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Prabhu Pingali

Title Deputy Director, Agricultural Devlopment Policy and Statistics
Organization Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Prabhu Pingali is the deputy director of the Agricultural Development’s Policy and Statistics team at the foundation's Global Development Program.

Posts By Prabhu Pingali

World Food Day: No Wiggle Room in Global Food Supplies

Agriculture has been off the political agenda for two decades, it’s finally back on center stage again after 2008.

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Small Farms Are Key to Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition

The "Agricultural Development and Nutrition Security" special feature highlights the crucial role small farmers could play in provisioning the cities with fresh local produce that is important to healthy diets.

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Poor Women Will Drive India's Rural Future

During my recent trip through rural Bihar and Andhra Pradesh I saw some amazing examples of women growing out of poverty by making agriculture a profitable business rather than seeing it as a way of life that they were born into.

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Managing Future Food Crises Through Better Price Data and Policies

The recent release of the Food Price Watch report by the World Bank serves as a stark reminder that continuing high and volatile food prices are putting the poorest in the developing world at risk.

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Famine in Horn of Africa and Long-Term Solutions

The current famine in the Horn of Africa is said to be threatening the lives of nearly 13 million people.

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