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Katharina Diehl is a Scaling Specialist in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit, based in Nairobi. She has been working on sustainability-oriented innovations in agriculture for more than 10 years, she has a high systemic understanding of innovation processes that depend on ecological and political framing […]

Maria DiGiovanni is a Research Analyst with the Director General’s Office (DGO) Unit.

Betina Dimaranan is a Senior Research Coordinator in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. She is currently the Project Manager for the African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium and helps coordinate the Food Security Portal (FSP). She is a member of the Globalization and Markets team and has […]

Malick Dione is a Senior Research Analyst with the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit.

Insa Diop is a Research Analyst in IFPRI’s Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit, based in Dakar, where he assists senior researchers in developing and maintaining AGRODEP’s library of technical resources (models and databases). Prior to joining IFPRI, Insa worked at The Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research (ISRA) in the Macro-economics […]

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 […]

Paul A. Dorosh is a Senior Research Fellow in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. He was previously the Division Director of IFPRI’s Development Strategy and Governance Unit from April 2011 until October 2024. Before that, his previous positions include IFPRI Senior Research Fellow and Program Leader of the Ethiopia […]

Monica Dourado is the Human Resources Director at IFPRI. She has over 15 years of international human resources experience in the nonprofit environment. She has significant experience in talent acquisition, field office HR operations, employee relations, onboarding, performance management, hosting agreements, labor law compliance, and HR management. She has also […]

Jan Duchoslav is a Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Lilongwe, Malawi. He conducts research and outreach activities to support development policies in the areas of food security, social protection, resilience, and rural transformation. Jan has worked in Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Uganda, and Malawi. He […]

Olivier Ecker is a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit based in Washington, DC. Olivier leads the consumer behavior and dietary change workstream of the Unit’s country modeling team. His research focuses on economic issues of food systems transformation and food security in Africa, Asia, and […]