SPIA is organizing a one-day workshop as a pre-conference to the International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE).
As SPIA comes to the end of its 2019-2024 work plan, SPIA Fest will bring together researchers at the forefront of careful measurement of adoption of agricultural innovations, as well as those who are leading impact evaluations related to CGIAR's research portfolio — including on key themes and geographies of importance in international agricultural research.
Sessions will include strategies for overcoming constraints to adoption, targeting agricultural technology for impact, and environmental impacts of intensification. In addition, there will be sessions dedicated to research in Ethiopia, Uganda and Vietnam, where SPIA currently has ongoing country-level measurement and impact evaluation studies. The concluding panel discussion will be dedicated to interpretation and use of evidence in agri-food policy.
More detailed information, including an agenda will be added to this page shortly. For information regarding conference registration, please see the dedicated ICAE page.
Agenda outline
Plenary Keynote: Douglas Gollin (Tufts University) | ||
Strategies to overcoming constraints to adoption Susan Godlonton (Williams College) Shilpa Aggarwal (Indian School of Business) Rachid Laajaj (University de los Andes) | Long-term large-scale impacts of agricultural innovations Karl Hughes (ICRAF) Jeffrey Michler (University of Arizona) Joel Ferguson (UC Berkeley) | Ethiopia: A country-level approach Frederic Kosmowski (SPIA) Karen Macours (Paris School of Economics)/ James Stevensson (SPIA) Johanne Pelletier (SPIA) |
Targeting agricultural technology for impact Ujjayant Chakravorty (Tufts University) John Ashton Loeser (World Bank) Mai Mahmoud (Tufts University) | Climate change adaptation technologies and impacts Fiona Burlig (University of Chicago) Ashwin Rode (University of Chicago) Paul Christian (World Bank) | Uganda: A country-level approach Julius Okello (CIP) John Ilukor (World Bank/SPIA) Enid Katungi (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT) |
Environmental impacts of intensification Dilini Abeygunawardene (IAMO) Vijesh Krishna (CIMMYT) Christopher Barrett (Cornell University) | Agricultural mechanization Kanika Mahajan (Ashoka University) Nedumaran Swamikannu (ICRISAT) Travis Lybbert (UC Davis/SPIA) | Vietnam: A country-level approach Frederic Kosmowski (SPIA) Thao Bach (UC Davis) Le, Dung Phuong ( Wageningen University/Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT) |
Panel Discussion: Mapping rigorous methods into impactful decisions: Interpretation and use of evidence in agri-food policy
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