AGRODEP is pleased to announce the selected proposals for the 2013 Gaps in Research grant series. The theme for the 2013 Gaps in Research grants was Barriers to the Expansion of Agriculture and Agroindustry in Africa. The grants wiare intended to support research that promises to fill this existing research gap by shedding light on some of the following key aspects of the topic, in an African context: impact evaluation of government policy in development of infrastructure for agriculture production, irrigation, and transportation; access to fertilizers; advisability of seed and fertilizer subsidies; case studies concerning rural and agricultural structural projects; impact of regional integration; value chain analysis for key agricultural commodities (moving up the value chain, diversifying exports, enhancing value addition, job creation and economic development).
Submitted proposals went through two rounds of review by internal and external reviewers. In the second round, proposals were divided among reviewers based on their areas of expertise: CGE- and PE-based proposals, impact evaluation-based proposals, value chain-based proposals, and other econometric-based proposals. Two proposals were selected as fundable; one received funding from an alternate source. AGRODEP congratulates the following researchers for having their proposal selected:
- Blessing Chiripanhura and Mogos Teweldemedhin: "Barriers to the expansion of the Fishing Industry in Namibia: Prospects for Growth and Diversification"