Dennis Ochieng conducted an enumerator training in June 2019 in Malawi. The training covered various topics such as conducting qualitative and quantitative farm household and firm surveys, research methodology and ethics, enumeration techniques, data collection using tablets and conducting discrete choice experiments. The training had a total of (5 males, 3 females). As a result […]
Strengthening Capacity for Policy Planning in Ethiopia
In collaboration with Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity (Ethiopia), African Development Bank, CGIAR research program on Water, Land, Ecosystems, IFPRI organized a two-training workshop on ‘Energy Systems Model: TIMES’ in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This training was led by Alam Mondal, research fellow in Environment and Production Technology Division at IFPRI. The training took place […]
Alternative Pathways to Improve Electricity Access in Ethiopia
Secure, reliable, and affordable energy services are key to addressing many global development challenges. “Energy poverty” features prominently in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Access to modern energy services for all is required to create the conditions for economic development, social equality, and poverty alleviation. Access to modern energy not only helps increase incomes but […]
Developing Performance Indicators for functioning of KVKs
Krsihi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) are district level Farm Science Extension centers, formed and managed by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) and its affiliated institutions, to provide last mile extension support to farmers in India. The first KVK was established in 1974, and now there are more than 600 across the country. Despite their […]
NAIP Training Clinics for African Researchers
A series of two- to four-day technical training clinics were organized by IFPRI’s West and Central Africa office (WCAO) in September this year at the IFPRI office in Dakar, Senegal. The trainings were delivered as part of the support that IFPRI and ReSAKSS provide to the African Union Commission (AUC) and the NEPAD Planning and […]