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Amina Bashir is a Senior Program Assistant in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Abuja, Nigeria, where she supports both administrative and finance issues. Prior to joining IFPRI, she worked with the International Fertilizer Centre (IFDC) under the Nigeria Agro-dealers Association (NADS) project as an Association Development Officer, […]

Elodie Becquey is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in the West and Central Africa office in Senegal. She has over 15 years of research experience in diet, nutrition, and food security in Africa. At IFPRI since 2013, she has conducted impact evaluation and […]

Rui Benfica is a Senior Research Fellow in the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience (AIR) Unit. Prior to joining IFPRI in  2019, he worked with the Research and Impact Assessment Division at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), where he undertook research in areas relevant for the overarching goal of […]

Ezaboo Beniwal is a Research Analyst with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Anderson Benson is a Project Manager in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in IFPRI’s Malawi office. He supports the IFPRI team in managing complex data collection, analysis, and other research activities to inform development policy. His research interests are in development and agricultural economics. Before joining IFPRI, Anderson […]

Guush Berhane is a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit. His research focuses on policies and innovations to strengthen agrifood systems and resilience in low-income and fragile and conflict-affected settings, and on the role of social protection in reducing food insecurity and vulnerability. He has ongoing […]

Lucy Billings is a Senior Project Manager in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, where she provides management and research support to research projects and programs on social protection, nutrition, and gender equity. Lucy joined IFPRI as a Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellow and continued with IFPRI at the conclusion […]

Maggie Biruri is a Head, Resource Mobilization & Partnerships, HarvestPlus with the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit.

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in Washington, DC. She is an interdisciplinary researcher with expertise in global health and nutrition, program evaluation, development economics, and quantitative methods. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and […]

Jeff Bloem is a Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit whose research interest is in applied microeconomics with applications in agriculture, conflict, and psychology. He holds a BS in economics from Calvin College, Michigan; an MS in Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics from Michigan State University; and […]