AGRODEP Blog
posted by sgustafson on 10 years 7 months ago (0 comments)
IFPRI will host a roundtable event on Transforming Agriculture in Africa on September 26 at 12:15 EST. The event will feature speakers from the Committee on World Food Security and the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency and will focus on how recent policy reforms have played a role in transforming African agriculture. The event will be streamed live at the local time, and video will be made available afterward.
posted by oajetomobi on 10 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
I am working on a research proposal titled "Impact of Extreme Weather Events on production Risk of Arable Crops in Africa" and I am looking for AGRODEP member who can obtain daily temperature and rainfall from his/her country's weather station for about 30 years as well as regional level arable crops' yields for possible collaboration. Please do not hesitate to contact me on jsegun2002@yahoo.com if you are interested in the collaboration.…
posted by sgustafson on 10 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
The AGRODEP Training Course on Applied Microeconometrics will be held from October 1-3 in Dakar, Senegal. This course will cover an extensive range of up-to-date statistical and econometric techniques to analyze microeconomic data, including a variety of microeconometric methods available in Stata: linear regression, instrumental-variables estimation, nonlinear models for binary, multinomial, and censored models, estimation of average…
posted by temidayo on 10 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
Last month, June 1st to 3rd at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, l participated in the training of evaluation of public policies, organized by AGRODEP. This training as usual, it was well worth the time and expenses to attend what has become, over the years, one of the premiere broad-topic in the African continent today. In addition, this training has improved and widens my knowledge on competent way to evaluate public policy. This training also…
posted by sgustafson on 10 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
AGRODEP is happy to announce its 2013 call for grant proposals for innovative research. The theme of this year's call is economic growth and development in Africa: lessons from the last 40 years and implications for sustainability.
The goal of this grant program is to study the lessons that can be drawn from the last four decades in terms of economic growth in Africa. Proposed projects should focus on understanding: (i) how individual…
posted by sgustafson on 10 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
In partnership with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the International Development Research Centre has launched a call for research proposals on Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) – generating evidence on women’s economic empowerment, gender equality and growth in low-income countries.
With a focus on sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia,…
posted by sgustafson on 10 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) will be holding its 2013 High Level Regional Food and Nutrition Security Policy Dialogue from September 2-5, 2013 in Maseru, Lesotho. The theme of this year's Policy Dialogue will be "Climate Smart Agriculture." The event will also include an Awards Ceremony and a Youth Day.
View the 2013 Program and register online.
posted by Tendai2012 on 10 years 9 months ago (0 comments)
I loved the training, it was perfect for me since it built skills I need. The course facilitator was excellent and the administration extremely helpful. Many thanks to Fofana, Alima and Prof. Lacroix. I especially liked the section on propensity score matching and how HTE can be utilized to get even better results from the analysis.
posted by Roseline on 10 years 9 months ago (0 comments)
The training course on evaluation of public policies was able to broaden my knowledge on Propensity score matching and difference in difference quasi -experimental methods. Also it exposes me to how regression discontinuity can be used to address evaluation problem. I will like to thank Guy Lacroix for sacrificing his time and to expose us to the concept of public policies evaluation. I also want to specially appreciate Diop Alimatou and…
posted by waleolayide on 10 years 9 months ago (0 comments)
Since I joined AGRODEP in April 2013, I have found it to be my research network of first choice. I have been able to connect to like minds in research for sustainable development. Also, I have been able to sharpen my skills in the application of STATA software package in data analysis. I hope to participate in one of the training sessions scheduled for 2013.
Thank you.
Dr Olawale Emmanuel Olayide