Biography:

Dr. Clemens Breisinger is a senior research fellow at the IFPRI, which he joined in 2006. His research, capacity building, and policy advisory work in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East covers a broad range of issues related to economic transformation and poverty reduction, food and nutrition security, climate change, conflict, and social protection. Together with his colleagues, Breisinger produced more than 100 publications that are widely-read and quoted by local and international media. Since 2011, Breisinger has led IFPRI?s Middle East and North Africa team and has been based in Cairo since 2016, from where he has also led IFPRI's country strategy program for Egypt. Both programs provide context-specific policy solutions, innovative analytical tools, and research-based public information, and work closely with local institutions, such as ministries of planning, social solidarity and agriculture; statistical agencies and universities; and international organizations such as International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the World Bank. Breisinger received his PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim, Germany, in 2006.

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