Hiroyuki Takeshima joined IFPRI as a postdoctoral fellow in January 2009. Dr Takeshima currently focuses on analyzing farmers' demand for modern agricultural production technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the impacts of transactions costs and political economy on agricultural production technology policies in these countries.

Dr Takeshima earned his PhD from Agricultural & Consumer Economics from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2008. Dr Takeshim is a citizen of Japan.