Several Capacity Strengthening Trainings were conducted in Ghana by IFPRI staff in 2020. Below are the summaries of these training activities: 1. Catherine Ragasa and Sena Amewu conducted a Farmers' trainings on good aquacultural practices, certification, and nursery model between July-August 2020. The training had 200 male and 20 female participants. For more information, click […] Source: IFPRI Capacity Strengthening
CGE modelling training in Egypt
Mariam Raouf, Dalia El Sabbagh, and Josee Randriamamonjy from IFPRI Egypt Country office organized 10 online weekly sessions on Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling, between December 2019 - January 2020, for a team of 5 academic staff at Cairo university. The training course was taught by Manfred Wiebelt, senior research fellow at Kiel Institute of […] Source: IFPRI Capacity Strengthening
Online Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA) training in Egypt in 2020
Mariam Raouf, Dalia El Sabbagh, Manfred Wiebelt, Clemens Breisinger conducted training on how to use online Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA) in Egypt in 2020. AIDA is an online tool that uses an economywide model to assess the impact of agricultural investments on economic growth, job creation and household welfare. For more information, please click […] Source: IFPRI Capacity Strengthening
SAM multipliers and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling training in Rwanda
In the period 2018-2020, several Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling trainings were conducted in Rwanda by IFPRI researchers. The details of the training are provided below: James Thurlow and Emerta Aragie provided CGE Modeling training for Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning between May and June of 2019. The […] Source: IFPRI Capacity Strengthening
Gender and RCT methodology lecture in Myanmar
Isabel Lambrecht gave a lecture on gender research and RCT research methodology as part of the inception workshop for the project on "Women’s empowerment as the bridging gap between agriculture and nutrition in Myanmar" in July 2019. The lecture had 18 participants (6 females, 12 males) and they were relevant staff members from Ministry of […] Source: IFPRI Capacity Strengthening
