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With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

David Spielman

David Spielman is the director of IFPRI’s Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit and has been with the institute since 2004. His research agenda covers a range of topics including agriculture and rural development policy; agricultural science, technology, and innovation; plant genetic resources and seed systems; agricultural extension and advisory services; and community-driven rural development.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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    Nicholus Zaw

    Research Analyst

    Nicholus Zaw is a Research Analyst with the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit.


  • Solange Zawadi

    Country Program Manager

    Solange D. Zawadi is the Country Program Manager for the IFPRI Rwanda Strategy Support Program, based in Kigali. She has over 10 years’ experience in non-profit organization leadership and project management including multistakeholder processes, capacity building, operations, and human resources management. Before joining IFPRI, Solange worked for the International Institute […]


  • Taddese Zerfu

    Research Fellow

    Taddese Zerfu is a Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Together with the Ethiopian team, he coordinates the Ethiopia National Information Platforms for Nutrition (NIPN) Technical Advisory Project (ENTAP). He has conducted a modeling study using the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) software, […]


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    Yumei Zhang

    Nonresident Fellow

    Yumei Zhang is a Nonresident Fellow with the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit.


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    Wei Zhang

    Senior Research Fellow

    Wei Zhang is a Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead on Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). She is the co-lead of the CGIAR Research Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems (Mitigate+) and leader of Work Package on Living […]


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    Xiaobo Zhang

    Senior Research Fellow

    Xiaobo Zhang is a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Development Strategies and Governance Unit and Chair Professor of Economics at Peking University. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development and the European Institute for Chinese Studies. Zhang’s main interest areas are agricultural economics, development economics, […]