A4NH - Key Persons
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- IFPRI Country Representative in Bangladesh, Discusses the ANGeL Project
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- Member of the PMU
- Senior Program Manager
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
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- Senior Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute A4NH Flagship Leader, Flagship 5
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
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- Senior Research Fellow, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI A4NH Flagship Leader, Flagship 4, Supporting Policies, Programs, and Enabling Action through Research
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
- Member of the PMU
- Senior Research Fellow
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
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- Senior Research Fellow and Director, Impact and Strategy, HarvestPlus A4NH Flagship Leader, Flagship 2: Biofortification
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- Independent Consultant on International Development
Emmy Simmons is an independent consultant on international development issues, focusing on food, agriculture, Africa, and sustainability issues. She is currently a member of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition and a non-resident senior adviser for the Food Security Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In addition to serving on the Independent Steering Committee for the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, she serves on the board of SNV USA. Over the last several years, she has been the co-chair of AGree, a US-based initiative to reform food and agriculture policy; a member of the Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability at the National Academies of Science; and a member of the boards of the International Livestock Research Institute, the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, and the World Vegetable Center (AVRDC). She completed a career of nearly 30 years with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2005 and served as the Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade prior to retirement. She also worked in the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs in Liberia and taught and conducted research at Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria. She holds an M.S. in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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- Senior Researcher at the Institute of Nutrition
Emorn Udomkesmalee serves as Senior Researcher at the Institute of Nutrition at Mahidol University in Thailand, where she previously served as Director. She is a board member of the Micronutrient Forum, the New York Academy of Sciences Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and Sight and Life Foundation. She is also the former co-Chair of the Independent Expert Group for the Global Nutrition Report, and the Scientific Director of ILSI Southeast Asia. She serves as a member of the Scientific Council of the Institut de Recherché pour le Developpement (IRD) of France, the Advisory Panel for the Nutrition Association of Thailand, and the Ajinomoto Foundation of Thailand.
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
- Member of the PMU
- Gender Research Coordinator
- Member of PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
- Research Coordinator, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI A4NH Gender Research Coordinator
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
- Co - Leader, Animal and Human Health Program, International Livestock Research Institute A4NH Flagship Leader, Flagship 3, Food Safety
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- Regional Representative for East and Southeast
Hung Nguyen, Regional Representative for East and Southeast Asia and Senior Scientist, Ecohealth and Food Safety with the International Livestock Research Institute, discusses A4NH food safety work in Vietnam:
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
- Deputy Director General for Research, ILRI A4NH Managing Partner Representative
- Deputy Director General for Research, International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI )
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
- Associate Professor, Food and Nutrition Security, Wageningen University & Research A4NH Flagship Leader, Flagship 1: Food Systems for Healthier Diets
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- Member of the PMU
- Senior Communications Specialist
Jeroen Bordweijk is a former senior vice president of Unilever. He was the president of the SAI Platform, an initiative of large international food companies to develop and promote more sustainable agricultural practices. He served as a member of the Biotechnology Advisory Committee of Monsanto, the Environmental Advisory Board of Dow Agro Sciences, the Advisory Council of the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen University & Research, and the Science and Society Committee of the Dutch Royal Institute of Engineers. He has been active as adviser to the Dutch and German governments on sustainable development policies. He is a member of the Program Advisory Committee of HarvestPlus, and holds supervisory board positions in health insurance and horticultural businesses in The Netherlands.
Jeroen Bordweijk is a former senior vice president of Unilever. He was the president of the SAI Platform, an initiative of large international food companies to develop and promote more sustainable agricultural practices. He served as a member of the Biotechnology Advisory Committee of Monsanto, the Environmental Advisory Board of Dow Agro Sciences, the Advisory Council of the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen University & Research, and the Science and Society Committee of the Dutch Royal Institute of Engineers. He has been active as adviser to the Dutch and German governments on sustainable development policies. He is a member of the Program Advisory Committee of HarvestPlus, and holds supervisory board positions in health insurance and horticultural businesses in The Netherlands.
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
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- Professor of Malaria Control and Vector Biology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ( LSHTM ), A4NH Managing Partner Representative
- Reader of Malaria Control and Vector Biology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ( LSHTM )
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- Ex - Officio Member ) Director General, IFPRI
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
- Member of the PMU
- Program Director
- Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health
- Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health ( A4NH )
- Member of PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
John McDermott joined IFPRI in late 2011 to lead the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH). Previously, he was Deputy Director General and Director of Research at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
As a researcher, McDermott's career has focused on public health, animal health, and livestock research in developing countries, primarily in Africa. He has led projects on zoonotic and emerging diseases in Asia and Africa. McDermott has a strong background in quantitative methods, including modeling, study design, and statistics. He has authored or co-authored 200 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and conference papers; advised more than 30 post-graduate students, including 20 PhD graduates; and served as an advisor to FAO, WHO, OIE, and other international agencies.
As a research leader, McDermott has played a pivotal role in research for development innovations, including the establishment of the Biosciences East and Central Africa hub and the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines.
