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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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Kalyani Raghunathan

Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa. 

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Innovation Policy and Scaling

Biren Mendali

Senior Project Manager, HarvestPlus

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Birendra Mendali is a Senior Project Manager in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. He is based in Patna, Bihar, and leads the project “High Zinc Wheat and Rice and High Iron/Zinc Lentils to Improve Nutrition in Bihar and Odisha” funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He has more than 18 years of experience in the field of sustainable agriculture, organic agriculture, and market development. He previously worked with TechnoServe India, Reliance Foundation, Chetna Organic, and the Government of Odisha. He holds an MBA in Agribusiness Management.

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