AGRODEP Blog
posted by segunfakayode on 11 years 2 months ago (0 comments)
I am most grateful to but thank IFPRI and AGRODEP team for facilitating my participation at the just concluded Training on Applied Panel Data. For me the training was relevant and timely considering recent trends in Panel data analyses. Most of us were just getting to learn so many issues on contemporary panel data analyses there. Right from the onset, we were introduced to the use and applications of the free online R software which to me, is…
posted by soonho on 11 years 2 months ago (0 comments)
The 2013 AGRODEP training on "Applied Panel Data Econometrics" was indeed an outstanding experience for me. I learned and revised the various panel data econometric models that are available in applied work. Besides teaching the several panel data models and under what assumptions each model works, professor Parmeter also supported each of his lectures with a real data application using the R software. Though it seemed a very…
posted by sgustafson on 11 years 2 months ago (0 comments)
IFPRI will host a roundtable event on Transforming Agriculture in Africa on September 26 at 12:15 EST. The event will feature speakers from the Committee on World Food Security and the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency and will focus on how recent policy reforms have played a role in transforming African agriculture. The event will be streamed live at the local time, and video will be made available afterward.
posted by oajetomobi on 11 years 3 months ago (0 comments)
I am working on a research proposal titled "Impact of Extreme Weather Events on production Risk of Arable Crops in Africa" and I am looking for AGRODEP member who can obtain daily temperature and rainfall from his/her country's weather station for about 30 years as well as regional level arable crops' yields for possible collaboration. Please do not hesitate to contact me on jsegun2002@yahoo.com if you are interested in the collaboration.…
posted by sgustafson on 11 years 3 months ago (0 comments)
The AGRODEP Training Course on Applied Microeconometrics will be held from October 1-3 in Dakar, Senegal. This course will cover an extensive range of up-to-date statistical and econometric techniques to analyze microeconomic data, including a variety of microeconometric methods available in Stata: linear regression, instrumental-variables estimation, nonlinear models for binary, multinomial, and censored models, estimation of average…
posted by temidayo on 11 years 3 months ago (0 comments)
Last month, June 1st to 3rd at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, l participated in the training of evaluation of public policies, organized by AGRODEP. This training as usual, it was well worth the time and expenses to attend what has become, over the years, one of the premiere broad-topic in the African continent today. In addition, this training has improved and widens my knowledge on competent way to evaluate public policy. This training also…
posted by sgustafson on 11 years 3 months ago (0 comments)
AGRODEP is happy to announce its 2013 call for grant proposals for innovative research. The theme of this year's call is economic growth and development in Africa: lessons from the last 40 years and implications for sustainability.
The goal of this grant program is to study the lessons that can be drawn from the last four decades in terms of economic growth in Africa. Proposed projects should focus on understanding: (i) how individual…
posted by sgustafson on 11 years 3 months ago (0 comments)
In partnership with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the International Development Research Centre has launched a call for research proposals on Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) – generating evidence on women’s economic empowerment, gender equality and growth in low-income countries.
With a focus on sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia,…
posted by sgustafson on 11 years 3 months ago (0 comments)
The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) will be holding its 2013 High Level Regional Food and Nutrition Security Policy Dialogue from September 2-5, 2013 in Maseru, Lesotho. The theme of this year's Policy Dialogue will be "Climate Smart Agriculture." The event will also include an Awards Ceremony and a Youth Day.
View the 2013 Program and register online.
posted by Tendai2012 on 11 years 3 months ago (0 comments)
I loved the training, it was perfect for me since it built skills I need. The course facilitator was excellent and the administration extremely helpful. Many thanks to Fofana, Alima and Prof. Lacroix. I especially liked the section on propensity score matching and how HTE can be utilized to get even better results from the analysis.