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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.

David Spielman

David Spielman is the director of IFPRI’s Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit and has been with the institute since 2004. His research agenda covers a range of topics including agriculture and rural development policy; agricultural science, technology, and innovation; plant genetic resources and seed systems; agricultural extension and advisory services; and community-driven rural development.

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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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    Michael Keenan

    Research Fellow

    Michael Keenan is a Research Fellow with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.


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    Toussaint Kendenga

    Senior Research Associate

    Toussaint Kendenga is a Senior Research Associate with the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit.


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    Adam Kennedy

    Program Head

    Adam Kennedy is a Program Head with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.


  • Ying Kham Synt

    Research Analyst

    Ying Kham Synt is a Research Analyst with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.


  • Asraul Khan

    Research Analyst

    Asraul Khan is a Research Analyst with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit.


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    Soonho Kim

    Senior Data Manager

    Soonho Kim is a Senior Data Manager in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. Prior to joining IFPRI, Soonho worked as an Information Management Specialist in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for six years. She holds a BA in Agricultural Biology from Korea University, Seoul, Korea, and […]


  • Sunny Kim

    Senior Research Fellow

    Sunny S. Kim is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit who first joined IFPRI as a postdoctoral fellow in 2012. Her key research areas include maternal, adolescent, and child health and nutrition; social and behavior change; and intervention coverage measurement. She has conducted impact and […]


  • Faith Kimaiyo

    Research Officer

    Faith Kimaiyo is a Research Officer in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her research work mostly involves impact evaluation methods and focuses on food and nutrition, agricultural transformation, and social protection. Together with her colleagues, Faith has drafted several reports, blogs, and research papers. She […]


  • Dickson Kinuthia

    Research Officer

    Dickson Kinuthia is a Research Officer in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit. His research interests are in building resilient agricultural and food systems, participatory approaches to agricultural transformation, value chain development, and digitizing agricultural data. Dickson worked as an agricultural trade researcher at the Finance Trade and Investment Network […]


  • Oliver Kiptoo Kirui

    Research Fellow and Acting Program Leader, Nigeria

    Oliver Kiptoo Kirui is a Research Fellow and Acting Program Leader for Nigeria in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Abuja, Nigeria, where he supports the development of research-based policy solutions; coalition-building for policy change; co-creating innovative analytical tools in close collaboration with several partners. Oliver conducts and […]