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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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    James Stevenson

    Senior Research Fellow

    James Stevenson is a Senior Research Fellow with the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit.


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    Kenneth Strzepek

    Senior Research Fellow

    Kenneth Strzepek is a Senior Research Fellow with the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit.


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    Timothy Sulser

    Senior Scientist

    Timothy Sulser is a Senior Scientist in IFPRI’s Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit and works with the CGIAR Research Initiative on Foresight. He joined IFPRI in 2004 to work on the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT) and continues engagement with this important tool. His […]


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    Dan Sumbu

    Research Associate

    I have 12 years of professional experience in agronomic research, plant breeding and specialization in seed system of biofortified crops such as cassava, maize, beans, etc. In my professional career, I have held numerous of positions of responsibility in the previous institutions, currently in my current position with CIAT / […]


  • Johan Swinnen

    Director General, IFPRI; Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Member, Advisory Committee On Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA), USAID

    Johan Swinnen has served as the Director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) since January 2020 and Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR, since July 2022. He is a member of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA), USAID; Commissioner in the Food Systems Economics Commission; Representative in the […]


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    Abdourahmane Sy

    Research Analyst

    Abdourahmane Sy is a Research Analyst with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit.


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    Aradom Taddesse

    Program Management Officer

    Aradom Taddesse is a Program Management Officer with the Africa Unit.


  • Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse

    Senior Research Fellow/Program Leader- Ethiopia

    Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Ethiopia. He is a development economist whose recent research covered agricultural transformation; impact evaluation (including impact evaluation of large multi-year public programs); social protection; individual psycho-social characteristics, behaviour, and well-being outcomes; risk and […]


  • Hiroyuki Takeshima

    Senior Research Fellow

    Hiroyuki Takeshima is a Senior Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit in Washington, DC, and has worked in IFPRI’s Nigeria office. His research focuses on agricultural technology adoption including agricultural mechanization, seed and varietal technologies, agrifood system transformation and rural economic transformation, public investments, and agriculture-nutrition linkages. […]


  • Victor Taleon

    Research Fellow

    Victor Taleon is a Research Fellow with the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit.