Tools For Measuring The Full Impacts Of Agricultural Interventions
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Tools For Measuring The Full Impacts Of Agricultural Interventions
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Author : Martin, Will
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2021-11-24
Tools For Measuring The Full Impacts Of Agricultural Interventions written by Martin, Will and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-24 with Political Science categories.
A first step in evaluating the effects of agricultural investments in developing countries to recognize that policy makers will almost certainly have multiple objectives. Even policy makers like those at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, with a strong focus on ensuring that interventions contribute to growth, also have a keen interest in poverty reduction and other goals such as enhancing gender equity. This presence of multiple goals has profound impacts on the choice of policies and mean it is likely that more than one policy instrument will be needed to best achieve those goals. Once the goals of policy have been identified, the next step is to identify possible policy instruments to help in achieving these goals. These potential policy instruments will likely include some policy reforms like adjustments to trade policies that are relatively easy to implement, whose impacts are relatively easy to analyze and whose implications for fiscal revenues may be slight. They may also include re-forms to the ways that policies are identified and implemented, such as moves from centralized policy making to community driven development, designed to align policies more strongly with needs in the communities affected. They are also likely to include investment projects with substantial revenue requirements that seek to rectify market failures in areas such as the provision of public goods or the internalization of externalities. Constraints Analyses are an important part of the MCC approach to identifying and evaluating interventions using the Hausmann, Rodrik and Velasco growth diagnostic approach (HRV). This seeks to identify areas in which substantial progress can be made at limited cost by identifying key omissions in cur-rent policies. Their famous, and useful, analogy to a barrel with a short stave whose lengthening can increase the water level in the barrel at minimum cost helps grasp the essence of this approach. It deals with situations where inefficiencies in past policy making, and/or changes in circumstances mean that disproportionately large benefits are obtainable at low cost.
Impact Evaluation Of Agricultural Interventions
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Author : FAO
language : en
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Release Date : 2024-10-15
Impact Evaluation Of Agricultural Interventions written by FAO and has been published by Food & Agriculture Org. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-15 with Social Science categories.
The purpose of this guide is to provide suggestions on designing impact evaluation of agricultural interventions. The guide provides an overview of standard impact evaluation methods and highlights more recent techniques that can help address some methodological challenges, including the integration of spatial data in the agricultural context. The guide discussed the complexity of evaluating agricultural interventions, and the methodological and practical challenges posed by agricultural interventions. The guide also presented case studies for the different impact evaluation methods, including a case study that uses spatial data to evaluate agricultural outcomes. Specific issues that need to be considered in designing surveys in agricultural context and collecting agricultural data are also presented. Key aspects related to sampling and power calculations, as well as the integration of gender analysis in evaluation, are also highlighted in the last sections of the guide. While its content will need to be complemented with further existing resources on impact evaluation, this guide can be used as a starting point for understanding the fundamental issues in impact evaluation posed by agricultural interventions, and for locating some of the available relevant resources.
Tracking Empowerment Along The Value Chain Testing A Modified Weai In The Feed The Future Zone Of Influence In Bangladesh
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Author : Ahmed, Akhter U.
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2018-10-12
Tracking Empowerment Along The Value Chain Testing A Modified Weai In The Feed The Future Zone Of Influence In Bangladesh written by Ahmed, Akhter U. and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-12 with Political Science categories.
Upon request of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) conducted this study to support USAID in assessing the state of empowerment and gender parity of men and women along the agricultural value chain in the Feed the Future (FTF) Zone of Influence (ZOI) in Bangladesh. Specifically, IFPRI’s Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP), funded by USAID, piloted the modified Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) survey instruments in 10 upazilas (sub-districts) within the FTF ZOI across 1,200 households, which broadly belong to three economic activities of interest: (1) agricultural production, (2) agricultural entrepreneurship, and (3) agricultural sector employment. The quantitative survey was complemented by qualitative research to glean further insights into the facilitators and constraints of empowerment among various actors in the agricultural value chain. The data and analysis generated from this WEAI for Value Chain (WEAI4VC) study may inform USAID’s selection and design of interventions that may, in turn, maximize its programmatic impact on women and men’s empowerment as producers, entrepreneurs, and wage employees.
Government Intervention In Agriculture
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Government Intervention In Agriculture written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Agricultural price supports categories.
Methodologies For Measuring Agricultural Price Intervention Effects
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Author : Pasquale L. Scandizzo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Methodologies For Measuring Agricultural Price Intervention Effects written by Pasquale L. Scandizzo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Agricultural price supports categories.
Global One Health And Infectious Diseases
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Author : William E. Sander
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2025-01-24
Global One Health And Infectious Diseases written by William E. Sander and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-01-24 with Medical categories.
While many terms relate to One Health, the idea remains the same: to think outside a chosen area of specialty and work collaboratively as part of a team to improve health status around the world. This involves the collective effort of physicians, veterinarians, public health practitioners, ecologists, anthropologists, social workers, economists, and many others. Collectively, these are the Global One Health practitioners. Through the lens of infectious disease, this book brings together the diverse range of topics necessary to be an effective global health practitioner at the intersection of human and animal health, particularly in developing countries. It explores what an aspiring or mid-career practitioner should be aware of when working with infectious diseases, including technical skills, cultural competency, capacity building, big data, and understanding the landscape and history of global health. Each chapter focuses on a specific area of necessary knowledge with background information, case examples, and resources to use moving forward. An important reference for upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, and early practitioners in human, animal, and public health, this text highlights the competencies rather than focusing on the problems in Global One Health. It provides a blueprint of areas that the reader should pay attention to, particularly in the realm of infectious diseases. Chapter 13 ‘One Health Education, Training, and Capacity Building’ is available to read Open Access at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032140674.
Natural Resources Management In Agriculture
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Author : Bekele Shiferaw
language : en
Publisher: CABI
Release Date : 2005
Natural Resources Management In Agriculture written by Bekele Shiferaw and has been published by CABI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Part I: Introduction; Part II: Valuation of ecosystem services and biophysical indicators of NRM impacts; Part III: Methodological advances for a comprehensive impact assessment; Part IV: NRM impact assessment in practice.
Smarter Farming New Approaches For Improved Monitoring Measurement And Management Of Agricultural Production And Farming Systems
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Author : Matt Bell
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2020-10-08
Smarter Farming New Approaches For Improved Monitoring Measurement And Management Of Agricultural Production And Farming Systems written by Matt Bell and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-08 with Social Science categories.
This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.
Strategic Analysis And Knowledge Support Systems For Agriculture And Rural Development In Africa
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Author : Michael Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2010
Strategic Analysis And Knowledge Support Systems For Agriculture And Rural Development In Africa written by Michael Johnson and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Political Science categories.
Impact Assessment Ifpri 2020 Conference Leveraging Agriculture For Improving Nutrition And Health
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Author : Paarlberg, Robert
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2012-12-18
Impact Assessment Ifpri 2020 Conference Leveraging Agriculture For Improving Nutrition And Health written by Paarlberg, Robert and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-18 with Social Science categories.
