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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.
researcher spotlight
Akhter Ahmed is a Senior Research Fellow in the IFPRI’s Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit and Country Representative for IFPRI Bangladesh. He has worked on strategies for agricultural and rural development, social protection, and women’s empowerment to reduce poverty, food insecurity, and undernutrition in developing countries including Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Malawi, the Philippines, and Turkey.
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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 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.
Coordinator, Seed System
Surender Reddymalla is a Coordinator, Seed Systems, in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit, based in IFPRI’s New Delhi office. Surender coordinates the execution of seed production, storage, and distribution; supports and maintains nurseries and trials records; and monitors partner locations’ trials, seed production, and nurseries, including data collection. He also assists with digitalization of seed production and field trials data; manages the information to coordinate seed agreements, procurement, and process operations; and organizes and executes planned sampling, estimation, and lab/field data. In addition, he analyses and manages cold storage materials and records for focus crops and projects.
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