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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.


Dellings Phiri

Country Manager

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Bio

Dellings Phiri is the Country Manager for the HarvestPlus Malawi Program. He has worked in the agriculture sector for 20 years, with a focus on seeds.  Before joining HarvestPlus, he worked for several years with Seed Co Mw Ltd as Managing Director, and for Monsanto Malawi (now Bayer Malawi) as Marketing Manager. He has also worked with the National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) as Marketing Manager responsible for creating market linkages for farmers’ produce. Dellings holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Heriot Watt University, Scotland, and a bachelor’s of Commerce (Business Administration) degree from the University of Malawi.


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