(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 […]
Best Practices and Lessons from Virtual Training on ‘Trade Flow Analysis’
By: Suresh Babu, Xinshen Diao, and Nandita Srivastava December 2021 Introduction This blog is part of a blog series on ‘Conducting Virtual Training during COVID-19: IFPRI Researchers’ Experience’. It will focus on best practices and approaches, key challenges and opportunities, and the way forward. This blog post reflects on the experience of a three-module virtual […]
Lecture on gender research and RCT research methodology
In 2019, as part of an inception workshop for a project on "Women’s empowerment as the bridging gap between agriculture and nutrition in Myanmar", Isabel Lambrecht (Research Fellow, IFPRI) gave a lecture on gender research and RCT research methodology. Participants were relevant staff members from Ministry of Agriculture (Department of irrigation), Ministry of Health, and […]
Policy Analysis Training Workshop for government officials in Nepal
USAID’s Feed The Future (FTF) Nepal Knowledge-based Integrated Sustainable Agriculture in Nepal (KISAN II), the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MOALD) and Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research, Capacity and Influence (PRCI) organized a weeklong training on policy analysis for government officers (March 8 - 12, 2021). By organizing this training both in […]
Famines and Capacity Development
In light of the famines in four African nations recently, a SciDevNet blog post describes how water is the key to ending the chronic cycle of huger and malnutrition. Currently, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen are in the middle of the famine. The article argues that apart from better water infrastructure, there is need […]