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Who we are

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.

Agnes Quisumbing

Agnes Quisumbing is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. She co-leads a research program that examines how closing the gap between men’s and women’s ownership and control of assets may lead to better development outcomes.

Where we work

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Where we work

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

2006 Award Winners

AWARDS

Date

Person(s)

Awards

Apr 3

Tewodaj Mogues

Awarded “Best Departmental Dissertation of 2005,” Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Apr 3

Shenggen Fan

Recipient, University of Minnesota Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals, and the Department of Applied Economics Outstanding Alumni Award.

May 2

Karl Rich

Awarded Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation in Agricultural and Consumer Economics 2005, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign.

May 17

Kristin Davis

Awarded Outstanding Paper for “Institutional Arrangements for Increasing the Dissemination Role of Farmer Groups in Agricultural Innovation Systems,” presented at the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education’s annual conference.

Jul 23

Siwa Msangi

“Quality of Research Discovery” award, with Richard Howitt, professor, University of California-Davis, for the paper, “Estimating Intertemporal Preferences for Natural Resource Management,” at the American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting.

Jul 25

Tewodaj Mogues

Awarded honorable mention by the American Agricultural Economics Association’s (AAEA) Disseration Award Committee.

Jul 25

Antoine Bouet,
David Orden

The book, “Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda,” received the AAEA Quality of Communication Award. Antoine Bouet and David Orden are chapter co-authors.

Dec 4

Aamir Qureshi,
Elinor Dumont,
Indira Yerramareddy,
Luz Marina Alvare,
Mulugeta Bayeh,
Nancy Walczak

Won the CGIAR “Outstanding Scientific Support Award” for an 18-month effort that culminated in the launch of the CGIAR Virtual Library (http://vlibrary.cgiar.org). Led by Luz, the initiative included participation by colleagues throughout the CGIAR system.