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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.
researcher spotlight
Liangzhi You is a Senior Research Fellow and theme leader in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on climate resilience, spatial data and analytics, agroecosystems, and agricultural science policy. Gridded crop production data of the world (SPAM) and the agricultural technology evaluation model (DREAM) are among his research contributions.
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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.
Ester Jimmy Simfukwe is the project associate at HarvestPlus hosted by Alliance Bioversity International & CIAT Tanzania, working on the commercialization of biofortified crops in the country. Previous to HarvestPlus, she worked with World Vegetable Center as Coordinator – Legume Agronomist; and before that as an agronomist with the One Acre Fund in Tanzania. Ester has a wealth of experience in the field, including working with innovation teams and communities facing agricultural challenges. Her career has focused on nutrition sensitive agriculture, crop nutrition, soil science and agronomy for sustainable agriculture and development in Africa.