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Belay is a Research Officer in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. Belay has a diverse background that includes development research, banking, and academia. Previously, Belay spent three years as a Research Officer with IFPRI’s Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP), where he played a pivotal role in several research projects. […]

Valerie Mueller is a Nonresident Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit and an Associate Professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. Prior to joining the university, she was a Senior Research Fellow at IFPRI in Washington, DC. Mueller’s research falls largely into three main […]

Serge Mugabo is a Senior Research Associate in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Kigali, where he provides analytical support to the IFPRI Rwanda Strategy Support Program (RSSP). He contributes to research on prioritizing agricultural transformation, increasing agricultural productivity, improving nutrition, and strengthening food systems and the rural non-farm […]

Sophie Muhuwa is a Research Assistant with the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit.

Emerence Mukangabo is a Senior Research Analyst in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in IFPRI’s office in Kigali, Rwanda. Her research interests include food and nutrition security, rural development, agriculture, and gender. Prior to joining IFPRI, Emerence was a research consultant working with the CGIAR research centers in […]

Crispin Mukanya is a Senior Research Assistant with the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit.

Askar Mukashov is an Associate Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. He is a development economist whose research focuses on climate-related economic uncertainty and development strategies, using country-specific computable general equilibrium (CGE) models and various satellite models. His past research included evaluating public investments and policies, analyzing […]

Rishabh Mukerjee is a Research Analyst in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He pursued his MS in Applied Economics and Management with a research concentration in Food and Agricultural Economics. Originally hailing from India, he also holds a BA in Economics from the University of Delhi. His passion lies […]

Penina Muoki is a Program Manager in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit with over 20 years of work experience in nutrition-sensitive agriculture projects that apply a market-led value chain approach. Since 2019, she has been working for HarvestPlus managing projects that promote biofortified high iron […]

Mike Murphy is a Senior Research Analyst with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit, and a PhD student in Economics at the University of Bordeaux. He works primarily on the OneHealth CGIAR Initiative focusing on the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health. His research looks at how individual decision-making […]