Luz Marina Alvare

Washington, DC United States

Head Library and Knowledge Management

My work focuses on ways to preserve, organize and disseminate research information for IFPRI staff as well as policymakers and key stakeholders. Ja joined IFPRI in 2000 after working for more than 10 years at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) in Cali, Colombia. Throughout her 17 years of work with the CGIAR, have managed several innovative institutional websites and e-products, including www.ifpri.org, BibliogrAfrica CD-ROM, and ECOGENLit. Also have directed a number of collaborative projects on behalf of the CGIAR including the CGIAR Global Knowledge Sharing Pilot Project, InfoFinder (FAO inititative), “Ending Hunger in Africa through Agricultural Information” (f