Alisher Mirzabaev

Dr. Alisher Mirzabaev is a Senior Scientist for Policy Analysis and Climate Change at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Before joining IRRI, he served as Interim Chair and Professor of the Production Economics Group, Institute for Food and Resource Economics (ILR) at the University of Bonn, Germany, and before that as a Senior researcher at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), also at the University of Bonn. Dr. Mirzabaev was a lead researcher in several international projects with both global and regional focus on Africa and Asia. He has authored more than 100 scientific publications on rice-based agrifood systems, economics of land degradation and ecosystem restoration, climate change impacts and adaptation, and water-energy-food security nexus.