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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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Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa.
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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.