Several capacity strengthening activities were conducted in Ghana in 2018. Below is a brief summary of these activities: Elena Martinez and Jessica Heckert conducted a Learning lab on integrating gender into agriculture, nutrition, and health research at the ANH Academy Week 2018 conference in Accra, Ghana in June 2018. Learning objectives included identifying the gender […]
PRCI training on ‘Understanding the Policy Space’ for Centers for Policy Leadership
As part of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity and Influence, Kristin Davis presented a training “From Research to Policy Influence: Understanding the Policy Space” for four Centers for Policy Leadership. These included l’Institut sénégalais de recherches Agricole/Bureau d’analyses macro-économiques (Senegal); Economic Policy Research Center (Uganda); Center for Petroleum, Energy […]
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 […]
Enumerator Training on survey administration and technical data collection
Hyacinth Edeh, Adebayo Ogunniyi, Adetunji Fasoranti, Bedru Balana, and Motunrayo Ayowumi Oyeyemi conducted a two-day refresher training for fifteen enumerators for the second phase of the assessment of the household level impacts of COVID–19 in four Feed the Future states of Nigeria. These enumerators were involved in the first phase of the study. The training […]
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 […]