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Suyashi Purwar is a Program Manager in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. She has more than six years of experience in data analytics and program and partnership management. She has worked on a variety of projects across India and has led many large-scale engagements with […]

Wahidur Quabili is a Senior Research Analyst in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. He first joined IFPRI as a Senior Research Assistant. His work focuses on urban challenges to food and nutrition security. In 1986, Quabili earned his bachelor’s degree in Agriculture from the Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh, […]

Agnes Quisumbing is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. She co-leads a research program that examines how closing the gap between men’s and women’s ownership and control of assets may lead to better development outcomes. She is currently engaged in impact evaluations of agricultural development […]

Catherine Ragasa is a Senior Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit at IFPRI. She is an agricultural and applied economist analyzing policies and institutions affecting innovation, productivity growth, and transformation of agrifood systems. Prior to joining IFPRI, she worked for five years in the Agriculture and Rural […]

Tarig Alhaj Rakhy is a Research Analyst with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He is a development economist with experience in economic research and policy analysis. At IFPRI, he contributes to quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, conducts literature reviews, and assists in drafting reports and research papers. […]

Deboleena Rakshit is a Research Analyst in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. She works on rigorous evaluation of the gendered impacts of social protection programs on resilience, health, and general well-being, with a regional focus on South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining IFPRI, she worked with Equimundo […]

Josée Randriamamonjy is a Senior Scientist in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit and has been with IFPRI since 2006. Her research topics cover the driving forces affecting the global food system, their links to agricultural production, and related policy options to better achieve the reduction of poverty, food insecurity, […]

Nitesh Ranjan is a Senior Information Technology (IT) Professional in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in the South Asia Regional Office in New Delhi, India. With more than a decade of IT industry experience, he manages and supports IT operations. Before joining IFPRI, he worked for multiple organizations, […]

Shahidur Rashid is the Director for the South Asia Office, part of the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, and is based in New Delhi. He is committed to seeing tangible change take place in South Asia. Dr. Rashid has worked on agriculture and food policy issues in Asia and Africa […]

Thomas Reardon is a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. Tom has been at MSU since 1992; IFPRI Research Fellow 1986-1991; Rockefeller Foundation Post-Doc with IFPRI in Burkina Faso 1984-1986; Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1984, and masters from the Université de Nice and Columbia University. Tom researches the […]