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Kinya Kaibung’a

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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    Timothy Sulser

    Senior Scientist

    Timothy Sulser is a Senior Scientist in IFPRI’s Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit and works with the CGIAR Research Initiative on Foresight. He joined IFPRI in 2004 to work on the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT) and continues engagement with this important tool. His […]

  • Johan Swinnen

    Director General, IFPRI

    Johan Swinnen has served as the Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) since January 2020. He is Vice Chair of the Global Research Consortium on Economic Structural Transformation Steering Committee; Commissioner in the Food Systems Economics Commission; Governing Board Member of the World Agriculture Forum; Representative […]

  • Abdourahmane Sy

    Research Analyst

    Abdourahmane Sy is a Research Analyst  in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. He has conducted research on agricultural trade in Africa, informal cross-border trade, food security, trade cost analysis, and the economic impacts of trade policies, including the AfCFTA. He is also involved in the development of data tools […]

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    Melkamu Tadesse

    Research Officer

    Melkamu Tadesse is a Research Officer with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit.

  • Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

    Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader- Ethiopia

    Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Ethiopia. He is a development economist whose recent research covered agricultural transformation; impact evaluation (including impact evaluation of large multi-year public programs); social protection; individual psycho-social characteristics, behaviour, and well-being outcomes; risk and […]

  • Hiroyuki Takeshima

    Senior Research Fellow

    Hiroyuki Takeshima is a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Agrifood Innovation and Resilience-HarvestPlus Unit, based in Washington, DC, and previously served in IFPRI’s Nigeria office. His research examines agricultural technology adoption and agrifood system transformation under climate change, conflict, and market uncertainty. Recent work spans agricultural mechanization; seed systems and […]

  • Victor Taleon

    Research Fellow

    Victor Taleon is a Research Fellow with the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit.

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    Seydou Tandjigora

    Senior Logistics Coordinator

    Seydou Tandjigora is a Senior Logistics Coordinator with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

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    Haleluya Tesfaye Gebru

    Research Officer

    Haleluya Tesfaye is a Research Officer with the Ethiopian Strategic Support Program (ESSP) of the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Adis Ababa. Her work largely focuses on evaluations of Ethiopia’s rural productive safety net program (PSNP), the country’s largest social protection program, including PSNP nutrition-sensitive evaluations. Haleluya also […]

  • Mary W. Theuri

    Administrative Coordinator

    Mary W. Theuri is an Administrative Coordinator with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Mary ensures office operations, managing administration, logistics, procurement, and communications run smoothly to support the Kenya Country Program’s strategic and operational goals while upholding institutional standards. Prior to joining IFPRI, she worked […]