(Picture taken at a Kaleidoscope model training by IFPRI-Pakistan colleagues in Peshawar) Introduction This blog describes the capacity strengthening activities conducted between 2018-2021 by IFPRI country programs. It documents the nature of activities undertaken, alignment to country program objectives, and related impact. This kind of monitoring and reporting helps in promoting IFPRI’s capacity strengthening […]
Training on ‘Preparing for the Role of a Rapporteur & the Synthesis Paper’
Suresh Babu, Duncan Boughton, and Adam Kennedy gave a virtual presentation ‘Preparing for the Role of a Rapporteur & the Synthesis Paper’ on April 19, 2022 to the rapporteurs for the seminar ‘International Seminar On Sustainable Food Systems In Southeast Asia Under And Beyond Covid-19: Policy Evidence And Call For Action’ which happened in May […]
Presentation on ‘Engaging women’s groups to improve health, nutrition and food security outcomes’
Kalyani Raghunathan gave a presentation on ‘Engaging women’s groups to improve health, nutrition and food security outcomes: Learnings from two impact evaluations in rural India’ at the 3rd Gender Samvaad held by Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) on ‘Promotion of food and nutrition security through women’s collectives’. The To access the […]
Blog Series and Guidelines on Conducting Virtual Capacity Strengthening Activities
(This picture was taken at a virtual event as part of the ongoing Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI) project) Travel restrictions and safety regulations due to COVID-19 compelled IFPRI researchers to conduct Capacity Strengthening (CS) activities using virtual approaches for learning and engagement. As part of the shift […]
Delivering capacity strengthening virtually during COVID-19: Lessons from Nigeria
By: Hyacinth Edeh December 2021 Introduction This blog reflects the lessons IFPRI-Nigeria (https://nssp.ifpri.info/) garnered in delivering virtual capacity strengthening activities to stakeholders in Nigeria during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. As in other parts of the world, the pandemic led the Government of Nigeria to introduce several measures to contain the spread of the […]