At the April Agriculture Sector Council seminar, David Spielman and Nick Magnan of IFPRI presented results from a field experiment recently conducted in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India, as part of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA). The experiment introduced a beneficial new technology to farmers – laser land leveling (LLL) – and analyzed demand variations among different market segments.
Ag Sector Council | David Spielman & Nicholas Magnan | IFPRI
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Agriculture on the road to industrialization
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Trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in Africa
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Trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in Africa, 1961-2010
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Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development
This screencast is from the Ag Sector Council Seminar, "Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development " featuring David Spielman. The event was held at the QED Group offices in Washington, D.C. on February 09, 2011.
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Quinn Bernier
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QED Group (Note one time venue change from RRB!)
1250 Eye Street NW Suite 1100
Washington , DC20005United States
38° 54' 4.3236" N, 77° 1' 44.6916" WSee map: Google Maps
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Why Hunger in Asia?
This screencast is from the Ag Sector Council Meeting, "Why Hunger in Asia" The seminar was held at the QED Group offices in Washington, D.C. on June 03, 2009.
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Benjamin Uchitelle-Pierce
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Q&A (3) | Approaches to Building Food Security Policy Analysis Capacity in Developing Countries: IFPRI and MSU
This Q&A recording is from the Agrilinks Special Seminar "Approaches to Building Food Security Policy Analysis Capacity in Developing Countries: IFPRI and MSU." This event was held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC on March 13, 2012.
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Q&A (2) | Approaches to Building Food Security Policy Analysis Capacity in Developing Countries: IFPRI and MSU
This Q&A recording is from the Agrilinks Special Seminar "Approaches to Building Food Security Policy Analysis Capacity in Developing Countries: IFPRI and MSU." This event was held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC on March 13, 2012.
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Q&A (1) | Approaches to Building Food Security Policy Analysis Capacity in Developing Countries: IFPRI and MSU
This Q&A recording is from the Agrilinks Special Seminar "Approaches to Building Food Security Policy Analysis Capacity in Developing Countries: IFPRI and MSU." This event was held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC on March 13, 2012.
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Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development
Humanity has made enormous progress in the past 50 years toward eliminating hunger and malnutrition. Agricultural development has contributed significantly to these gains, while also fostering economic growth and poverty reduction in some of the world's poorest countries. However, progress has slowed in recent years. This makes learning from past successes in agricultural development more urgent than ever. Developed by IFPRI, "Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development" addresses this need, documenting evidence on what works in agriculture.
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Experimental Approaches to Understanding Market Segmentation Strategies for New Agricultural Technologies
Making agriculture more productive and efficient is paramount to improving the day-to-day quality of life of poor farmers. However, promising agricultural technologies often are not adopted by poor and marginalized farmers. With scarce public resources available to support agricultural research and extension, the innovation and dissemination process will need to become more efficient and more inclusive of the private sector.At this seminar, David Spielman and Nick Magnan of the International Food Policy Research Institute will present
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Setting Investment Priorities for Achieving Poverty Reduction and Food Security
Ensuring access to nutritious and healthy food for everybody in the world will become increasingly challenging as resources have become more limited and competition for their use has grown. Public investment must increase to boost food production through innovations and more efficient use of natural resources. However, setting the right priorities is equally important given that returns to different types of investments vary greatly.
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Webinar on FTF's Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)
This webinar session provided information on how to calculate the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and its indicators. Emily Hogue of USAID and Hazel Malapit of IFPRI discussed the purpose of the Index for Feed the Future, how it is used as monitoring indicator and a diagnostic tool, and gave important information about resources to help with data collection and analysis. Online participants engaged with the presenters via the Adobe Connect chat function. You may watch a redording of the webinar by clicking on the link at right.
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Approaches to Building Food Security Policy Analysis Capacity in Developing Countries: IFPRI and MSU
This screencast is from the Agrilinks Special Seminar "Approaches to Building Food Security Policy Analysis Capacity in Developing Countries: IFPRI and MSU." This event was held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC on March 13, 2012.
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World Food Prize 2012 | Judith Chambers | Feed the Future Greenroom Interviews
At the 2012 World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa Dr. Judith Chambers from the International Food Policy Research Institute shared her key takeaways from the conference and talked about the USAID funded Program for Biosafety Systems.
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Ag Sector Council | Duncan Boughton & Paul Dorosh
Duncan Boughton of Michigan State University and Paul Dorosh of the International Food Policy Research Institute offer their key takeaways from their presentation, "Approaches to Building Food Security Policy Analysis Capacity in Developing Countries: IFPRI and MSU."
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Ag Sector Council | David Spielman & Nicholas Magnan | IFPRI
At the April Agriculture Sector Council seminar, David Spielman and Nick Magnan of IFPRI presented results from a field experiment recently conducted in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India, as part of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA). The experiment introduced a beneficial new technology to farmers – laser land leveling (LLL) – and analyzed demand variations among different market segments.
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Agriculture on the road to industrialization
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