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Dr. Hailemariam Ayalew Tiruneh is a Research Fellow in the Development Strategy and Governance Unit. His research is in the microeconomics of development with a focus on the impact evaluation of different policy interventions on smallholder farm households in developing countries. Before joining IFPRI, Hailemariam worked as a Departmental Lecturer/Assistant […]

Mariama Touré is a Senior Research Analyst in the Nutrition, Health, and Diets Unit, based in Dakar, Senegal. Her work includes projects that tackle acute malnutrition, gender, and women’s empowerment. She also works on coordinating the impact evaluation of nutrition-sensitive interventions, collaboration, and communication with local academic and implementing partners. Before […]

Carly Trachtman is a Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit at IFPRI. Carly’s research focuses on topics such as social protection program targeting, agricultural value chains, and technology adoption. She has methodological interests in issues related to welfare measurement and experimental design. Carly received her PhD in […]

Siddharth Trakroo is a Resource Mobilization Specialist in the Director General’s Office. He is an international lawyer with experience in public international law, legal advisory work, and resource mobilization. He has worked with organizations such as UNICEF and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), supporting legal teams and contributing to […]

Fousseini Traore is a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. He has conducted research on agricultural trade, global cotton subsidies, and access to energy in rural areas in Africa. He is also involved in capacity building efforts in higher education in Africa through expatriate nationals. Prior […]

Mohammad Riad Uddin is a Research Analyst in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. His research interests include regional economic development, education policy, and agricultural economics. Prior to joining IFPRI, he worked as a consultant at the World Bank. Through his work at the World Bank and Innovations for Poverty […]

John Ulimwengu is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit who currently works on food systems mapping in selected African countries. His research interests include food systems dynamics, resilience, and spatial typology for food and nutrition security. Since 2007, John has been involved in strategic research […]

Prateek Uniyal is a Program Manager with the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit.

Rowena Andrea Valmonte-Santos is a Senior Research Analyst in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. Her current work focuses on natural resource management with emphasis on food security in developing countries, participatory approaches to community-based fisheries management and gender, threats and opportunities of climate change, and to some extent biosafety and […]

Joanna van Asselt is a Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. Her current research focuses on food security in Myanmar. Her previous research focused on improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in rural Africa, Asia, and Central America, and assessing whether government policies ensure food and nutrition […]