOR
ILRI IWMI
Tropical agriculture
Roots and tubers Forestry
Livestock Water resources
Ibadan, Nigeria
Lima, Peru Bogor, Indonesia
Nairobi, Kenya Colombo, Sri Lanka
World Agroforestry
Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
Supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

IFPRI conducts research and outreach in
Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East
IFPRI’s Offices around the World
IFPRI Rome
IFPRI Beijing
IFPRI Headquarters,
Washington, D.C.
IFPRI Dakar
IFPRI New Delhi
IFPRI Accra
IFPRI Addis Ababa
IFPRI Abuja
IFPRI Kampala
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IFPRI’s VISION IFPRI’s MISSION
A world free of To provide policy
hunger and solutions that
malnutrition reduce poverty and
end hunger and
malnutrition
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Cornerstones of
IFPRI’s work
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Research Priority:
INNOVATIONS
Diet, health, and food
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safety
Science and technology
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Research Priority:
GOVERNANCE
Development strategies
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Poverty, nutrition, and
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social protection
Governance and policy
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processes
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Research Priority:
FUNCTIONING
Risks and emergencies
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Globalization, trade, and
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markets
Outlooks and global change
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Natural resource policies
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IFPRI’s organizational structure
Director General
Joachim von Braun
Development Strategy and Governance
Shenggen Fan
New Delhi Office
IFPRI Asia
Ashok Gulati Environment and Production Technology
Mark Rosegrant
2020 Vision Initiative
Rajul Pandya-Lorch Poverty, Health, and Nutrition
Marie Ruel
Africa Coordination Knowledge, Capacity, and Innovation
Ousmane Badiane Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere
Markets, Trade, and Institutions
Latin America Maximo Torero
Coordination
Maximo Torero
Communications
Klaus von Grebmer
HarvestPlus® Challenge
Program (with CIAT) Finance and Administration
Howarth Bouis David Governey

Providing a holistic view
of food and agricultural
strategies, necessary
reforms, and improved
governance
Development
Strategy and
Governance Division
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Responding to
poverty, low
productivity, and
environmental
degradation
Environment and
Production
Technology Division
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Attaining food and
nutrition security for all
involves increasing
access to quality food
Poverty, Health,
and Nutrition
Division
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Advancing knowledge
and innovation to
improve agricultural
development and
poverty reduction
Knowledge, Capacit
y, and Innovation
Division
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The poor receive more
and pay less when
national and
international markets
function efficiently
Markets, Trade,
and Institutions
Division
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Research can only affect policy in a significant
way if it is appropriately communicated
Communications
Division
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Despite progress in reducing poverty in the region,
40 percent of the world’s poor live in South Asia alone
IFPRI Asia
 Examining the changing
structure of agribusiness
and its impact on
smallholder farmers
 Improving water
management in water-
scarce regions
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Despite progress in reducing poverty in the region,
40 percent of the world’s poor live in South Asia alone
IFPRI Asia
Focusing on malnutrition
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and gender
Promoting
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governance, growth, and
poverty alleviation
Improving social safety
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nets
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Achieving food and nutrition security requires Africa to
sustain and broaden its growth to reach the poor
Africa Strategy
Deepening IFPRI's
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partnerships to engage
with all key actors
Aligning IFPRI's future
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research agenda with
emerging priorities
and concerns in Africa
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Achieving food and nutrition security requires Africa to
sustain and broaden its growth to reach the poor
Africa Strategy
Strengthening synergies
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across IFPRI's divisions to
support economic growth
for improved food and
nutrition security in Africa
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By 2020, another 1.5 billion
people will have to be fed
Developing consensus for
action to meet future world
food needs while reducing
poverty and protecting the
environment
2020 Vision
Generating a shared vision
for the future
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www.ifpri.org
IFPRI’s
website
provides
information
in several
languages
on important
food policy
issues for the
developing
world
We invite you to join the New at IFPRI e-list to stay informed

IFPRI’s approach to research
Data are collected in the field
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Approach is multidisciplinary
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Benefits are global and results are generalizable
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IFPRI researchers
collaborate with
local partners
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IFPRI’s approach to research
Impact assessment techniques are state-of-the-art
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Results are communicated to achieve impact
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Learning and capacity strengthening are emphasized
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IFPRI researchers
collaborate with
local partners
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IFPRI collaborates with local, national, regional,
and international institutions
About 300 IFPRI staff members from 50+ countries
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95 outposted staff (includes local hires)
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IFPRI offices in 7 developing countries, plus offices in
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Rome and Washington, DC
IFPRI is international in
its approach, presence,
and composition
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IFPRI collaborates with local, national, regional,
and international institutions
Close to 515 collaborators, with approximately:
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 330 in developing countries
95 in developed countries
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90 from international and regional organizations
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IFPRI is international in
its approach, presence,
and composition
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IFPRI’s Call to Action
Accelerate agricultural development
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Invest in human capital, especially women
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Increase access to productive resources
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Improve markets, infrastructure, and institutions
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IFPRI’s Call to Action
Expand research, knowledge, and technology
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Improve natural resource management
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Promote good governance
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Support sound trade and macroeconomic policies
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