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With research staff from more than 70 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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Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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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 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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Governance

IFPRI is governed by its Board of Trustees and led by Dr. Johan Swinnen.

The Institute’s research structure includes six units, country offices, and regional programs in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and South Asia.

IFPRI Board of Trustees
Director General, IFPRI
Johan Swinnen
Food and Nutrition Policy
Purnima Menon
Markets, Trade, and Institutions
Ruth Hill
Nutrition, Diets, and Health
Deanna Olney
Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion
Daniel Gilligan
Transformation Strategies
Purnima Menon (Acting)
Development Strategies and Governance
Steven Were Omamo
Foresight and Policy Modeling
James Thurlow
Innovation Policy and Scaling
David Spielman
Natural Resources and Resilience
Claudia Ringler
Africa*
Steven Were Omamo
Latin America and the Caribbean*
Valeria Piñeiro
South Asia*
Shahidur Rashid
Country Offices*
Communications and Public Affairs
Charlotte Hebebrand
Finance and Administration
Sushant Mukherjee
Human Resources
Monica Dourado
Business Development
Teunis van Rheenen

*IFPRI’s Regional and Country Offices are staffed by researchers from multiple units