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Tushar Singh is a Senior Research Analyst in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit. He has experience in agricultural research and impact evaluation and most recently worked for Precision Development (PxD), where he was responsible for implementing randomized controlled trials focused on mobile-phone-based agricultural extension systems. He holds a BA […]

Sonali Singh is a Senior Research Analyst in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, based in New Delhi. She joined IFPRI in 2022. She previously worked with PVTGs (particularly vulnerable tribal groups) of Arunachal Pradesh, Daman and Diu, and Rohingya Muslims settled in Hyderabad, India. She completed her master’s degree […]

Edwin Siyame is a Research Analyst with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Jenny (Cairns) Smart is a Senior Program Manager in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in Washington, DC. She has been the Senior Program Manager for the IFPRI-led CGIAR Initiative on Fragility, Conflict and Migration since its launch in April of 2023, and also offers cross-cutting program management support […]

Ziqian Song is a Research Assistant with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Jie Song joined IFPRI in July 2018 as a Research Analyst in the Development Strategy and Governance Division (DSGD). Prior to joining IFPRI, Jie worked with the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation (gui2de) in Tanzania on the evaluation of Tanzania’s education reform and interned at the World […]

David J. Spielman is the director of IFPRI’s Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit and has been with the institute since 2004. His research agenda covers a range of topics including agriculture and rural development policy; agricultural science, technology, and innovation; plant genetic resources and seed systems; agricultural extension and advisory […]

Nandita Srivastava is a Research Analyst in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. She currently provides research, managerial, coordination, reporting, and communications support on USAID-funded projects focused on strengthening the food policy research capacity of institutions in Asia, resilience building in Malawi, and climate change action in Asia. She has […]

Pamela Stedman-Edwards is a with the Unit.

Linda Steinhuebel-Rasheed is a research fellow with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, and is based in Cairo, Egypt. Her research focuses on the mechanisms of rural transformation processes, including questions related to agricultural development, household decision-making, market access, and farm-environment interactions. Linda received her PhD in Agricultural Economics from […]