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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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  • Tamunotonye Braide

    Senior Research Officer

    Tamunotonye Braide is a Senior Research Officer with the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit.


  • Rebecca Brander

    Rebecca Brander

    Research Fellow

    Rebecca Brander is a Research Fellow with the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit.


  • Elizabeth Basauri Bryan

    Research Fellow

    Elizabeth Bryan is a Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, where she conducts policy-relevant research on gender, sustainable agricultural production, climate-smart agriculture, and small-scale irrigation using mixed methods. She currently leads the Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration (GCAN) Initiative, co-leads the Methods Module of the CGIAR […]


  • Amit Burman

    Project Coordinator

    Amit Kumar Burman is a Project Coordinator in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. Amit contributes to the formulation of indicators for inclusive agricultural transformation in collaboration with the government of Odisha, including identifying gaps in existing programs and devising strategies to enhance their effectiveness. In […]


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    Olivette Burton

    Research Analyst

    Olivette Burton is a Research Analyst with the Finance and Administration Unit.


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    Lucia Carrillo

    Research Analyst

    Lucia Carrillo is a Research Analyst in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. She previously worked as a Research Assistant for the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation (gui2de), supporting projects on education policy and labor markets. Previously, she worked for […]


  • Francisco Ceballos

    Research Fellow

    Francisco Ceballos is a Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. As a development economist specialized in agricultural risk management, resilience, and nutrition, his professional interests include the design, development, and evaluation of innovative agricultural risk management projects, strategies for improving sustainable nutrition in resource-poor environments, and the […]


  • Nicola Cenacchi

    Senior Research Analyst

    Nicola Cenacchi is a Senior Research Analyst with the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit.


  • Suman Chakrabarti

    Associate Research Fellow

    Suman Chakrabarti is an Associate Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, part of the Food and Nutrition Policy Department, based in New Delhi. Suman supports research activities under the Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA) and Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition […]


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    Judy Chambers

    Director – Program for Biosafety Systems

    Judith Chambers is the Director for the Program for Biosafety Systems in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. Her international team supports interested partner countries in Africa and Asia on the technical development and implementation of evidence-based biosafety systems and independent decision-making for the use of precision genetics to support […]