Dorah Kwamboka Momanyi

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition.

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Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, GAIN has offices in countries with high levels of malnutrition: Bangladesh, Benin, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. To support work in those countries, we have representative offices in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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Dorah holds a graduate degree in Food Science and Nutrition and is currently pursuing a PhD in Climate Change and Adaptation. She works as a Food Systems Researcher at CIFOR-ICRAF and is an alumna of the Young Professional Program at the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), where she honed her analytical skills contributing to her success in this competition. Her passion lies at the convergence of food systems, climate change, innovation and policy, driving her commitment to transformative food systems for better production, better environment, better nutrition and better life.