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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 […]

Paul Omollo is an Assistant to Project Manager based in Nairobi, Kenya, where he organizes and coordinates activities including training activities for the REACTS-IN project which promotes production and consumption of biofortified foods. Prior to joining IFPRI, he worked for several international development organizations such as the Alliance of Bioversity […]

Lensa Omune is a Research Officer in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in IFPRI’s Kenya office. Her research centers on the economywide analysis of interactions between policies, environmental risks/climate change, external risks, and agrifood systems using computable general equilibrium (CGE) model and social accounting matrix (SAM) multiplier analysis. […]

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 […]

Theingi Oo is a Research Analyst with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Antonate Owuor is a Research Officer with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit.

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.