Agricultural Development Team
Description: Food security and agricultural strengthening initiatives drive economic growth and hunger eradication in the developing world. With almost a billion dollars, CGIAR(formerly Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) researches how agricultural development investments are making a difference.
IPD’s Tracking Agricultural Research Outputs and Technologies (TAROT) project is examining the adoption and impacts of CGIAR investments by supporting the CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council’s analysis of the organization’s successes, challenges, and short- and long-term reach.
During the Fall 2017 semester, the Agricultural Development Team provided support to CGIAR’s Strengthening Impact Assessment (SIAC), which has generated studies on the adoption and impact of technologies in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America, combining perspectives from agricultural economics with new data collection techniques including DNA fingerprinting of new crop varieties and remote sensing of new natural resource management technologies. This IPD team aggregated and analyzed research information conducted under the SIAC, producing communications materials and an online map to display the diversity of research carried out by the CGIAR.
During the Spring 2018 semester, the Agricultural Development Team is supporting SIAC’s preparation for climate-smart agricultural technology adoption surveys that will be undertaken in Ethiopia and Uganda. The team is mapping out relevant agriculture project information in the two countries over the past ten years—primarily interventions carried out by donors such as the World Bank, USAID, GIZ, AfDB, and DfID. The team will geocode and map this project information, and findings will inform the sampling strategy and complement information found in upcoming CGIAR surveys.
TTL: Melanie Levine, Master of Public Affairs Candidate, The LBJ School of Public Affairs
Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Stevenson, Senior Resident Scholar, The LBJ School of Public Affairs
IPD’s Tracking Agricultural Research Outputs and Technologies (TAROT) project is examining the adoption and impacts of CGIAR investments by supporting the CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council’s analysis of the organization’s successes, challenges, and short- and long-term reach.
During the Fall 2017 semester, the Agricultural Development Team provided support to CGIAR’s Strengthening Impact Assessment (SIAC), which has generated studies on the adoption and impact of technologies in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America, combining perspectives from agricultural economics with new data collection techniques including DNA fingerprinting of new crop varieties and remote sensing of new natural resource management technologies. This IPD team aggregated and analyzed research information conducted under the SIAC, producing communications materials and an online map to display the diversity of research carried out by the CGIAR.
During the Spring 2018 semester, the Agricultural Development Team is supporting SIAC’s preparation for climate-smart agricultural technology adoption surveys that will be undertaken in Ethiopia and Uganda. The team is mapping out relevant agriculture project information in the two countries over the past ten years—primarily interventions carried out by donors such as the World Bank, USAID, GIZ, AfDB, and DfID. The team will geocode and map this project information, and findings will inform the sampling strategy and complement information found in upcoming CGIAR surveys.
TTL: Melanie Levine, Master of Public Affairs Candidate, The LBJ School of Public Affairs
Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Stevenson, Senior Resident Scholar, The LBJ School of Public Affairs