Team
The Jameel Index was developed and built by a team of global experts in food systems, agriculture, nutrition and economics from some of the world's leading academic institutions and international organisations.
Research team
Greg Sixt
Project Lead
Ken Strzepek
Technical Lead
Chris Maynard
Research assistant
International Food Policy Research Insitute (IFPRI)
Keith Wiebe, Project Lead for IFPRI
Sherwin Gabriel, Economist
Faaiqa Hartley, Economist
Rehab Osman, Macroeconomic Modeler
Ricky Robertson, Crop Modeler
Tim Sulser, Economist
Tim Thomas, Economist
Dirk Willenbockel, Macroeconomic Modeler
University of Oxford Martin School
Jim Hall, Project Lead for University of Oxford
Sir Charles Godfray, Senior Advisor
Anna Murgatroyd, Crop Modeler
Jasper Verschuur, Infrastructure Modeler
Ethiopian Institute for Agriculture Research (EIAR)
Girma Mamo, Project Lead for EIAR
Tadese Anberbir Aweke, Senior ICT and Digitalization Expert
Samuel Diro Chalkaba, Economist
Abu Tolcha Gari, Climate Change Modeler
Tadele Mamom, Economist
Tesfaye Solomon Eshetu, Economist
United Arab Emirates University
Eihab Fathelrahman, Agricultural Trade Modeler
Raeda Osman, Graduate Fellow
Colorado State University
Dana Hoag, Senior Advisor
Advisory Committee
Joel K. Bourne
Author and journalist, National Geographic
Ana Bucher
Environment, Natural Resource, and Blue Economy Global Practice of the World Bank Group
Christian Man
Independent Advisor, Global Agriculture and Food Systems
Linus Mofor
African Climate Policy Centre
Cédric Pené
World Trade Organization
Nizar Zaied
Islamic Development Bank
Rami Zurayk
American University of Beirut
Reinette Van der Merwe
First Capital Bank Botswana
Tracy McVeigh
The Guardian
Paola De Almeida
Pegasus Capital Advisors
Emeritus Advisory Committee
Howard W. Buffet
Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs
Experts methodology review panel
Dana Hoag
Agricultural and Resource Economics Professor, Colorado State University
Tehmina Shaukat Khan
Lead Country Economist and Program Leader, World Bank
Christian Man
Independent Advisor, Global Agriculture and Food Systems
Will Masters
Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Jennifer Morris
Principal Research Scientist, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
James Neumann
Principal, Industrial Economics Incorporated
Frank Nti
Agricultural Economist
Cédric Pené
Counsellor, Agriculture and Commodities Division, World Trade Organization
Mark Rosegrant
Research Fellow Emeritus, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Franziska Schünemann
Professor Doctor, Chair of Bioeconomy and Computational Science Hub, Institute of Economics, University of Hohenheim
Shigie Yang
Economist, World Bank