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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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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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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.


Ephraim Nkonya

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Dr. Ephraim Nkonya is a Nonresident Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit. His research is on land resources for poverty reduction. At IFPRI, he led a landmark global study on the economics of land degradation, which uses the broad definition of land degradation as long-term loss of ecosystem services. Ephraim has also conducted studies on impact assessments and best land management practices that could be used for climate change adaptation. He has published 7 books and many book chapters and refereed journal articles on issues related to natural resource management and poverty reduction.
Ephraim is a true east African, with Tanzanian citizenship and ancestral heritage from Kenya and Uganda. He was born and raised on a small farm in northern Tanzania, a setting that inspired and shaped his academic and career development.

Languages spoken: English, Luganda, Sukuma, Swahili


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