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Who we are

With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Ruth Meinzen-Dick

Ruth Meinzen-Dick is a Senior Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit. She has extensive transdisciplinary research experience in using qualitative and quantitative research methods. Her work focuses on two broad (and sometimes interrelated) areas: how institutions affect how people manage natural resources, and the role of gender in development processes. 

Where we work

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Where we work

IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

2009 Award Winners

AWARDS

Date

Person(s)

Awards

Feb 1

Shenggen Fan

Distinguished Professional Contribution Award from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association for his service in the Editorial Council of its journal.

May 27

Kristin Davis

Awarded the “Early Achievement Award” at the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education’s annual conference.

May 29

Kristin Davis

Awarded Second Runner Up, Journal Article of the Year Award for 2008 by the Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education for her paper “Extension in Sub-Saharan Africa: Overview and Assessment of Past and Current Models and Future Prospects.”

Jul 26

Guillaume Gruere,
Mark Rosegrant

Awarded the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Outstanding Journal Article: Review of Agricultural Economics for the article “Assessing the Implementation Effects of the Biosafety Protocol’s Proposed Stringent Information Requirements for Genetically Modified Commodities in Countries of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.”

Aug 18

Bart Minten

Bart Minten and David Stifel received the 2008 best article award by the journal Agricultural Economics for their article on “Isolation and Agricultural Productivity.”