2013 Members' Workshop | African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP)

Event Date

18 Nov, 2013

Location

Dakar, Senegal

The third annual AGRODEP Members' Workshop will be held in Dakar, Senegal from November 19 through November 20, 2013. Twenty-one invited AGRODEP members will give presentations covering a wide variety of African-focused research topics. Members will have the opportunity to receive feedback from experts and interact with the AGRODEP network.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

MORNING SESSION

Chair: Antoine Bouet

9:00 – 9:10	Welcome Ousmane Badiane
9:10 – 9:40	Overview of AGRODEP and Innovative Research Grants Antoine Bouet
Innovative Research Grant Proposals 2013 Part I
9:40 – 10:10	Comparative Agro-export Performance in Nigeria and Cameroun Segun Bamidele Fakayode
10:10 – 10:40	The Potential Distributional Effects of Economic Partnership Agreements on Household Welfare in Kenya Bethuel Kinuthia
10:40 – 11:10	Coffee Break
Innovative Research Grant Proposals 2013 Part II
11:10 – 11:40	Assessing Welfare Impacts of Agriculture in Western and Eastern Africa: Cases of Nigeria and Ethiopia Olawale Emmanuel Olayide
11:40 – 12:10	The impact of training on firm productivity: Evidence from a large sample of African firms Tendai Gwatidzo
12:10 – 12:40	Efficacité de Production Agricole et Simulation de la Richesse Nationale: Une Etude Comparative en Afrique Subsaharienne Jules Médard Nana Djomo
12:40 –1:40	Lunch

AFTERNOON SESSION

Chair: Fousseini Traore

Innovative Research Grant Proposals 2013 Part III
1:40 –2:10	Impact of ICT Projects on Price Disparities in Agricultural Markets A Case of Selected Countries in East Africa Mercyline Kamande
2:10 – 2:40	The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Nigerian Agriculture Joshua Ajetomobi
2:40 – 3:10	Explaining Natural Resource Curse in Africa: The Role of Dutch Disease and Institutions Richard Mulwa
3:10 – 3:40	Coffee Break
Innovative Research Grant Proposals 2013 Part IV
3:40 – 4:10	Optimal Agro-Industry Policy: A Case Study of Ghana Cocoa Processing Eugenie Maiga
4:10 – 4:40	Fertilizer Subsidy and Agricultural Productivity in Senegal Abdoulaye Seck
Innovative Research Grant Recipients 2011 (in progress)
4:40 – 5:10	Analysis of Impact of Climate Change on Growth and Yield of Yam and Cassava and Adaptation Strategies by the Crops Farmers in Southern Nigeria Nnaemeka Chukwuone
5:10 – 5:40	SAM disaggregation in Kenya Miriam Omolo

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

MORNING SESSION

Chair: Ismael Fofana

9:00 – 9:30	Overview of AGRODEP Seed Fund and Research Valorization Grants Ismael Fofana & Antoine Bouet
Seed Grant Recipient Proposals Part I
9:30 – 10:00	Impact Evaluation of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programme on Girl-Child School Enrolment, Attendance and Completion in Kano State, Nigeria Kabir Salman
10:00 – 10:30	Mother’s Education and Child Health Outcomes in Burkina Faso: Is there a Strong Causal Relationship? Eugenie Maiga
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break
Seed Grant Recipient Proposals Part II
11:00 – 11:30	Market Information and Community-based Marketing as a solution to the Producer Price volatility: A Case of Rwandan Small Scale Potato farmers in Ruhengeri Mercyline Kamande
11:30 – 12:00	Welfare Effects of Policy-induced Rising Food Prices on Farm Households in Nigeria Adebayo Shittu
Innovative Research Grant Recipients 2011 (complete)
12:00 – 12:30	Trade Reform and quality upgrading: a Product Level Analysis Marko Kwaramba
12:30 –1:30	Lunch

AFTERNOON SESSION

Chair: Betina Dimaranan

Research Valorization Recipients 2013 Part I
1:30 –1:50	Commercialization of Urban Farming: The Case of Vegetable Farmers in Southwest Nigeria Roseline Akinlade
1:50 – 2:10	Impact Evaluation of Cocoa Resuscitation Programmes on Cocoa Production and Socio-economic life of Cocoa Farmers in South West Nigeria Oluwole Akinnagbe
2:10 – 2:30	Consumers’ willingness to pay for labeled and certified Moringa products in Ogun state, Nigeria Oluwakemi Obayelu
2:30 – 3:00	Coffee Break
Research Valorization Recipients 2013 Part II
3:00 – 3:20	Comparative Analysis of Resource Use Efficiency among Various Production Scale Operators in Cassava-Based Mixed Cropping Systems Abiodun Elijah Obayelu
3:20 – 3:40	Analysis of Cassava Value Chain in Nigeria, from Pro-Poor and Gender Perspective of Farming Households in Southwest, Nigeria Temidayo Apata
3:40 – 4:00	Assessing the impact of trade facilitation on SADC’s intra-trade potential Albert Makochekanwa
4:00 – 4:15	Closing Remarks Maximo Torero and Ousmane Badiane
4:15 – 6:00	Cocktails

Meeting Participants

AGRODEP Members	Joshua Ajetomobi Roseline Akinlade Oluwole Akinnagbe Temidayo Apata Nnaemeka Chukwuone Segun Bamidele Fakayode Tendai Gwatidzo Mercyline Kamande Bethuel Kinuthia Marko Kwaramba Eugenie Maiga Albert Makochekanwa Richard Mulwa Jules Médard Nana Djomo Abiodun Elijah Obayelu Oluwakemi Obayelu Olawale Emmanuel Olayide Miriam Omolo Kabir Salman Abdoulaye Seck Adebayo Shittu
AGRODEP Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)	Bernard Decaluwé (co-chair), Université Laval, PEP Maximo Torero (co-chair), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
AGRODEP Steering Committee (SC)	Ousmane Badiane (co-chair), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Greg Traxler, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Stephen Karingi, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Bridget Chilala (represented by Mustapha Sadni-Jallab), World Trade Organization
AGRODEP Network Advisory Committee (NAC)	Greenwell C Matchaya, International Water Management Institute-Southern Africa, South Africa Kimsey Savadogo, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Miriam Omolo, AGRODEP Member Representative
AGRODEP Staff	Antoine Bouet, Project Manager Betina Dimaranan, Project Manager and Data Coordinator Ismael Fofana, Network Coordinator Fousseini Traore, Post-doctoral Fellow Kathryn Kincheloe, Senior Research Assistant, Data Component Alimatou Diop, Research Assistant, Network Component