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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.

Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah

Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah is a Senior Research Associate in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Cairo. Her research interests include applied economic development, trade, and spatial economics, with a focus on topics relevant to social protection, food, nutrition, and agriculture in the Middle East and Africa. 

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

Farm land in Giza in Egypt

Egypt Strategy Support Program

Farm land in Giza in Egypt

Overview

The Egypt Strategy Support Program (Egypt SSP) is a policy research, capacity strengthening, and communication program, which aims to reduce poverty and improve food and nutrition security in Egypt. This IFPRI program is hosted by the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA).

In line with IFPRI’s mandate and mission of providing research-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition, the Egypt SSP aims to support development policy and project design and to strengthen the capacity of Egyptian institutions in the areas of impact evaluation and monitoring.

To learn more, visit the IFPRI Egypt website.


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Team members

Sikandra Kurdi

Research Fellow and Country Program Leader, Egypt, Development
Strategies and Governance

Daniel Gilligan

Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI), Poverty,
Gender, and Inclusion

Olivier Ecker

Senior Research Fellow, Foresight
and Policy Modeling

Jef L. Leroy

Senior Research Fellow, Nutrition,
Diets, and Health

Claudia Ringler

Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), Natural
Resources and Resilience

James Thurlow

Director, Foresight and Policy Modeling (FPM), Foresight
and Policy Modeling

Liangzhi You

Senior Research Fellow, Foresight
and Policy Modeling

Xiaobo Zhang

Senior Research Fellow, Development
Strategies and Governance

Kibrom Abay

Senior Research Fellow , Development
Strategies and Governance

Fatma Abdelaziz

Senior Research Associate, Development
Strategies and Governance

Hagar ElDidi

Senior Research Analyst, Natural
Resources and Resilience

Zhe Guo

Senior GIS Coordinator, Foresight
and Policy Modeling

Mariam Raouf

Senior Research Associate, Development
Strategies and Governance

Basma Yassa

Research Associate, Development
Strategies and Governance


The Programs

  • Kutubdia Island in the Bay of Bengal

    Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program

    Improving food and nutrition security is of paramount concern to millions in Bangladesh.

  • Wuxi, the fast growing city that was formerly known as White Horse Village.

    China Strategy Support Program

    Supports joint research & capacity strengthening as well as policy dialogues & communication to improve policymaking.

  • Farm land in Giza in Egypt

    Egypt Strategy Support Program

    Egypt SSP's main objective is to raise incomes of the rural poor and to improve food and nutrition security in Egypt.

  • Gayo village, Ethiopia

    Ethiopia Strategy Support Program

    ESSP is a collaborative program undertaken by IFPRI and the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI)

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    Ghana Strategy Support Program

    Conduct research & advise on policy to support agricultural growth, rural development & economic transformation.

  • Local vendors selling vegetables at a market in Kenya,Africa

    Kenya Strategy Support Program

    KSSP is a policy research, capacity strengthening and policy communication program with the main objectives to accelerate poverty reduction and to improve food security.

  • Mitundu Market, Lilongwe, Malawi

    Malawi Strategy Support Program

    This project facilitates and promotes evidence-based dialogue and decision-making in support of agricultural development, food security, and economic growth in Malawi.

  • Country program Myanmar

    Myanmar Strategy Support Program

    The project supports agricultural transformation and other development policy goals by enhancing national technical, institutional, and policy analysis capacities.

  • Nigeria Strategy Support Program

    NSSP responds to the research, analysis, and capacity needs of stakeholders in the Nigerian agricultural research and policy community.

  • Papua New Guinea Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition Policy Support Program

    The Papua New Guinea Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition Policy Support Program (PNG-AFNP) is an initiative aligned with the Government of Papua New Guinea’s vision to revitalize and transform its agricultural sector to improve economic opportunities, livelihoods, and food security.

  • Fertile field at sunset in the countryside (Rwanda/ Africa)

    Rwanda Strategy Support Program

    Rwanda SSP is an initiative aligned with the Government of Rwanda’s vision to accelerate agricultural transformation and rural development in Rwanda.

  • A sunset view of river Nile in Khartoum, Sudan

    Sudan Strategy Support Program

    The Sudan Country Strategy Support Program (CSSP), with key team members based in Khartoum, can provide needed analytical support to the Government of Sudan, local and international partners.