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What we do

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.

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.


Dickson Kinuthia

Research Officer

Bio

Dickson Kinuthia is a Research Officer in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit. His research interests are in building resilient agricultural and food systems, participatory approaches to agricultural transformation, value chain development, and digitizing agricultural data. Dickson worked as an agricultural trade researcher at the Finance Trade and Investment Network (FINTRINET) prior to joining IFPRI. He has also worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO-Kenya), the Agriculture Sector Network (ASNET), and the Local Development Research Institute (LDRI) as a Research and Agricultural Policy Officer. He has a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Development Studies from USIU in Nairobi, Kenya, and a master’s degree in Development Studies from Lund University, Sweden.


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