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Timothy Thomas is a Senior Research Fellow in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. His research focuses on the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity. Tim’s work involves developing innovative methods for simulated climate futures and model coordination between climate, crop, water, energy, and economics.

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  • Thomas Assefa

    Research Fellow

    Thomas Woldu Assefa is a Research Fellow in the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit. He is a development economist, with a research focus on agricultural technology adoption, agricultural transformation, rural development, climate-smart agriculture, food and nutrition security, women’s empowerment, survey methods and measurement, and impact evaluation. His work combines experimental […]

  • Rasmi Avula

    Research Fellow

    Rasmi Avula is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on understanding processes and determinants that influence program implementation and their impact on nutrition. As part of a large portfolio of work under POSHAN (Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition […]

  • Carlo Azzarri

    Senior Research Fellow

    Carlo Azzarri is a Senior Research Fellow in the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit, currently based at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome. His interests include the relationships among agriculture, environment, production, climate, gender, poverty, nutrition, food security, and migration, analyzed at both the […]

  • Suresh Babu

    Research Fellow Emeritus

    Suresh Babu is an impact-oriented international agricultural development leader, program manager, policy impact analyst and communicator with over 25 years of experience in food systems transformation, innovation, and evidence-based program development and implementation. Based on data-driven policy analysis, policy advice, and institutional strengthening, he designed and implemented multicounty and multidisciplinary […]

  • Fantu Bachewe

    Fantu Bachewe

    Research Coordinator

    Fantu Nisrane Bachewe is a Research Coordinator in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, currently based in Nairobi, Kenya. Fantu primarily coordinates research for the project on Strengthening Food Systems to Promote Increased Value Chain Employment Opportunities for Youth, funded by Mastercard. His research covers a range of topics including productivity […]

  • Mehrab Bakhtiar

    Research Fellow

    Mehrab Bakhtiar is a Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. A Bangladeshi development economist, he uses experimental and non-experimental methods to study the impact of interventions related to social protection, nutrition, and agriculture with a special focus on women’s empowerment and intrahousehold decision-making. He has carried out […]

  • Bedru Balana

    Senior Research Fellow

    Bedru Balana is a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Agrifood Innovation and Resilience (AIR)-HarvestPlus Unit. He received his PhD in Agricultural Economics from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), specializing in applied microeconomic research for development. His works focus on addressing key constraints facing smallholder farmers, including agricultural technology adoption […]

  • Geoffrey Baragu

    Research Associate

    Geoffrey Baragu is a Research Associate at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), specializing in agricultural value chains, digital inclusion, and the economics of food systems. A rigorous mixed-methods researcher, Geoffrey has managed and published evaluations on multiple Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) spanning Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria, India, Colombia, and […]

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    Arun Baral

    Chief Executive Officer (CEO), HarvestPlus

    Arun Baral has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HarvestPlus in Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit since 2019, succeeding HarvestPlus founder Howarth Bouis. As CEO, Baral oversees the interdisciplinary, global efforts of HarvestPlus to develop and deliver micronutrient-rich staple food crops to reduce micronutrient deficiency (known as “hidden hunger”) among malnourished populations. […]

  • Prapti Barooah

    Senior Research Analyst

    Prapti Barooah is a Senior Research Analyst in the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit, based in New Delhi, India, and a doctoral candidate at the University of Hohenheim. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, agriculture, and climate resilience, examining how smallholder farmers, particularly women, access, interpret, and use […]