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New Release: The Palgrave Handbook on Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa
posted by pecos4eva on 2 years 8 months ago (2 comments)
I am pleased to announce the release of the new book ‘The Palgrave Handbook on Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa’. The book examines agricultural and rural development in Africa from theoretical, empirical and policy perspectives. The book presents a robust discourse on the developmental concerns needed to be addressed in rural communities through agricultural transformation. It also emphasises on the significance of the agricultural…
Position open at MCA-Niger: Director of the Climate Resilience Community Project (CRC)
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 2 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
  AVIS DE RECRUTEMENT Présentation de MCA-Niger L’État du Niger a conclu avec le Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), une institution américaine d’aide bilatérale au développement, un accord de don d’une enveloppe de plus de 437 millions de dollars pour la réalisation du programme Compact qui comporte deux projets majeurs : Le projet Irrigation et Accès…
Call for Abstracts: 4th All Africa Horticultural Congress
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 2 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
Dates: 29 March - 1 April 2021 Venue : Abdou Diouf International Conference Centre, Diamniadio, Dakar, Senegal Abstract deadline: 31 July 2020 Theme: TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATIONS IN HORTICULTURE The Executive Committee of the 4th AAHC, the Horticulture Cluster and the ISHS, invite you to the Fourth All Africa Horticultural Congress (IV AAHC) to be held at the Abdou Diouf International Conference Centre in Diamniadio, Dakar, Senegal. The…
Call for Chapters: Socioeconomic Shocks and Africa’s Development -Lessons and Policy Directions
posted by pecos4eva on 2 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
Call for Chapter Proposals for Edited Book on 'Socioeconomic Shocks and Africa’s Development: Lessons and Policy Directions' Background The global impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic seem to have further revealed the depth of Africa’s structural weaknesses in terms of its weak response to socioeconomic shocks and the associated supply chain and logistics complexities. In spite of the restrictions in immigration and across border trade in…
Call for applications: Assessing the impact of food policy options in East Africa
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 2 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
 Call for applications The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has initiated a collaboration with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to assess the impact of a series of food policy options in East Africa. IFPRI opens a call for applications to AGRODEP members willing to work on this project. Objective The objective of the work the study is to analyze for Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda, the price and welfare…
Preprint available on Mean values of quantitative variables are mistakenly calculated: some guidelines to avoid pitfalls
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 2 years 9 months ago (0 comments)
AGRODEP Member Sylvain Kpenavoun Chogou has released a pre-print of the paper "Calcul de la moyenne d'une variable quantitative : des erreurs sont commises," which was submitted to The American Statistician. The paper highlights pitfalls and common mistakes to avoid while selecting appropriate methodology and calculating means of quantitative variables. The document, in French, is available at the link below via ResearchGate:…
Ceres2030 Virtual Dialogue: How are African governments responding to avert a COVID-19 hunger crisis?
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 2 years 9 months ago (0 comments)
Ceres2030 Virtual Dialogue INVITATION: How are African governments responding to avert a COVID-19 hunger crisis? ** Français ci-…
Call for Information/Interest: Agricultural Price Data in East and West African countries
posted by bdimaranan on 2 years 10 months ago (0 comments)
Dear AGRODEP colleagues, IFPRI's Food Security Portal (FSP) has been featuring global price data and price volatility measurements for major agricultural commodities since 2010, following the world food crisis of 2007-2008. The FSP also serves as repository of domestic food price data in selected countries. Since monitoring food prices in local markets has become even more important in light of the health pandemic, the FSP recently launched…
Webinar on Near-Real-Time Monitoring of Food Crisis Risk - May 8, 9am EDT
posted by bdimaranan on 2 years 10 months ago (0 comments)
Dear colleagues,  The current world health crisis further highlights the importance of accurate, near-real-time monitoring of food crisis risk factors. A number of research efforts on effective monitoring systems exist around the world, including the use of satellite data to monitor production-related information and climate change-driven weather events and various methods to monitor food price volatility. We invite you to join IFPRI's…
Reminder: Upcoming information Webinar in French: ReSAKSS Data Challenge
posted by kathryn.kincheloe on 2 years 10 months ago (0 comments)
Le système régional d’analyse stratégique et de gestion des connaissances (ReSAKSS) est heureux de…