The IFPRI 2020 Conference on Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health was held in New Delhi, India, February 1012, 2011, and attracted more than 900 attendees. Conference activities included 12 plenary sessions, 15 parallel sessions, 14 side events, an ongoing knowledge fair with more than 25 exhibit booths and tables, six informal discussion groups, and roughly 30 rapid fire presentations during coffee breaks. Assessing the impact of this Conference is a task complicated by multiple issues such as assessment coverage and impact attribution. The assessment methods used here include surveys of conferees, Internet searches, website and literature searches, and extensive personal interviews. Distinctions are drawn between short-term and medium-term impacts, and also among impacts on individuals, on institutions, and on professional discourse. Impacts on individual conferees were measured through pre- and post-Conference surveys and telephone interviews. The impacts on the substantive views of those who attended the Conference were found to be small. Most conferees (75 percent) came to Delhi already convinced that a cross-sector approach to agriculture, nutrition, and health (ANH) was appropriate. At the individual level, the Conference impacted motivation and empowerment more than beliefs. The Conference gave those who attended new information, new networking opportunities, and various positioning advantages that made them more effective within their own institutions back home. Such advantages were primarily important in the short term. Regarding impacts on institutions, the 2020 Conference produced important but mixed results. Direct impacts on national governments were small, in part because ministerial structures and bureaucratic routines in governments are traditionally segregated by sector, and resistant to anything more than incremental change. Direct impacts from the 2020 Conference on private companies and NGOs were also modest, but for a different reason: these institutions are inherently comfortable working across sectors, so most of the private companies and NGOs participating in the Conference felt little need to change. The strongest institutional impacts from the Conference came within a category of organizations that wanted to integrate nutrition with agriculture, but were unsure of how, or how quickly, to move forward. These institutions included the CGIAR itself as it moved to create the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (CRP4); the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as it responded to an internal evaluation of its own work in nutrition; and a number of donor institutions including most prominently the UKs Department for International Development (DFID), which used the materials and policy energy generated by the 2020 Conference to help guide and push a major expansion of bilateral funding into the ANH arena. These DFID responses alone were a large enough payoff to mark the Conference a success. A third significant impact from the Conference was on professional discourse. The 2020 Conference helped change the conversation about agriculture and food security by boosting the frequency of reference to cross-sector impacts on both nutrition and health. Impact measurement becomes difficult here, because the Conference was not the only initiative highlighting cross-sector linkages underway. Nonetheless, the average number of Google Internet hits per search for the phrase linking agriculture, nutrition, and health increased from 9,288 in the pre-Conference period to 13,508 in the immediate post-Conference period of MarchMay 2011. Searches of organization websites revealed that 18 of 21 of the sites had more links to agriculture, nutrition, and health issues immediately following the Conference compared to just before, and 20 of 21 had an even higher number of such links one year later in July 2012. The most obvious limitation on impact has been at the level of national government policy (excluding donor policies). Partly this reflects attendance. Only 19 percent of those who attended the 2020 Conference were government officials, compared to 41 percent who came from research institutes or universities. Yet, even where Conference impacts on governments might have seemed probable, they have proved (so far) to be mostly tentative or modest. The government of Malawi co-hosted its own version of the 2020 Conference in Lilongwe in September 2011. While this was an important step, the Conference was donor-suggested and donor-funded, and senior officials from the Ministry of Health were unable to attend.In Uganda, the 2020 Conference helped sustain an effort to mainstream nutrition within the Ministry of Agriculture. However, this effort was underway before the Conference, and parallel efforts from USAID, WFP, and FAO did as much to sustain it.In China, the leadership of the State Food and Nutrition Consultation Committee was briefed on 2020 Conference materials, which may have helped to establish a new (but already approved) food safety and nutrition development institute at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS). Since Chinese leaders had been unable to attend the Conference itself, impacts in the country also depended heavily on a separate outreach effort by IFPRI leadership.In India, national officials and researchersand IFPRImade concerted efforts to use the Conference to shape language in the new 12th Five-Year Plan (201216). While some engaged in this effort claimed progress in that direction, nothing definitive has emerged and in India it appears that little has changed in the traditional separation between the agriculture ministry and the nutrition and health sectors. The Conferences largest impacts within India were felt at the individual level, at the level of discourse, or within some state administrations, not within national governmental institutions. What can one reasonably expect when looking for impacts from a single international Conference? In the case of the 2020 Conference in Delhi, where the goal was to change the way individuals and institutions were thinking about ANH issues and considering them in professional discourse, measurable progress was made toward each of these goals in both the short term and the medium term. IFPRI took a risk by designing the Delhi Conference to challenge traditional paradigms. This assessment shows that, in both the short term and medium term, the risk has been rewarded.