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Jawoo Koo joined IFPRI in July 2007 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division. He holds a B.A. in Agricultural Biology from Korea University, Seoul, Korea, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from University of Florida. For his dissertation, he worked […]

Katrina Kosec is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit and Theme Leader for Public Investment and leads research programs on gender, agriculture, and rural transformation and on fragility, conflict, and migration. She is also an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on the […]

Ke Kou is a Research Assistant with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Nadia Koyratty is an Associate Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research interests include food insecurity and water insecurity in low- and middle-income countries and during disasters. Her doctoral thesis focused on maternal and child health in Zimbabwe, and her post-doctoral research examined food security during […]

Berber Kramer is a Senior Research Fellow with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her research focuses on financial inclusion, technology adoption, gender, and adaptation to climate change. She leads a research program that aims to strengthen agricultural insurance and finance in Ethiopia, India, and Kenya […]

An agricultural development practitioner with more than 20 years’ experience managing projects whose scope includes seed systems development, farmer seed enterprise development, value chain development, technology transfer, and nutrition sensitive agriculture. Sakile holds a BSc in Agriculture (Crops Science), an MBA, a master’s in applied microbiology and biotechnology and is […]

Doreen Kufoalor is a Research Officer with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Neha Kumar is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit at IFPRI. Neha is an economist by training and has an accumulated expertise that spans the diverse sectors of agriculture, social protection, gender, and nutrition-focused programs. Since joining IFPRI, she has been involved in several complex […]

Dr Anjani Kumar is currently a Senior Research Fellow at International Food Policy Research Institute, South Asia Office, New Delhi. He received his Ph.D. (1999) and Masters (1992) in Dairy Economics from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India. Before joining to IFPRI, he was Principal Scientist (Agricultural Economics) at the […]

Sikandra Kurdi is a Research Fellow and Country Program Leader for Egypt in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. Her dissertation work looked at the impacts of Labor Intensive Public Works program in Yemen on household incomes and the use of store credit for coping with shocks. She completed her […]