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Kinya Kaibung’a is a Research Officer with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Nairobi, Kenya. She has a keen interest in leveraging machine learning, AI, and other cutting-edge technologies to boost climate resilience and food security in smart agriculture systems.

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  • Bishal Aryal

    Senior Program Manager

    Bishal Aryal is a Senior Program Manager with the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience (AIR) Unit, where he is affiliated with the unit’s Responsible AI theme. He also serves as Program Coordinator for the CGIAR Digital Transformation Accelerator (DTA). He supports a portfolio of global research programs advancing artificial intelligence and […]

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    Seth Asante

    Senior Research Officer

    Seth Asante is a Senior Research Officer with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

  • Thomas Assefa

    Associate Research Fellow

    Thomas Woldu Assefa is an Associate 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 […]

  • Zin Wai Aung

    Research Analyst

    Zin Wai Aung is a Research Analyst with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

  • 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) 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 […]