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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.

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Khalid Siddig

Khalid Siddig is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit and Program Leader for the Sudan Strategy Support Program. He is an agricultural economist with a focus on examining the impacts of potential shocks and the allocation of resources on economic growth, environmental sustainability, and income distribution through the lens of economywide and micro-level tools. 

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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.

Global Report on Food Crises 2018

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FAO Headquarters

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla

Rome, Italy

March 22, 2018

  • 9:30 – 11:00 am (Europe/Rome)
  • 4:30 – 6:00 am (US/Eastern)
  • 2:00 – 3:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

On March 22, 2018, the Global Report on Food Crises was launched at FAO headquarters, Rome. The Report draws attention to rising levels of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly associated with conflict and the impact of extreme climate events.

IFPRI’s Director General, Shenggen Fan, gave video remarks at the event that included the participation of FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica, WFP Executive Director David Beasley, IGAD Executive Secretary Mahboob Maalim, CILSS Executive Secretary Djime Adoum, and the Charge d’Affaires for the US Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome Thomas Duffy.