• Ephraim Nkonya, a senior research fellow, conducts research on land management and natural resources in sub-Saharan countries and central Asia. More about Ephraim Nkonya in IFPRI Library Google Scholar RePEc Ephraim, a citizen of Tanzania, ...
  • He obtained his medical degree from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala (1987) and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in nutrition with emphasis on international nutrition ad a minor in epidemiology at the University of California-Davis. Previous to ...
  • Dr. Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla joined IFPRI as a visiting Senior Research Fellow in 2012. He received a PhD. in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, as well as an M.A. in Economics and an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins ...
  • Fabiana Moura is a Nutritionist Research Fellow at HarvestPlus responsible for managing the nutrition research component of 4 biofortified crops: banana, cassava, sorghum, and rice under the auspices of the Grand Challenges in Global Health, a ...
  • Fabienne Femenia joined IFPRI in February 2011 as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division. She is currently conducting research on the modeling of trade agreements and trade reforms under Computable General ...
  • Feng Yao is a Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and an assistant Professor of Economics at West Virginia University. He is an econometrician with a research focus on theoretical/applied semi and ...
  • Firdousi Naher joined the Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division as Postdoctoral Fellow in February 2011. Based in Dhaka, she works on contemporary issues on food and nutrition security, women and child nutrition, agricultural policy and rural ...
  • Fleur joined IFPRI in September 2007 as a postdoctoral fellow with DGO. She received her PhD in Development Economics in 2006 from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. For the writing of her doctoral dissertation she collected rural household ...
  • Fousseini Traore has joined IFPRI as a Postdoctoral Fellow in MTID. He is originally from Mali and has lived in France for 11 years. He received a Ph.D. in Agricultural economics from CERDI, University of Clermont Ferrand, France, in 2010. He ...
  • Francesca de Nicola joined the International Food Policy Research Institute as a Postdoctoral Fellow in June 2011. Francesca received her M.S. in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics from Johns ...
  • Gerald (Jerry) Nelson is a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). He is an agricultural economist with over 30 years of professional and research experience in the areas of agriculture, policy ...
  • Gissele Gajate Garrido received her PhD in Economics from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on June 2010. She also holds a Masters in Economics from UCLA and graduated with honors from Universidad del Pacífico (Peru). She has worked ...
  • Godfrey Bahiigwa joined IFPRI in September 2012 as a Research Fellow/ReSAKSS Coordinator for Africa. In December 2012, he was appointed Office Head of IFPRI’s Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ...
  • Harold Alderman, with both a master’s degree in nutrition (Cornell) and a Ph.D. in economics (Harvard), has naturally gravitated to research on the economics of nutrition and food policy. He spent 10 years at the IFPRI prior to joining the World ...
  • Hiroyuki Takeshima joined IFPRI in January 2009 as a postdoctoral fellow of IFPRI Nigeria office, and joined IFPRI Washington office as a research fellow in 2012. Hiroyuki has conducted research on market participation, transaction costs, ...
  • Ho-Young joined IFPRI as a Research Fellow of EPTD in March 2013. He received his Masters in Environmental Management from Duke University at Durham, NC and PhD in Environmental Sciences from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL. Prior ...
  • As director of HarvestPlus, Dr. Howarth Bouis coordinates an interdisciplinary, global effort to breed and disseminate micronutrient-rich staple food crops to reduce hidden hunger among malnourished populations. Since 1993, he has sought to ...
  • Ismaël Fofana is a Postdoctoral research fellow in IFPRI. He joined the West and Central Africa office in Dakar (Senegal) in October 2010. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (France). He worked between 2001 ...
  • Jawoo Koo joined IFPRI in July 2007 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division. He holds a B.A. in Agricultural Biology from Korea University, Seoul, Korea, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological ...
  • Jean-Francois Maystadt is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Development Strategy and Governance Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), where he joined as a postdoctoral fellow in September 2010. He is a ...
  • Jef Leroy is a Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division. At IFPRI, he studies the impact of two large scale integrated food and nutrition programs in Burundi and Guatemala on maternal and child nutrition and health. ...
  • John Hoddinott is a Deputy Director in the Poverty Health and Nutrition Division. Before joining IFPRI he held university appointments in Canada and the United Kingdom, including a University Lectureship in Economics and Fellowship at Lady ...
  • John Ulimwengu, a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, joined IFPRI in March 2007 as a post-doctoral fellow. Prior joining IFPRI, John worked as a consultant with the University of Missouri on a Workforce Innovations Regional ...
  • José Falck-Zepeda joined IFPRI in 2004 as a Research Fellow. His work at IFPRI focuses on the economics and impact assessment of biotechnology, biosafety and emerging technologies. In addition, José focuses on agricultural R&D policy and ...
  • Kaikaus Ahmad joined IFPRI in 2011. He was a Joint Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh. His civil service career in Bangladesh provided Kaikaus a unique opportunity to work in many places that encompasses both rural and urban areas, ...
  • Kamiljon Akramov is a Research Fellow at Development Strategy & Governance Division. He conducts research on governance and development policy issues using applied econometric analysis. His focus is on aid effectiveness, institutional change, ...
  • After obtaining a PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, Karl Pauw joined the Development Strategy and Governance Division in Washington DC in June 2009. In August 2010 he transferred to the Malawi Strategy Support ...
  • Katrina Kosec is a research fellow with the Development Strategy and Governance Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). She is an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of development economics, political ...
  • Kelly researches how health status is both affected by and affects economic development in poor countries. Based in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, her work includes topics on maternal and child health, and sexual and reproductive health. She ...
  • In 2009, Kevin Chen joined IFPRI as China Program Leader and Senior Research Fellow, based in Beijing, China. He is also Director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (ICARD), jointly established by the Chinese Academy of ...
  • Klaus Droppelmann joined IFPRI in June 2009 as Senior Program Coordinator in the Malawi Strategy Support Program (MaSSP). Since September 2010 is also the acting Country Program Leader of the MaSSP. In his work Klaus focuses on institutional ...
  • Klaus von Grebmer, a citizen of Switzerland, is a Senior Research Fellow and Strategic Advisor in the Director General's Office. Prior to joining DGO, he was director of IFPRI's Communications Division. More about Klaus von Grebmer in IFPRI ...
  • Kristin Davis, a U.S. national, is seconded to the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services based in Zurich, Switzerland. She joined IFPRI in November 2004 as a postdoctoral fellow. Prior to joining IFPRI, she worked in agricultural development ...