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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Liangzhi You

Liangzhi You is a Senior Research Fellow and theme leader in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on climate resilience, spatial data and analytics, agroecosystems, and agricultural science policy. Gridded crop production data of the world (SPAM) and the agricultural technology evaluation model (DREAM) are among his research contributions. 

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

Expert urges Africa to learn from China’s agriculture revolution (Xinhuanet.com)

September 07, 2019


China’s Xinhua reported on the remarks of China Program Leader and Senior Research Fellow Kevin Chen at the recent Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF). In the article, Chen noted that Africa could learn from China’s use of information and communication technology for agriculture. Chen added that political instability Africa’s biggest challenge to implementing policy reforms along these lines. The article was republished by South Africa’s IOL and China.org.cn.