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Dr. Deanna Olney is the Director of the Nutrition, Diets and Health Unit at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and leads the CGIAR Research Initiative: Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH). She also serves on the leadership team for the Resilient Cities CGIAR Research Initiative. Dr. […]

Steven Were Omamo is Director of the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Nairobi, Kenya. He also serves as Director for Africa. Were worked most recently for New Growth International, where he served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President. Previously, he held several leadership positions with the UN […]

Benjamin Sunday Onoja works as the Chief Driver/Office Assistant, based in Abuja, Nigeria. Ben joined the IFPRI-Nigeria team in 2019. Prior to joining IFPRI, he was a driver for the Nigeria office of the International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC). He holds a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education and an Ordinarily […]

Hilda Owiti is a Senior Resource Mobilization Specialist in the Strategy and Partnerships Unit, and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.  With over 10 years’ experience in international development, Hilda supports IFPRI’s fundraising pipeline: including proposal development, opportunity mapping, outreach and engagement efforts. Prior to joining IFPRI, she held partnership and […]

Antonate Owuor is a Research Officer at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), based in Nairobi, Kenya. She holds an MSc in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Nairobi. Her work focuses on supporting research on climate resilience and the adoption of agricultural innovations and digital services, […]

Vanshika Pahwa is a Research Analyst with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Aklima Parvin is a Senior Project Manager in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in Dhaka. She has more than 19 years of program management experience in planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating large-scale, complex, integrated nutrition-sensitive agriculture and social protection projects in Bangladesh. She has worked on nutrition and […]

Karl Pauw is a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit based in Washington, DC, where he co-leads the country modeling team, and works on a wide range of development and agricultural policy issues. He previously led IFPRI’s country programs in Accra, Ghana (2018–2020), and Lilongwe, Malawi […]

Flor Paz is a Senior Research Analyst with the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit.

Cynthia Paz is a Senior Research Analyst with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit.