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Loty Diop is a Senior Research Analyst in the Nutrition, Health, and Diets Unit, based in Dakar, Senegal, where she works on projects that tackle food security and acute malnutrition. These projects involve assessing the nutritional status and micronutrient adequacy of the diets of vulnerable populations, as well as conducting in-depth analyses of the food environment.
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Lara Cockx is a Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, currently based at IFPRI’s Malawi Country Office in Lilongwe. Prior to joining IFPRI, Lara was a research fellow at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Spain, where she studied different aspects of food systems in West Africa.
She has also served as assistant professor of economics at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan. She is an applied microeconomist with research interests in development and agricultural economics. Lara holds a PhD in Economics from KU Leuven in Belgium, and has published on topics including urbanization, internal migration, food security, and agricultural development.