9. borlaug dialogue, wfp: who is the smallholder farmer?–pingali
Prabhu Pingali, former economist (1987-96) at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI: irri.org ) and currently Deputy Director of Agriculture, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, describes who the smallholder farmer is — http . He said: “Getting to smallholder productivity growth is a very complex issue, and we should be ready to work on all aspects of that complexity. And we need to be ready to stick on that problem over the long term if we want to be successful.” Dr. Pingali has three decades of experience analyzing food, agriculture and development policy in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. An Indian national, he earned a Ph.D. in economics from North Carolina State University in 1982. He was director of the Economics Program at CIMMYT, Mexico from 1996 to 2002. Prior to joining CIMMYT, he worked as an economist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI; irri.org ) at Los Baños, Philippines from 1987 to 1996 and at the World Bank’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department from 1982 to 1987. Dr. Pingali has authored ten books and over 100 referred journal articles and book chapters on food policy, technological change, productivity growth, and resource management in the developing world. He has received several international awards and recognitions for his work. Currently the deputy director of the agricultural development division of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Pingali formerly served as director of the Agricultural and …
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