Scott Drimie, a research fellow with IFPRI, coordinates the Regional Network on AIDS, Livelihoods and Food Security (RENEWAL). RENEWAL facilitates research on the interactions between HIV and food and nutrition security and their implications for development policy and practice in southern and East Africa. A key strategy of the project is to ensure that scientific evidence is made accessible to decision makers through different communication strategies. More recently, Drimie has been involved in research focused on pathways between agriculture and livelihood programming and nutrition outcomes. This relates to his work with the Agriculture and Health Research Platform (AHRP).

Drimie holds a PhD (2000) on the Political Economy of Land Reform in South Africa and an M.Phil in Development Studies (1997) both conferred by the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Before joining IFPRI in 2007, he worked with the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa and various international agencies and nongovernmental organizations in southern Africa. His research has focused on livelihood and food security and the role of multiple stressors affecting the well-being of vulnerable groups. Although primarily focused on the AIDS epidemic in recent years, Drimie’s research emphasises threats to achieving food security, enhancing livelihoods and improving environmental management in the developing world.