Policies, Institutions and Markets

A farewell newsletter from PIM Director Frank Place as the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets comes to a close.

https://pim.cgiar.org/2021/12/31/pim-news-december-2021/

Although ICTs have the potential to revitalize agricultural extension in developing countries, evidence suggests that not all ICT-enabled extension approaches are equally effective in improving f...

https://pim.cgiar.org/2021/12/30/information-and-communications-technology-and-agricultural-extension-in-developing-countries/

How can we foster wider policy impacts from research on agricultural insurance for smallholder farmers? Why are partnerships with private sector important?

https://pim.cgiar.org/2021/12/29/strategies-for-agricultural-insurance-research-lessons-learned-and-implications-for-future-initiatives/

Tenure and governance are embedded in the solutions to key global challenges: climate change; environmental management; poverty; gender equity and women’s empowerment; and nutrition and health.

https://pim.cgiar.org/2021/12/27/tenure-and-governance-research-build-on-accomplishments-under-pim-to-meet-sdgs/

The new PIM Synthesis Brief by David Spielman summarizes PIM research and lessons learned on policy progress and political economy in seed systems and markets in sub-Saharan Africa.

https://pim.cgiar.org/2021/12/22/seed-systems-and-markets-reflection-on-policy-progress-and-political-economy/

The pandemic had different effects on fruit and vegetable producers, consumers, and retailers, demanding different policies to tackle the situation.

https://pim.cgiar.org/2021/12/22/analyzing-covid-19-impact-on-fruit-and-vegetable-value-chain-in-kenya/

The learning kit includes 16 courses and provides a freely downloadable manual, lecturer guide, workbook, and a set of slides for each course. 

https://pim.cgiar.org/2021/12/21/the-new-extensionist-learning-kit-results-of-the-user-survey/

New book argues for a structural transformation in Africa partially based on agricultural processing, suggests 4 possible pathways to catalyze this evolution.

https://pim.cgiar.org/2021/12/20/improving-african-agricultural-value-chains/

A multi-country study finds that mechanization induces women to shift from farm to nonfarm activities to a larger extent than men, which can potentially narrow the gender gap in labor productivit...

https://pim.cgiar.org/2021/12/16/gender-and-mechanization-exploring-differential-effects-on-rural-men-and-women/

For revitalization of extension and advisory services, individual staff will need new capacities and skills, but that is not enough.

https://pim.cgiar.org/2021/12/15/are-south-african-extensionists-ready-for-the-future/