Faculty Affiliate Dr. James Stevenson

James Stevenson is Senior Resident Scholar at IPD, and Agricultural Research Officer at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO - Rome, Italy). James works with a team of researchers that assesses the impact of agricultural and natural resource management technologies, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and focusing on the work of the CGIAR global research partnership. He collaborates with economists, agronomists, biophysical scientists, statistical agencies in African countries and with other global institutions (e.g. World Bank LSMS-ISA team; IFAD) to improve the quality and relevance of agriculture-related data in a number of countries around the world. He currently co-manages a $12 million USD grant on “Strengthening Impact Assessment in the CGIAR” (2013 – 2017), with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and DFID.

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Email: ​james.stevenson@utexas.edu

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