Abstract: Weather related shocks lead to pervasive welfare outcomes. Using prior information from a rapid post-disaster needs assessment and a social accounting matrix for Malawi, the author assesses distributional impacts and resilience enhancing path... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Effectiveness of aflatoxin biocontrol: Evidence from Kenyan smallholders under varied levels of technical support
Agricultural technologies shown to be highly effective in research trials often have a lower impact when utilized by smallholder farmers. Both heterogeneous returns and suboptimal application are believed to play a role in this efficacy gap. Source: IFPRI Africa Regional Office (AFR)
Journal Article: An approach for assessing whether agricultural projects help smallholders transition to better livelihood strategies: A Malawian case study
Abstract: Agricultural projects typically aim to promote the uptake of project components amongst targeted small farm populations to improve their farm productivity and welfare. While this approach can be an important first step towards improving small... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Predicting high-magnitude, low-frequency crop losses using machine learning: An application to cereal crops in Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 120, by Michael L. Mann, James M. Warner, and Arun S. Malik. Abstract: Timely and accurate agricultural impact assessments for droughts are critical for designing appropriate interventions and policy. These assessments are often ad hoc, late, or spatially imprecise, with reporting at the zonal or regional level. This is problematic as we find >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Conference on Impacts of international agricultural research: Rigorous evidence for policy
The Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the CGIAR's Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) and PIM will hold a conference on assessing the impacts of agricultural research on July 6-8, 2017 at the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya.
