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I currently serve as Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), position I have held since December 2009. I joined IFPRI in 1995 as a Research Fellow and led IFPRI's program on public investment before becoming the Director of IFPRI’s Development Strategy and Governance Division. Prior to working at IFPRI, I held positions at the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) in the Netherlands and the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at the University of Arkansas. I received my PhD in applied economics from the University of Minnesota, and bachelor's and master's degrees from Nanjing Agricultural University in Ch
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Washington D.C. United States
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Director General
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About
I currently serve as Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), position I have held since December 2009. I joined IFPRI in 1995 as a Research Fellow and led IFPRI's program on public investment before becoming the Director of IFPRI’s Development Strategy and Governance Division. Prior to working at IFPRI, I held positions at the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) in the Netherlands and the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at the University of Arkansas. I received my PhD in applied economics from the University of Minnesota, and bachelor's and master's degrees from Nanjing Agricultural University in Ch
Tags
food security
ifpri
agriculture
climate change
hunger
africa
china
gender
health
nutrition
emerging economies
food prices
land
biofuels
poverty
asia
poverty reduction
agricultural development
rural development
g8
g20
new players
global food system
growth
economic development
biofortification
asi
""""new role of agriculture""""
""""food security""""
""""climate change""""
conflict
smallholders
smallholder
development goals
natural disasters
emergencies
emerging markets
water
policy research
caadp
capacity building
food policy research
business as unusual
social protection
agricultural growth
latin america
brazil
india
financial crisis
macroeconomics
risks for the poor
sustainable development
southeast asia
poverty reuction
economic growth
See more