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With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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David Spielman is the director of IFPRI’s Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit and has been with the institute since 2004. His research agenda covers a range of topics including agriculture and rural development policy; agricultural science, technology, and innovation; plant genetic resources and seed systems; agricultural extension and advisory services; and community-driven rural development.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

Benjamin Sunday Onoja works as the Chief Driver/Office Assistant, based in Abuja, Nigeria. Ben joined the IFPRI-Nigeria team in 2019. Prior to joining IFPRI, he was a driver for the Nigeria office of the International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC). He holds a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education and an Ordinarily National Diploma (OND).