The International Food Policy Research Institute’s Nigeria Strategy Support Program (IFPRI-NSSP) has delivered yet another Group Dynamics training to assist various stakeholders in the agricultural sector in improving their capacity to effectively manage their activities and excel in their businesses, thereby improving their standard of living.
Towards Strengthening Nigeria’s Capacity to Innovate in the Agricultural Sector
“Policy Implementation requires the capacity to identify investment gaps and track progress. Assuming such capacity exists slows down progress.”- Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Capacity Strengthening Unit for IFPRI As a measure towards driving innovation in Nigeria’s agricultural sector, on 16 September 2019 in Abuja, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) introduced […]
Enumerator training on ‘Farm household survey and choice experiments’ in Malawi
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 […]