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Emma Quilligan is a Senior Manager for the Systems Council. She works on strategic initiatives and programs and supports the work of IFPRI’s governing board and its committees. From 2018 to 2020, Emma was IFPRI’s Proposal Coordinator, working closely with researchers and administrative staff to guide projects from concept creation […]

Agnes Quisumbing is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. She co-leads a research program that examines how closing the gap between men’s and women’s ownership and control of assets may lead to better development outcomes. She is currently engaged in impact evaluations of agricultural development […]

Catherine Ragasa is a Senior Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit at IFPRI. She is an agricultural and applied economist analyzing policies and institutions affecting innovation, productivity growth, and transformation of agrifood systems. Prior to joining IFPRI, she worked for five years in the Agriculture and Rural […]

Kalyani Raghunathan is a Research Fellow in the Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). She completed her Ph.D in Economics from Cornell University in 2015 under the supervision of Dr. Gary Fields. Her areas of interest are development and labor economics, with specific […]

Md. Mozibar Rahman is a Coordinator of Seed Systems and Marketing in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. He is responsible for coordinating seed multiplication and marketing of biofortified crop seeds and developing the HarvestPlus strategy to boost biofortified seed supply. Mozibar is also responsible for […]

Sharanya Rajiv is a research analyst in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. Her research focuses on governance, climate resilience, food security, and development issues in Central Asia. Prior to IFPRI, she managed grants and special projects at Atalan Tech, a startup that provides predictive analytics to mitigate burnout and […]

Deboleena Rakshit is a Research Analyst in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. She works on rigorous evaluation of the gendered impacts of social protection programs on resilience, health, and general well-being, with a regional focus on South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining IFPRI, she worked with Equimundo […]

Gayathri Ramani is a Research Analyst in the Nutrition, Health, and Diets Unit. Since joining IFPRI, she has worked on several research projects across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. She specializes in quantitative research and has worked on issues related to agriculture, social protection, women’s empowerment, mental health, nutrition, livelihoods, […]

Josée Randriamamonjy is a Senior Scientist in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit and has been with IFPRI since 2006. Her research topics cover the driving forces affecting the global food system, their links to agricultural production, and related policy options to better achieve the reduction of poverty, food insecurity, […]

Mariam Raouf is a Senior Research Associate in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. Her research interests include macroeconomics, economic growth, national accounts, and international finance. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the impact of financial openness on total factor productivity growth in selected countries in the MENA region.  Mariam worked […]