Rewa Shankar Misra

Doctoral Student
Chair of Development Economics / CeMIS, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Vollmer

Rewa Misra works as Head of National Policy and Innovative Financing at HarvestPlus IFPRI. She is a development economist and holds a Masters from Georgetown University, Washington DC and is undertaking her PhD in Economic Sciences with the University of Göttingen, Germany with a focus on climate smart agriculture. Her research interests include understanding how risk shapes farmer decision-making in fragile contexts and evaluating adaptation policy interventions.

Publications:

Ekin Birol, Jennifer Foley, Caitlin Herrington, Rewa Misra, Bho Mudyahoto, Wolfgang Pfeiffer, Michael Tedla Diressie, Paul Ilona (2022). Transforming Nigerian Food Systems Through Their Backbones: Lessons From a Decade of Staple Crop Biofortification Programing. (sagepub.com).

IFPRI: International Food Policy Research Institute (2020). Potential impacts and demand for picture-based crop insurance: Qualitative research findings from Haryana state, India.

Misra, Rewa (2018). Insurtech and Agriculture: Promising Products and an Emerging Research Agenda. Georgetown University Gui2de Briefing Note.

Misra, R. (2008). ITC Choupal Fresh” in Harper, M. ed. Inclusive Value Chains in India.“ World Scientific, UK.