AGRODEP Blog
posted by pecos4eva on 2 months 2 weeks ago (1 comments)
Following the successes recorded at the third edition of the African Scholars Mentorship Network (ASMN) Series 3.0 and the attendant appeal by young professionals for the flagship training programme to be opened for new intakes, the leadership of DePECOS Institutions and Development Research Centre (DIaDeRC) has approved the commencement of ASMN 4.0 from October 27th through November 24th, 2024.
The 5-weeks training will see…
posted by pecos4eva on 4 months 2 weeks ago (0 comments)
DePECOS Institutions and Development Research Centre (DIaDeRC) collaborates with Covenant University Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR) to host a Seminar on Determinants & Implications of Pentecostal Movement in Africa: Evidence from Nigeria.
We are excited to announce that after four insightful working visits to one of the most ambitious church auditorium projects in Africa, the 100,000-seating capacity 'The Ark'…
posted by pecos4eva on 2 years 9 months ago (0 comments)
Please, we are organising the Summer Institute on Computational Social Science (SICSS-Covenant 2022) which is being hosted at Covenant University between 19th June and 29th June 2022.
The application closes 18th March 2022.
We are encouraged to check it out…
posted by bdimaranan on 3 years 1 month ago (0 comments)
The Research Network Sustainable Global Supply Chains in collaboration with the Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (DIE) has a call on Research Proposals focusing on the “Economics and Governance of Global Value Chains in Africa”.
Anecdotal evidence indicates that Africa as a whole is heavily engaged in global value chains (GVC), generally as high as those of their counterparts in…
posted by pecos4eva on 3 years 3 months ago (0 comments)
It is a Workshop and Networking Meeting for African Postgraduate and Young Researchers in Economics and Social Sciences holding 28th and 29th October 2021.
The workshop is being organised within the framework of the Research Linkage Programme under the support of the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation cum the collaboration between Covenant University Ota, Nigeria and Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany. An intensive information…
posted by pecos4eva on 3 years 3 months ago (0 comments)
It is a Workshop and Networking Meeting for African Postgraduate and Young Researchers in Economics and Social Sciences holding 28th and 29th October 2021.
The workshop is being organised within the framework of the Research Linkage Programme under the support of the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation cum the collaboration between Covenant University Ota, Nigeria and Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany. An intensive information…
posted by pecos4eva on 3 years 3 months ago (0 comments)
It is a Workshop and Networking Meeting for African Postgraduate and Young Researchers in Economics and Social Sciences holding 28th and 29th October 2021.
The workshop is being organised within the framework of the Research Linkage Programme under the support of the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation cum the collaboration between Covenant University Ota, Nigeria and Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany. An intensive information…
posted by bdimaranan on 3 years 6 months ago (0 comments)
The Italian Centre for International Development (ICID) - created by CEIS of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, the Department of Social Sciences and Economics of Sapienza University of Rome, and the Department of Economics of Roma Tre University - under the MoU and in partnership with the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) is organizing the:
3nd Edition of International School for Advanced Training
“Impact Evaluation…
posted by bdimaranan on 3 years 8 months ago (0 comments)
While women contribute significantly to global agricultural production, they often lack access to credit and finance, training and extension services, resources, and land rights, putting them at higher risk of malnutrition, food insecurity, and poverty. Increasing women’s empowerment in agriculture is a critical step in ensuring gender equity and reducing hunger for all.
On International Women’s Day (March 8), the Food Security…
posted by bdimaranan on 3 years 11 months ago (0 comments)
The European Commission-funded Food Security Portal (FSP), facilitated by IFPRI, seeks to help improve the ability of governments to respond to and prevent food crises by bringing together policy-relevant tools and information in one place. The Food Security Portal is designed to pool information in structured ways to ensure data quality, timeliness, and relevance, as well as the opportunity for collaboration among policymakers,…