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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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  • 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 […]


  • Avinash Kishore

    Senior Research Fellow

    Avinash Kishore is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in IFPRI’s South Asia Office in New Delhi. His research focuses on understanding how public policies and markets affect the adoption and non-adoption of sustainable technologies and practices in agriculture in South Asia. He leads […]


  • Jawoo Koo

    Senior Research Fellow

    Jawoo Koo is a Senior Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, part of the Transformation Strategies Department, based in Washington, DC. He has more than 20 years of experience in crop modeling, multidisciplinary geospatial analysis, and integrated modeling analyses for assessing climate and technology impacts on agrifood […]


  • Josphat Korir

    Research Officer

    Josphat Kiplangat Korir is a Research Officer, Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Nairobi, Kenya. He leads and contributes to rigorous research design, mixed-methods impact evaluations, and policy-relevant analyses to inform strategies for resilience, inclusive growth, and rural transformation. Josphat has more than a decade of experience designing and […]


  • Katrina Kosec

    Senior Research Fellow

    Katrina Kosec is a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) where I am Interim Lead of CGIAR’s research on Fragile and Conflict-Affected Food Systems. I have previously led multiple research programs in the CGIAR on fragility, conflict, migration, and gender. I am also a Lecturer […]


  • Nadia Koyratty

    Research Fellow

    Nadia Koyratty is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research interests include food insecurity and water insecurity in low- and middle-income countries and during disasters. Her doctoral thesis focused on maternal and child health in Zimbabwe, and her post-doctoral research examined food security during the […]


  • Berber Kramer

    Senior Research Fellow

    Berber Kramer is a Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her research focuses on financial inclusion, technology adoption, gender, and adaptation to climate change. She leads a research program that aims to strengthen agricultural insurance and finance in Ethiopia, India, and Kenya through […]


  • Sakile Kudita

    Research Fellow

    Sakile Kudita is a Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit and the Team Leader and Country Representative for Zimbabwe. She is an agricultural development practitioner with more than 20 years’ experience managing projects whose scope includes seed systems development, farmer seed enterprise development, value chain development, technology […]


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    Doreen Kufoalor

    Research Officer

    Doreen Kufoalor is a Research Officer with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.


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    Devendra Kumar

    Data Manager

    Devendra Kumar is a Data Manager with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.