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Impact SPIA

Posted on Jan 21, 2020

Workshops

"Don’t Look for a Donkey in the Lake"

SPIA's first country consultation workshop (agenda and participant list here) in October 2019 was a key part of our strategy of working intensively in...

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James Stevenson

Impact SPIA

Posted on Nov 26, 2019

Call for proposals

Can Diffusion Strategies Adapted to the Characteristics of CGIAR Innovations Enhance and Sustain Uptake?

A call for cases for learning-oriented impact studies* Background and scope of the call The CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) is...

Impact SPIA

Posted on Sep 10, 2019

Call for proposals

New Window for Expressions of Interest for Impact Studies

Estimating the long-term, large-scale impacts of CGIAR research on development outcomes SPIA has re-opened the window for submissions of expressions...

Impact SPIA

Posted on Jun 26, 2019

Call for proposals

Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Intensification - New SPIA Call for Expressions of Interest

SPIA is pleased to announce a call for Expressions of Interest for studies of "The environmental impacts of agricultural intensification". We have...

Impact SPIA

Posted on Feb 06, 2019

Blog

How Data Collected To Identify Cassava Varieties in Vietnam Helped Southeast Asia Respond Rapidly To a Viral Disease Outbreak

The collection of data on the adoption of CGIAR-related crop varieties is a priority for the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment’s (SPIA) agenda and for centers such as the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).

Impact SPIA

Posted on Dec 04, 2018

Video

From Land Productivity to Labor Productivity – Interview with SPIA Chair Karen Macours

In this video interview, Karen Macours, SPIA Chair and Associate Professor at the Paris School of Economics and Researcher at French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), explains why the key challenge today is moving away from a sole focus on land productivity.

Impact SPIA

Posted on Jul 16, 2018

Blog

The ‘Policy Pathway’ Matters: Assessing the Impact of Policy-Oriented Research Is Essential to Show CGIAR’s Contribution to Development Outcomes

One of the primary ways that CGIAR research contributes to development outcomes is through influencing how polices are designed and implemented. According to available data, research oriented to ‘improving policies’ has been a steadily growing part of the CGIAR portfolio, accounting for 17% of CGIAR research investment by 2006.

Impact SPIA

Posted on Mar 20, 2018

Workshops

Policy Seminar: Integrating Research and Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Agriculture

As the world becomes more aware of the growing threats to our natural resource base—climate change, population growth, urbanization, and much more—researchers need to think deeply about how the questions they ask and the tools they employ help address complex questions about sustainable agriculture practices and principles.

Impact SPIA

Posted on Feb 05, 2018

Blog

Scaling Up DNA Fingerprinting for Crop Variety Identification

DNA fingerprinting is the process through which genetic material is extracted from a sample taken from an individual plant, or population of plants, in a field and then compared to a known set of genetic profiles – referred to as a “library” of reference samples.

Impact SPIA

Posted on Nov 07, 2017

Blog

Data on Adoption of Improved Varieties: Why Do We Need These Estimates?

The Metrics from Which All Else Follows…? The breeding and dissemination of improved crop varieties has been a central feature of CGIAR research since...

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James Stevenson

Impact SPIA

Posted on Sep 07, 2017

Blog

Natural Resource Management (NRM) Research Outcomes, 2013-2016

Unlike seeds which physically embody the technological change within them, most natural resource management (NRM) research outputs are disembodied and...

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Impact SPIA

Posted on Sep 05, 2017

Blog

Experimental Impact Evaluations of CGIAR Research, 2014-2016

The development of new technologies by the various CGIAR Centers, CRPs and their NARs partners seems to hold great promise in addressing the challenge...

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