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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.


Ester Jimmy

Research Associate

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Ester Jimmy Simfukwe is the project associate at HarvestPlus hosted by Alliance Bioversity International & CIAT Tanzania, working on the commercialization of biofortified crops in the country. Previous to HarvestPlus, she worked with World Vegetable Center as Coordinator – Legume Agronomist; and before that as an agronomist with the One Acre Fund in Tanzania. Ester has a wealth of experience in the field, including working with innovation teams and communities facing agricultural challenges. Her career has focused on nutrition sensitive agriculture, crop nutrition, soil science and agronomy for sustainable agriculture and development in Africa.