Victor Manyong is an Agricultural Economist and Director for Eastern Africa and Leader of the social science research group at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). He received his PhD in Agricultural Economics from the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve. He oversees IITA’s contribution to the CGIAR Research Programs on Policies, Institutions and Markets (CRP2) and Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health (CRP4).