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- Professor of Human Nutrition, Sokoine University of Agriculture
Joyce Kinabo is a Professor of Human Nutrition in the Department of Food Technology, Nutrition, and Consumer Sciences at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Morogoro, Tanzania. She has been lecturing for more than 32 years on human nutrition, nutritional physiology, body composition and energy balance, nutritional epidemiology, maternal and child nutrition, and food and nutrition security. Her research has focused mainly on energy balance studies and the thermal effect of food, maternal and child nutrition, adolescent nutrition, food-body interactions, and nutritional status. She is involved in community nutrition research, focusing on enhancing capacity of communities to identify nutrition challenges and solutions by developing nutrition interventions to address their unique nutrition challenges in various food systems. With the AgriDiet project, she led the Tanzania country review of how national policies impact upon nutrition and was also responsible for developing the national methodology plan for the field work in Tanzania. Currently, she leads a team of researchers at SUA to undertake impact assessment of the Improving Nutrition Outcomes Through Optimized Agricultural Investments project being implemented by the Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN). She holds a PhD in Nutritional Physiology from Glasgow University, an M.Sc. in Food Science from Leeds University, and a B.S. in Agriculture with a major in Food Science and Technology from the University of Dar es Salaam.
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
- Division Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division IFPRI A4NH Managing Partner Representative
- Division Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute ( IFPRI )
- Member of PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
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- Senior Scientist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
- Senior Scientist, International Center for Tropical Agriculture ( CIAT )
- Senior Scientist, Sustainable Food Systems, International Center for Tropical Agriculture ( CIAT )
- Senior Scientist, Sustainable Food Systems, International Center for Tropical Agriculture A4NH Managing Partner Representative
Mark Lundy is a Senior Scientist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), in Cali, Colombia, where he leads the Sustainable Food Systems team. His work focuses on the role of markets in reducing rural poverty, including learning networks to increase capacities for enterprise development, the role of public agencies to promote market access, and how to establish and sustain effective trading relationships between buyers, smallholder farmers, and consumers. Emerging areas of work in sustainable food systems include inclusion in traditional markets, climate resilience and environmental sustainability of food systems, and multi-actor platforms to improve decision making. Mark is lead author of guides on rural enterprise development, the LINK method on inclusive business models, and an active participant in multi-stakeholder platforms focused on sustainability and smallholder inclusion.
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- Executive Director and Co - Founder, African Institute for Health and Development
- Founding Director and Technical Consultant, African Institute for Health and Development
- Technical Adviser to the African Institute for Health and Development
Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo is the Founding Director of and Technical Adviser to the African Institute for Health and Development (AIHD), an organization based in Nairobi, Kenya, that conducts research, training, and advocacy on health and development issues. She has more than 28 years of work experience in Kenya and the African region, and has published widely in the areas of health and development, focusing on non-communicable diseases, HIV/AIDS, gender, youth, mothers and children under five, rural and urban poverty, and health promotion in general. She provides consultancy services for institutions such as the World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the Government of Kenya. She serves on international and national committees and boards, including the Immunization and Vaccines-Related Implementation Research Advisory Committee, the Regional Programme Review Group for WHO, and the Mectizan Donation Program, and chairs the National Biosafety Authority of Kenya. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University and a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Nairobi.
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- Board Member of Ben & Jerry 's Ice Cream
- President and CEO, Heifer International
Pierre Ferrari joined Heifer International in 2010 with more than 40 years of business experience. Ferrari is leading Heifer to scale its programs and accelerate rural market growth to help 4 million families achieve living incomes by 2020. Heifer is using its proven community development approach and livestock expertise to help farmers create market demand to lift them out of poverty.
He worked for many years at Coca-Cola USA, before deciding in 1995 to focus his energies and business acumen on social issues. He is using his skills and aptitude to invest in and partner with people living in poverty to help them achieve self-sufficiency, independence, and health - goals that directly align with Heifer's empowerment-oriented mission.
Ferrari is a board member of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and the Small Enterprise Assistance Fund.
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- Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School
- Chairman ), Adjunct Professor
Robert Paarlberg is Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, a Visiting Professor at Harvard College, and an Associate at Harvard's Weatherhead Center. From 1976 until 2015, he was a Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College. He is the author of six university press books, including Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford, 2013) and The United States of Excess: Gluttony and the Dark Side of American Exceptionalism (Oxford, 2015). He has been a member of the Board of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the National Research Council of the National Academies, and was a member of the Board of Directors at Winrock International. He has been a frequent consultant of the International Food Policy Research Institute, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the Aspen Institute, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He holds a PhD in International Relations from Harvard University, and received his B.A. from Carleton College.
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
- Research Coordinator
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- Research Coordinator of Food Security, Value Chains and Impact Analysis, Wageningen University & Research A4NH Managing Partner Representative
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- Director, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
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- Country Coordinator in Vietnam, Discusses Food Systems Issues in the Country
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
- Deputy Director General for Research, Bioversity International
- Deputy Director General for Research, Bioversity International A4NH Managing Partner Representative
- Member of PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
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- Member of the PMU
- Contracts and Grants Manager
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- Member of the PLANNING and MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
- Economist
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