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Rowena Andrea Valmonte-Santos is a Senior Research Analyst in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. Her current work focuses on natural resource management with emphasis on food security in developing countries, participatory approaches to community-based fisheries management and gender, threats and opportunities of climate change, and to some extent biosafety and […]

Joanna van Asselt is an Associate Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. Her current research focuses on food security in Myanmar. Her previous research focused on improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in rural Africa, Asia, and Central America, and assessing whether government policies ensure food and […]

Bjorn Van Campenhout is a Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. He is also an Associate Research Fellow at the LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance of the KU Leuven, Belgium.  His research focuses on smallholder agriculture, especially in East Africa. He has published on food […]

Teunis van Rheenen is the Director of Business Development and External Relations in the Director General’s Office, based in Washington, DC. He is also the Senior Director, Science Group Innovative Finance and Resource Mobilization for CGIAR. Dr. Van Rheenen has over 15 years of experience working in CGIAR developing and […]

Ndayizeye Viateur is a Research Support with the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit.

Vandana Vidhani is a Research Analyst with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Klaus von Grebmer, a citizen of Switzerland, is a Research Fellow Emeritus in the Director General’s Office. Previously, he was director of IFPRI’s Communications Division. Before joining IFPRI in 1999, Klaus worked for 26 years in the private sector as a business consultant, health economist, and senior manager in communications […]

Rob Vos is the Unit Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions and previously led the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division (MTID), beginning in 2017. Previously, he was Director of Agricultural Development Economics at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), responsible for economic analysis and policy support for […]

Julia Wagner is a Research Analyst with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit.

Jenny Walton is the Head of Commercialization and Scaling in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit, based in Washington, DC. Jenny’s role at HarvestPlus is to develop and lead the strategy that will embed biofortified seeds, grains, and foods into a better food system. Working with […]