International Food Policy Research Institute
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| Founded | 1975 |
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| Type | Non-profit |
| Focus | Ending hunger and poverty, Food security, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Nutrition, Policy analysis |
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Area served
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Global |
| Method | Social science research |
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Key people
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Shenggen Fan, Director General Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Fawzi Al-Sultan |
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Revenue
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US$99,403,000 in 2012 |
| Slogan | Sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty |
| Website | www.ifpri.org |
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is an international agricultural research center founded in the early 1970s to improve the understanding of national agricultural and food policies to promote the adoption of innovations in agricultural technology. Additionally, IFPRI was meant to shed more light on the role of agricultural and rural development in the broader development pathway of a country. The mission of IFPRI is to seek sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty through research.
IFPRI carries out food policy research and disseminates it through hundreds of publications, bulletins, conferences, and other initiatives. IFPRI was organized as a District of Columbia non-profit, non-stock corporation on March 5, 1975 and its first research bulletin was produced in February 1976. IFPRI has offices in several developing countries, including China, Ethiopia, and India, and has research staff working in many more countries around the world. Most of the research takes place in developing countries in Central America, South America, Africa, and Asia.
IFPRI is part of a network of international research institutes funded in part by the CGIAR, which in turn is funded by governments, private businesses and foundations, and the World Bank.
IFPRI's institutional strategy rests on three pillars: research, capacity strengthening, and policy communication.
Research topics have included low crop and animal productivity, and environmental degradation, water management, fragile lands, property rights, collective action, sustainable intensification of agricultural production, the impact of climate change on poor farmers, the problems and opportunities of biotechnology,food security, micronutrient malnutrition, microfinance programs, urban food security, resource allocation within households, and school feeding in low-income countries.
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