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Erick Boy

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Erick Boy

Erick Boy is the Chief Nutritionist in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. As head of nutrition for the HarvestPlus Program since 2008, he has led research that has generated scientific evidence on biofortified staple crops as efficacious and effective interventions to help address iron, vitamin A, and zinc deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.

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    Janet Ayebare

    Program Coordinator

    Janet Ayebare is a Program Coordinator with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit.

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    Meseret W. Ayele

    Research Officer

    Meseret W. Ayele is a Research Officer with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

  • Carlo Azzarri

    Senior Research Fellow

    Carlo Azzarri is a Senior Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit, currently based in Rome. His interests include the relationships among poverty, nutrition, food security, agriculture, environment, production, and migration, analyzed at both the micro- and macroeconomic levels, mostly through quantitative methods. He led the evaluation of […]

  • Suresh Babu

    Senior Research Fellow / Head of Capacity Strengthening

    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

    Research Fellow and Acting Program Leader, Nigeria

    Bedru Balana is a Research Fellow and the Acting Program Leader for the Nigeria Country Program in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit. He is an agricultural economist with extensive experience in applied microeconomic research to inform agricultural development and food policies in Africa. His core research areas include technical […]

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    Emely Band

    Country Representative

    Emely Band is a Country Representative with the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit.

  • Archis Banerjee

    Research Analyst

    Archis Banerjee is a Research Analyst in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. He joined IFPRI in 2023 under the CGIAR Research Initiative on Transforming Agri-Food Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA). His research interests include food security, nutrition, poverty, and the economics of education. He has worked on studies examining […]

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    Arun Baral

    Chief Executive Officer (CEO), HarvestPlus

    Arun Baral has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HarvestPlus since 2019, succeeding HarvestPlus founder Howarth Bouis. As CEO, Baral oversees the interdisciplinary, global efforts of HarvestPlus to develop and deliver micronutrient-rich staple food crops to reduce micronutrient deficiency (known as “hidden hunger”) among malnourished populations. He champions biofortification within the CGIAR […]