In 2020, an Inception Report Writing Workshop was held under the USAID funded Titukulane Project, (in collaboration with CARE International). At the workshop, Suresh Babu (Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI) presented on "Refining Sampling Frame and Data collection methods-inception report development". The workshop had 30 trainees (21 male, 9 female). The workshop was planned as a […]
Bunda Grant Scheme: 2018 Cohort
The Bunda Grant Scheme Mentorship Program offers young master’s students from Bunda College at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources (LUANAR), Malawi, mentorship from IFPRI researchers in order to refine and publish their research. From Nov 2018 to Dec 2019, IFPRI researchers Bob Baulch, Dennis Ochieng, and Jan Duchoslav trained 12 male students […]
Training of enumerators for a household survey in Malawi
Catherine Ragasa (Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI) led a training for enumerators for a household survey on pluralistic extension system in Malawi in 2018, in collaboration with Wadonda Consult. The training had 13 female and 12 male participants. The training material included questionnaires, ethical review and training manuals from Wadonda Consult.
Enumerator Training for Malawi Africa RISING Follow-up Evaluation Survey 2019
An Enumerator Training was conducted for Malawi Africa RISING Follow-up Evaluation Survey 2019, in September 2019. It was a two-week training of 15 experienced enumerators in Zomba, Malawi, led by an IFPRI consultant. The consultant oversaw the first week and a half of data collection. Activities included finalizing data collection and conducting data quality checks […]
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 […]