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December 31, 2021
PIM News: December 2021
A farewell newsletter from PIM Director Frank Place as the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets comes to a close.
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Publications
December 30, 2021
Information and communications technology and agricultural extension in developing countries
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 farmers’ technology adoption, productivity, income, or welfare outcomes.
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Blog
December 29, 2021
Strategies for agricultural insurance research: Lessons learned and implications for future initiatives
How can we foster wider policy impacts from research on agricultural insurance for smallholder farmers? Why are partnerships with private sector important?
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Blog
December 27, 2021
Tenure and governance research: Build on accomplishments under PIM to meet SDGs
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.
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Blog
December 22, 2021
Seed systems and markets: Reflection on policy progress and political economy
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.
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Blog
December 22, 2021
Analyzing Covid-19 impact on fruit and vegetable value chain in Kenya
The pandemic had different effects on fruit and vegetable producers, consumers, and retailers, demanding different policies to tackle the situation.
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Blog
December 21, 2021
The New Extensionist Learning Kit: Results of the user survey
The learning kit includes 16 courses and provides a freely downloadable manual, lecturer guide, workbook, and a set of slides for each course. 
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Blog
December 20, 2021
Improving African agricultural value chains
New book argues for a structural transformation in Africa partially based on agricultural processing, suggests 4 possible pathways to catalyze this evolution.
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Blog
December 16, 2021
Gender and mechanization: Exploring differential effects on rural men and women
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 productivity and empowerment.
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