John Ulimwengu is a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He currently works on food systems mapping in selected African countries. His research interests include poverty dynamics, agricultural productivity, and rural development. Since 2007, John has been involved in strategic research on the transformation of food systems in Africa under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) agenda, and has served as the Africa-wide coordinator of the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS). He has co-developed an interactive spatial typology tool for food and nutrition security being used in several countries. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics and master’s degree in Economics from Ohio State University, as well as a master’s degree in Development Economics from Williams College, Massachusetts.