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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.

Manuel Hernandez

Manuel Hernandez is a Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit of IFPRI. He has more than 20 years of experience in diverse projects in Latin America, Africa, and Asia on development issues related to agricultural and labor markets, food security and nutrition, industrial organization and regulation, price analysis, and the informal economy. His current research focuses on impact evaluation linked to rural development and food security projects, migration, functioning of oligopoly markets and value chains, and price volatility.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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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.

#CGIARWomenInScience: shaping the world through science and innovation

CGIAR webinar @WIRES: 13-hour marathon for International Day of Women and Girls in Science

February 11, 2021

  • 1:00 – 2:00 pm (America/New_York)
  • 7:00 – 8:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 11:30 – 12:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)

In celebration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, IFPRI is participating in a global conversation with CGIAR women scientists that are leading change and creating solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges.

The event will showcase the many ways women scientists are transforming the way we look at our food, land, and water systems around the world. 

Participants

  • Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa, IFPRI with Tamara Muthoni 
  • Marie Ruel, Director of Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI with Sarah Ruel-Bergeron, ARCHIVE Global (Architecture for Health in Vulnerable Environments) &  Julie Ruel Bergeron, Nutrition Specialist in the Human Development Network’s Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Unit, World Bank Group
  • Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI with Laura Meinzen-Dick, Ph.D. candidate in Agricultural and Resource Economics at University of California-Davis

Moderator