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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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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.

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IFPRI is committed to providing policy-relevant research for better nutrition and livelihoods.

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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.

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IFPRI Country Programs

Research by country and region

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Overview

IFPRI’s Country Programs respond to demand for food policy research and deliver holistic support for country-led development. Decision-makers need to make strategic policy and investment choices, including setting priorities and identifying trade-offs and linkages between different development goals, often with limited resources and technical expertise. In this context, IFPRI’s Country Programs support the design and implementation of country-led strategies by helping to stimulate new thinking about the development process, analyzing the available strategic options to achieve specific development outcomes, and building evidence, tools, and capacity for food system transformation at the country level. Our on-the-ground presence, maintained through country and regional offices, facilitates close partnership with agricultural and other key ministries, national policy research institutes, and other stakeholders, enabling IFPRI to respond to regional and country priorities and build inclusive policy processes.

Our Country Program activities cut across multiple research themes, drawing on expertise from all IFPRI research units, as well as from national and international partners. IFPRI adapts its research and capacity strengthening to address the diverse challenges and opportunities that exist in different countries. To achieve their objectives, IFPRI’s Country Programs:

  • Build on existing work and capacities in the country wherever possible by forming partnerships and networks.
  • Work in close collaboration with national partners to improve the quality and relevance of the work and to help strengthen national capacity.
  • Work closely with policymakers at the national and regional levels to set priorities and disseminate results.
  • Implement or undertake activities within the country to the greatest extent possible.

The Programs

  • Kutubdia Island in the Bay of Bengal

    Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program

    Improving food and nutrition security is of paramount concern to millions in Bangladesh.

  • Wuxi, the fast growing city that was formerly known as White Horse Village.

    China Strategy Support Program

    Supports joint research & capacity strengthening as well as policy dialogues & communication to improve policymaking.

  • Farm land in Giza in Egypt

    Egypt Strategy Support Program

    Egypt SSP's main objective is to raise incomes of the rural poor and to improve food and nutrition security in Egypt.

  • Gayo village, Ethiopia

    Ethiopia Strategy Support Program

    ESSP is a collaborative program undertaken by IFPRI and the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI)

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    Ghana Strategy Support Program

    Conduct research & advise on policy to support agricultural growth, rural development & economic transformation.

  • Local vendors selling vegetables at a market in Kenya,Africa

    Kenya Strategy Support Program

    KSSP is a policy research, capacity strengthening and policy communication program with the main objectives to accelerate poverty reduction and to improve food security.

  • Mitundu Market, Lilongwe, Malawi

    Malawi Strategy Support Program

    This project facilitates and promotes evidence-based dialogue and decision-making in support of agricultural development, food security, and economic growth in Malawi.

  • Country program Myanmar

    Myanmar Strategy Support Program

    The project supports agricultural transformation and other development policy goals by enhancing national technical, institutional, and policy analysis capacities.

  • Nigeria Strategy Support Program

    NSSP responds to the research, analysis, and capacity needs of stakeholders in the Nigerian agricultural research and policy community.

  • Fertile field at sunset in the countryside (Rwanda/ Africa)

    Rwanda Strategy Support Program

    Rwanda SSP is an initiative aligned with the Government of Rwanda’s vision to accelerate agricultural transformation and rural development in Rwanda.

  • A sunset view of river Nile in Khartoum, Sudan

    Sudan Strategy Support Program

    The Sudan Country Strategy Support Program (CSSP), with key team members based in Khartoum, can provide needed analytical support to the Government of Sudan, local and international partners.