The Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit provides data-driven, evidence-based solutions to accelerate innovation at scale and advance inclusive and sustainable systems transformation. The unit’s primary focus is on the generation, exchange, and application of science and technology for agriculture, food, and nutrition, with an emphasis on improving both policy and practice that shape decision-making by governments, private enterprises, and civil society in global and local food systems. Topics covered by the unit range from global policy regimes governing genetic innovation in agriculture, to private sector investment strategies in the crop sciences, to the behavioral dimensions of technology adoption choices in farmers’ fields. Applied research is combined with strategic partnerships and capacity development to inform and support key policy, regulatory, and investment choices in partner countries and organizations.
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David Spielman
Director, Innovation Policy and Scaling (IPS)
Carlo Azzarri
Senior Research FellowRui Benfica
Senior Research FellowGuush Berhane
Senior Research FellowErick Boy
Chief Nutritionist, HarvestPlusJose Falck-Zepeda
Senior Research FellowMahalingam Govindaraj
Senior ScientistAlejandro Nin Pratt
Senior Research FellowCatherine Ragasa
Senior Research FellowJames Stevenson
Senior Research FellowHiroyuki Takeshima
Senior Research FellowVictor Taleon
Research FellowBjorn Van Campenhout
Research Fellow
Judy Chambers
Director - Program for Biosafety SystemsBinu Cherian
Senior Country ManagerRamesh CV
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation SpecialistKatharina Diehl
Scaling SpecialistJen Foley
Senior Program Manager, HarvestPlusRavinder Giri
Senior Project ManagerCyril Inegbedion
Team Leader HarvestPlus ProjectBiren Mendali
Senior Project Manager, HarvestPlusRewa Misra
Program HeadPenina Muoki
Program ManagerDellings Phiri
Country ManagerSuyashi Purwar
Program ManagerPatricia Zambrano
Senior Program Manager
Liliane Adeke
Seed System Officer, HarvestPlusBolanle Akinribido
Monitoring & Evaluation OfficerRichard Alioma
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation SpecialistWahidul Amin
Senior Specialist, Monitoring and EvaluationFakunle Aremu
Policy AnalystRichard Ariong
Research AnalystChioma Arum
Program AssociateSedi Boukaka
Research CoordinatorZakiul Hasan
Divisional CoordinatorIván Mauricio Hurtado Rivas
Research AssociateEster Jimmy
Research AssociateOlatundun Kalejaiye
Nutrition and Post Harvest ManagerPravalika Kancha
Data AssociateSakile Kudita
Associate Research FellowNing Ma
Research AnalystJean Mbagurire
Research AssociateLilas Misenga
Research Associate - NutritionSophie Muhuwa
Research AssistantCrispin Mukanya
Senior Research AssistantCharles Musoke
Seed System Specialist, HarvestPlusKuhima Mwango
Senior Field AssistantLeocardia Nabwire
Research AnalystWilliam Ndeko
Research Associate - Demand CreationMozibar Rahman
Coordinator, Seed Systems and MarketingDebdatta Sengupta
Senior Research AnalystDan Sumbu
Research AssociateKendenga Toussaint
Senior Research AssociateBenjamin Tshibangu
Senior Research AssistantHadiza Umar Abubakar
State CoordinatorNdayizeye Viateur
Research SupportJenny Walton
Head of Commercialization & ScalingFouad Yusuf
Country Manager
Gender bias in customer perceptions: The case of agro input dealers in Uganda
Bottom up approaches and decentralized extension structures for improving access to and quality of extension services and technology adoption: Multi level analysis from Malawi
The unjust climate: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women and youth
Nutrition sensitive agriculture diversification and dietary diversity: Panel data evidence from Tajikistan
Applications, benefits, and challenges of genome edited crops
A participatory framework for prioritizing climate smart agriculture innovations in rice based systems: A case study of Mali
Women's seed entrepreneurship in aquaculture, maize, and poultry value chains in Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania
Preventing and controlling zinc deficiency across the life course: A call to action
WEAGov Nigeria pilot study: Findings and policy implications
When women hold local office: Women’s representation and political engagement amid conflict and climate shocks across Africa
- IFPRI at External EventNov, 30 - Dec, 12 2023
IFPRI @ 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28)
- IFPRI Policy SeminarNov, 29 2023
Implications of El Niño 2023/24 for Africa South of the Sahara
- IFPRI at External EventNov, 7 - 9 2023
ICTforAg 2023: Cultivating Inclusion
- IFPRI at External EventOct, 16 - 20 2023
Micronutrient Forum: 6th Global Conference
- IFPRI Program/Country EventOct, 9 - 12 2023 (Oct, 8 - 12 2023)
From Research to Impact: Towards just and Resilient Agri-food Systems
- IFPRI at External EventSep, 18 - Nov, 17 2023
IFPRI @ UN Regional Climate Weeks 2023