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With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Kinya Kaibung’a

Kinya Kaibung’a is a Research Officer with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Nairobi, Kenya. She has a keen interest in leveraging machine learning, AI, and other cutting-edge technologies to boost climate resilience and food security in smart agriculture systems.

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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 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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  • Distorted Sex-Ratio Plays Havoc with Marriage in China (The Economist)

    November 29, 2017

    The Economist published a feature examining the impact of a skewed sex ratio on marriages in the Chinese society, leading to high bride prices.


  • Female Agricultural Researchers in Africa Continue to Rise (Quartz Africa)

    November 29, 2017

    Quartz Africa published a feature on recent IFPRI research by Nienke Beintema on shrinking gender gap in agricultural research in Africa south of the Sahara.


  • The Inequalities of Hunger (The Financial Express)

    November 27, 2017

    Bangladesh’s The Financial Express published a detailed feature on the recently released Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2017 in the newspaper’s special edition.


  • Malawi Must Move from Relief to Resilience (The Nation)

    November 24, 2017

    Vice-President of Malawi Saulos Chilima outlines in an op-ed the actions urgently required to move Malawi from food relief to building food system resilience, based on his keynote address at IFPRI's Compact 2025 Forum.


  • A distorted sex ratio is playing havoc with marriage in China (Economist)

    November 24, 2017

    Economist published an article on the shortage of brides that is bending Chinese society out of shape. Senior Research Fellow Xiaobo Zhang was quoted.


  • Gender Gap Shrinks in Agricultural Research in Africa South of the Sahara (Channel Africa)

    November 23, 2017

    Channel Africa, the radio arm of South Africa Broadcasting Corporation, interviewed Agriculture Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI)’s Program Head, Nienke Beintema, on her latest research related to shrinking gender gap in agricultural research in Africa south of the Sahara. In the radio broadcast, Beintema explained despite improvement in number of women joining research in some countries, […]


  • Can sub-Saharan Africa Feed Itself? (Environmental Science Journal for Kids)

    November 21, 2017

    Environmental Science Journal for Kids, an initiative to make climate change and environmental science research accessible to kids and teens, adapted IFPRI’s latest research by Keith Wiebe and Daniel Mason-D’Croz.


  • Polluting Happiness (The News)

    November 20, 2017

    Pakistan’s The News published a feature on rising air pollution in Lahore, referring to Xiaobo Zhang’s latest research “Happiness in the Air: How a Dirty Sky Affects Mental Health and Subjective Well-being”.


  • New Aquaculture Economy Emerged on Rising Fish Demand (Myanmar Times)

    November 17, 2017

    Myanmar Times published an article on the country’s emerging aquaculture economy, on the back of rising fish demand.


  • Yes, This Smog Can Affect Your Mental Health too: IFPRI Study (The Indian Express)

    November 15, 2017

    The Indian Express published an article based on latest IFPRI research, “Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Mental Health and Subjective Well-being”.