Sound policies, robust institutions, and well-functioning markets complement new discoveries of agricultural science to create dynamic and resilient food systems. The CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), one of CGIAR's four cross-cutting Global Integrating Programs, brings together numerous partners from around the world to provide action-oriented research support for policies that help poor farmers, both men and women, improve their lives; produce nutritious foods, and protect the soil, water, and biodiversity in rural landscapes.
Here are a few highlights from our work in 2018:
Congratulations to PIM colleagues for awards received in 2018:
Dr. Xinshen Diao, co-leader of PIM’s Flagship 2: Economywide Factors Affecting Agricultural Growth and Rural Transformation, won the 2018 Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics. Xinshen has also received the University of Minnesota’s 2018 Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals. Both awards recognize her outstanding achievements and scholarly work.
Flagship 2 co-leader Prof. Thomas Jayne was was honored as a Fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA). AAEA recognizes a small group of professionals each year who have made outstanding continuous contributions to the profession. They are named AAEA Fellows and recognized at the Annual Meeting. This is AAEA's most prestigious honor.
Dr. David Laborde, leader of PIM's Cluster 3.1: The Policy Environment for Value Chains under Flagship 3, received the Alan A. Powell Award during the annual Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) meeting held in Cartagena, Colombia on June 13-15, 2018. The award is presented each year to one of the GTAP members in recognition of outstanding service.
Dr. Berber Kramer (Flagship 3) won the Scaling-up Award for her project “Seeing is believing using smartphone camera data” at the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture Convention, in Nairobi, Kenya. The project, which won the 2017 CGIAR Inspire Challenge, is a collaboration between IFPRI and the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI). Berber also received the T.W. Shultz Prize for Best Contributed Paper for her paper, co-authored with Francisco Ceballos, on climate smart insurance in India during the 30thInternational Conference for Agricultural Economists.
Dr. Hiroyuki Takeshima (Flagship 2) received the Nils Westermarck Prize for Best Poster for his poster on mechanization in Nigeria during the 30thInternational Conference for Agricultural Economists.