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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.


Dan Sumbu

Research Associate

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I have 12 years of professional experience in agronomic research, plant breeding and specialization in seed system of biofortified crops such as cassava, maize, beans, etc. In my professional career, I have held numerous of positions of responsibility in the previous institutions, currently in my current position with CIAT / HarvestPlus, I am managing the fields officers staff based in the project action areas. Here are the details related to my experience:
Research associate to HarvestPlus
Job title : Seed system specialist
Department: Crop production
Company: HarvestPlus