Shenggen Fan reflects on his years as IFPRI’s director general and how his own life illustrates the potential for policy to improve livelihoods. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Investment in agricultural research key to offsetting climate change impacts
This blog, written by Channing Arndt, Shenggen Fan and Nick Austin, is cross-posted from the IFPRI website. The post first appeared on the Thomson-Reuters Foundation News site. On Sept. 23, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the European Commission, Switzerland, Sweden, and Germany announced commitments of more than >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Inaugural conference highlights crisis in agricultural research in Kenya
The latest ASTI data from Kenya, showing dwindling agricultural investment levels and a dearth of national level agricultural researchers, took center stage at a recent high-level conference on agricultural research in Nairobi. The conference, organized by Kenya’s State Department of Agriculture Research in collaboration with 12 international and national research and donor partners, focused on […] Source: Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators
Inaugural conference highlights crisis in agricultural research in Kenya
The latest ASTI data from Kenya, showing dwindling agricultural investment levels and a dearth of national level agricultural researchers, took center stage at a recent high-level conference on agricultural research in Nairobi. The conference, organized by Kenya’s State Department of Agriculture Research in collaboration with 12 international and national research and donor partners, focused on […] Source: Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators