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May Thet Htar holds a Master’s degree specialized in Agribusiness and has previously worked as the head of market research at a leading agribusiness group in Myanmar. She has collaborated with Yezin Agricultural University on several research projects. In 2022, she has won best paper award at Asia Pacific Journal […]

Iván Mauricio Hurtado Rivas is a Research Associate with the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit.

Lieven Huybregts is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, and is the acting chair of IFPRI’s Institutional Review Board. He is a nutrition epidemiologist with expertise in maternal and child malnutrition in developing countries. His current research areas include: the impact of prenatal and postnatal […]

I have over 16 years of post-graduation experience of which 13 years have been in the development sector and 8 years have been in Market Systems Development -MSD, Private Sector Engagement/Development, resilience, agribusiness, technological innovations, agroforestry, livelihoods, livestock and aquaculture production/development, institutional strengthening, entrepreneurship and climate resilience activities working across […]

Augustine is a Research Analyst in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. Prior to joining IFPRI, Augustine was a Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA) where he worked closely with government, local, national, and regional partners on evidence-based research for evidence-informed policymaking. […]

Elyse Iruhiriye is an Associate Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. At IFPRI, her research has focused on impact evaluations of integrated nutrition and health programs and integrated agriculture and nutrition programs. She has focused on qualitative process evaluation surveys and cost-effectiveness studies of these programs. Elyse […]

Mir Raihanul Islam is a Research Analyst in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. He joined IFPRI in 2021 under the USAID-funded Bangladesh Agriculture Policy Activity program. His research interests are related to public health, WASH (water, sanitation, and health), food security, and mental health. Prior to joining IFPRI, he […]

Ester Jimmy Simfukwe is the project associate at HarvestPlus hosted by Alliance Bioversity International & CIAT Tanzania, working on the commercialization of biofortified crops in the country. Previous to HarvestPlus, she worked with World Vegetable Center as Coordinator – Legume Agronomist; and before that as an agronomist with the One […]

Eleanor Jones is a Program Manager in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. Prior to her work at IFPRI, she worked as a research consultant at the Development Innovation Lab at the University of Chicago. She also served as the managing editor for the Journal of Poverty and Public Policy. […]

Nina Jovanovic is an Associate Research Fellow in the Development Strategy and Governance Division based in Cairo, Egypt. Her dissertation looked at the effects of technology adoption decisions made by smallholder farmers with incomplete information. She completed her PhD in Agricultural Economics at Purdue University in 2023.