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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.


Solange Zawadi

Country Program Manager

Bio

Solange D. Zawadi is the Country Program Manager for the IFPRI Rwanda Strategy Support Program, based in Kigali. She has over 10 years’ experience in non-profit organization leadership and project management including multistakeholder processes, capacity building, operations, and human resources management. Before joining IFPRI, Solange worked for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) as the Rwanda Soil Information System (RwaSIS) Project Officer and Coordinator of Projects Administration and Management, supporting all aspects of projects administration and management for the IITA-Rwanda Station. She holds a MA in Sustainable International Development from The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Boston, and a BA in Law from the University of Rwanda.