Aifa Fatimata Ndoye Niane (Aifa), is from Senegal. She joined the World Bank in 2011 as Senior Agricultural Economist based in Dakar, Senegal and working over West Africa Sub-Region. She is Task Team Leader (TTL), co-TTL or team member for the preparation and implementation of important regional and country projects on climate-smart agriculture, agricultural productivity, innovative irrigation solutions, agricultural innovation system (research and development), commercial agriculture, value chain management and development, financing, agribusiness development, job creation, land governance reforms, gender, digital applications (e-voucher for subsidy, e-extension etc.). Aifa is author of many analytical works to feed policy dialogue and operations. Prior joining the World Bank, she was working in national and international agricultural research institutes. As gender specialist, Aifa is putting women and youth at the center of the World Bank-financed operations to build a climate-resilient, productive and competitive agriculture sector leading to job creation in Africa region.
Aifa is an Agricultural Engineer specialized in Rural Economics from National Superior School of Agriculture (ENSA). Aifa completed a PhD in Development Economics at Wageningen University in The Netherlands in 2010. She got a Feminist Development Economics Diploma at the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands.