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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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Ruth Meinzen-Dick

Ruth Meinzen-Dick is a Senior Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit. She has extensive transdisciplinary research experience in using qualitative and quantitative research methods. Her work focuses on two broad (and sometimes interrelated) areas: how institutions affect how people manage natural resources, and the role of gender in development processes. 

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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Water, gender, and health

This research explores the linkages between water management and access, gender, enhanced nutrition and human health. Particular attention is  paid to water quality assessment, health and nutrition, water management and the incidence of diseases such as malaria, and the gender implications of water management and access. Specific sub-topics include:

Irrigation for enhanced nutrition, health and gender outcomes

Water management and waterborne diseases

Rural water quality management