Inclusive and Efficient Value Chains

INCLUSIVE AND EFFICIENT VALUE CHAINS

Blog
December 13, 2019
Can weather index insurance help farmers adapt to climate change?
Technology and data on farming conditions can help reduce exposure to risk. Fourth blog in the series in connection with the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25).
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Events
December 3, 2019
Launch of the Global Foresight for Food and Agriculture Tool
The new online tool explores impacts of alternative investments on agricultural production, productivity, and hunger in 2010-2050.
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Events
October 14, 2019
Workshop: Methods for Diagnosing and Evaluating Agricultural Value Chains
Second annual meeting of the CGIAR Community of Practice (CoP) in value chains research organized by PIM and WUR.
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Events
May 1, 2019
Building resilience through financial inclusion: A review of existing evidence and knowledge gaps
This seminar on May 9 will provide a space to discuss effective strategies for building resilience through financial inclusion, and make a call for more research on this urgent challenge. Register here to participate in person or online.
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Blog
December 10, 2018
Integrating Value Chain research across CGIAR
In early October 2018, PIM’s Flagship on Inclusive and Efficient Value Chains hosted a workshop on Integrating Value Chain Research across CGIAR. The goal of the meeting, held jointly with our partner Wageningen University and Research, was to catalyze the development of a CGIAR Value Chains community of practice.
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Blog
November 2, 2018
Ag-Incentives Consortium improves global data on agricultural policies
A group of leading international organizations joined with IFPRI and PIM in 2013 to form the Agricultural Incentives  Consortium (Ag-Incentives). The new PIM Outcome Note summarizes how the partnership evolved and how the results of this effort help policy makers, researchers, and other stakeholders.
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Webinar
October 10, 2018
WEBINAR: Measuring policy distortions along agricultural value chains: Lessons from Africa and Asia
When: 17 October 2018, 10-11 am EST Presenter: Simla Tokgoz, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)   Measuring policy
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Webinar
April 25, 2018
Webinar: Measuring food losses: a new methodology
[WEBINAR RECORDING] Despite broad interest in the problem, measurement of food loss and waste is problematical, especially in developing countries. Our webinar on May 8 will present a new methodology to measure food losses and the results of its application in several value chains in Latin America, Ethiopia, and China.
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Blog
January 17, 2018
Seeking comprehensive risk management solutions for smallholder farmers in South Asia
In order to better understand how CGIAR research can further contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of agricultural insurance programs, IFPRI in partnership with the CGIAR research programs on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM) and Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), as well as the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) organized a regional dialogue in Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 17.
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