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Representing Theme: Data and Food Systems, Markets and Globalization

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. IFPRI was established in 1975 to identify and analyze alternative national and international strategies and policies for meeting the food needs of the developing world, with particular emphasis on low-income countries and the poorer groups in those countries. Currently, IFPRI has more than 600 employees working in over 50 countries and is a research center of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a worldwide partnership engaged in agricultural research for development.

Despite its rapid economic growth, South Asia is still home to more than a quarter of the world’s hungry and undernourished population and continues to grapple with extreme poverty and deterioration of natural resources as well. To tackle these challenges, IFPRI established its South Asia Regional Office (IFPRI-SAR) in New Delhi, India, and works extensively in the region on agricultural and rural transformation, poverty alleviation, and nutrition. Visit IFPRI’s global website and the SAR website here.