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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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  • Sudha Narayanan

    Senior Research Fellow

    Sudha Narayanan is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in the South Asia Office in New Delhi. Sudha’s research interests span agriculture, food and nutrition policy, and human development. She is particularly interested in survey-based research using microeconometric approaches to understand broader questions of […]


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    William Ndeko

    Research Associate – Demand Creation

    William Ndeko is a Research Associate – Demand Creation with the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit.


  • Ryan Nehring

    Research Fellow

    Ryan Nehring is a Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit whose research focuses on the political economy of natural resource policy, agricultural research institutions, and food systems. He has worked as a researcher in sustainable development for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)–International Policy Centre (Brasília, Brazil) […]


  • Sumanta Neupane

    Program Manager

    Sumanta Neupane is a Program Manager with the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit.


  • Phuong Nguyen

    Senior Research Fellow

    Phuong Hong Nguyen is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit whose research interests are in maternal and child health and nutrition. She plays a significant role in the Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation of Alive & Thrive, a multiyear initiative promoting optimal infant and young child […]


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    Reza Nia

    Senior Research Analyst

    Reza Nia is a Senior Research Analyst with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit.


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    Bassirou Niang

    Senior Information Technology Professional

    Bassirou Niang is a Senior Information Technology Professional with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.


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    Abibou Niasse

    Driver

    Abibou Niasse is a Driver with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.


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    Alejandro Nin Pratt

    Senior Research Fellow

    Alejandro Nin-Pratt is a Senior Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit, based in Washington, DC, and has been with IFPRI since 2005. His research topics are development, economic growth and growth linkages and poverty, agricultural productivity, and trade. He has also worked on international trade of livestock […]


  • Rajalakshmi Nirmal

    Senior Program Manager

    Rajalakshmi Nirmal is a Senior Program Manager in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit and manages the Rethinking Food Markets initiative. She is an agricultural policy expert with over 13 years of experience in research, writing, and communications. She has written extensively on agriculture and rural development issues and carried […]