On July 23, 2019, the Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) are co-organizing an interactive review of changes of selected indicators from 2011/12 baseline to 2018/19 endline for the Feed the Future (FTF) Zone of Influence, using data from two rounds of PRSSP’s Bangladesh Integrated […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Second Policy Communications Training for National Assembly Journalists in Abuja
On 30-31 July, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) organized a second training for members of the National Assembly Press Corps in Abuja, further building on efforts towards strengthening the policymaking environment for agricultur... Source: IFPRI Nigeria Country Office
Adding Value: Supporting Pastoralist Women’s Traditional Dairy Processing in Ethiopia
It is 10 am on a Friday in Dubuluk, a small town in Borana region 630 km from Addis Ababa. As they do every Friday, a group of women congregate on the side of the big livestock market, sitting with their gorfa, pear-shaped traditional milk containers made of weaved plant fibers, and selling “ititu,” traditional […]
New NSSP Publications: NSSP Working Paper 50 & NSSP Policy Note 46
Two new publications have been published by IFPRI’s Nigeria Strategy Support Program (NSSP) - NSSP Working Paper No. 50 & accompanying NSSP Policy Note No. 46. The Working Paper and accompanying Policy Note, co-authored by Patrick Hatzenbuehler (Associate Research Fellow at IFPRI-Abuja) and George Mavrotas (Senior Research Fellow & Head of IFPRI-Abuja), explore how macroeconomic […]
Training in Econometrics for Policy Analysis delivered at FUT-Minna, Niger State
On November 7-9, 2017, a team of four (4) trainers from the IFPRI Abuja Office facilitated two parallel training courses on “Econometrics for Policy Analysis using Stata” over three (3) days at the Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUT-Minna) which were attended by a total of 58 participants (41 males and 17 females) including faculty […]