AGRODEP Blog
posted by obayeluelijah on 10 years 4 months ago (0 comments)
I am happy to be among members of AGRODEP who participated in the just concluded 2013 AGRODEP annual meeting in Dakar (November 19-20, 2013). The organizers of the meeting did well in impacting knowledge, logistics, feeding and decent accommodation. I further appreciate AGRODEP - a consortium God has given Africa at this time, that is assisting not only in training Africa researchers but also providing funds for research projects, funding…
posted by obayeluelijah on 10 years 4 months ago (0 comments)
I am happy to be among members of AGRODEP who participated in the just concluded 2013 AGRODEP annual meeting in Dakar (November 19-20, 2013). The organizers of the meeting did well in impacting knowledge, logistics, feeding and decent accommodation. I further appreciate AGRODEP - a consortium God has given Africa at this time, that is assisting not only in training Africa researchers but also providing funds for research projects, funding…
posted by sgustafson on 10 years 5 months ago (0 comments)
AGRODEP is pleased to announce the call for proposals for the 17th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, co-organized by AGRODEP and the Center for Global Trade Analysis. The goal of the annual conference is to promote the exchange of ideas among economists conducting quantitative analysis of global economic issues. Particular emphasis will be placed on applied general equilibrium methods, data, and application. Related…
posted by sgustafson on 10 years 6 months ago (0 comments)
The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) is organising the Third Annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-III) at the UNECA Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from October 21-23, 2013. The theme of this year’s Conference is: Africa on the rise: can the opportunities from climate change spring the continent to transformative development? The Conference will bring researchers together to share…
posted by sgustafson on 10 years 6 months ago (0 comments)
The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Trust is now accepting applications for the Uma
Lele Mentor Fellowship Award. The Uma Lele Mentor Fellowship Award supports a mentorship relationship with a view to promote high quality research of a policy/problem solving nature in countries with food insecurity and environmental pressures. It is meant to promote collaboration between an early career scholar who is a citizen of and…
posted by sgustafson on 10 years 6 months ago (0 comments)
The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Trust has invited nominations for economists from less developed countries to be awarded full travel grants to attend the 2014 AAEA Annual Meeting in
Minneapolis, MN from July 27–29, 2014. Nominees should be professional economists who are from and
residing in a developing country and should be working in one or more of the fields of agricultural, development, environmental,…
posted by sgustafson on 10 years 6 months ago (0 comments)
AGRODEP's call for proposals for the 2013 Grants for Innovative Research will close on September 30. This year's theme is Economic Growth and Development in Africa: Lessons from the Last Forty Years and Implications for Sustainability. AGRODEP members are encouraged to submit joint or collaborative proposals in order to increase networking among Consortium members.
Learn more about this year's theme and the requirements for…
posted by segunfakayode on 10 years 7 months ago (0 comments)
am most grateful to IFPRI and AGRODEP team for facilitating my participation at the just concluded Training on Applied Panel Data. For me the training was relevant and timely considering recent trends in Panel data analyses. Most of us were just getting to learn so many issues on contemporary panel data analyses there. Right from the onset, we were introduced to the use and applications of the free online R software which to me, is a very…
posted by segunfakayode on 10 years 7 months ago (0 comments)
I am most grateful to but thank IFPRI and AGRODEP team for facilitating my participation at the just concluded Training on Applied Panel Data. For me the training was relevant and timely considering recent trends in Panel data analyses. Most of us were just getting to learn so many issues on contemporary panel data analyses there. Right from the onset, we were introduced to the use and applications of the free online R software which to me, is…
posted by soonho on 10 years 7 months ago (0 comments)
The 2013 AGRODEP training on "Applied Panel Data Econometrics" was indeed an outstanding experience for me. I learned and revised the various panel data econometric models that are available in applied work. Besides teaching the several panel data models and under what assumptions each model works, professor Parmeter also supported each of his lectures with a real data application using the R software. Though it seemed a very…