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Kalyani Raghunathan

Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa. 

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Kibrom Abay

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Kibrom A. Abay is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Washington, DC. He is a development and agricultural economist with research interests including rural development, agricultural transformation, urbanization, food and nutrition security, and behavioral economics. Most of his research involves impact evaluation methods. Some of his recent studies examine the behavioral and inferential implications of mismeasurement in household surveys. Much of his current research focuses on Africa south of the Sahara and the Middle East and North Africa region. Before joining IFPRI, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Kibrom received his PhD in Economics from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Nigeria school feeding program: Baseline farmers’ survey instrument

2024Andam, Kwaw S.; Amare, Mulubrhan; Gelli, Aulo; Kosec, Katrina; Abay, Kibrom A.; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; Fasoranti, Adetunji
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Nigeria school feeding program: Baseline farmers’ survey instrument

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2024

Authors

Andam, Kwaw S.; Amare, Mulubrhan; Gelli, Aulo; Kosec, Katrina; Abay, Kibrom A.; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; Fasoranti, Adetunji

Citation

Andam, Kwaw; Amare, Mulubrhan; Gelli, Aulo; Kosec, Katrina; Abay, Kibrom; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; and Fasoranti, Adetunji. 2024. Nigeria school feeding program: Baseline farmers’ survey instrument. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159878

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Nigeria

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Africa; Western Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; School Feeding; Nutrition; Farmers; Training Materials

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

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Nigeria school feeding program: Baseline cooks’ survey instrument

2024Andam, Kwaw S.; Amare, Mulubrhan; Gelli, Aulo; Kosec, Katrina; Abay, Kibrom A.; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; Fasoranti, Adetunji; Idowu, Ifetayo
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Nigeria school feeding program: Baseline cooks’ survey instrument

Year published

2024

Authors

Andam, Kwaw S.; Amare, Mulubrhan; Gelli, Aulo; Kosec, Katrina; Abay, Kibrom A.; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; Fasoranti, Adetunji; Idowu, Ifetayo

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Andam, Kwaw; Amare, Mulubrhan; Gelli, Aulo; Kosec, Katrina; Abay, Kibrom; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; Fasoranti, Adetunji; and Idowu, Ifetayo. 2024. Nigeria school feeding program: Baseline cooks’ survey instrument. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159879

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Nigeria

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Africa; Western Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; School Feeding; Nutrition; Training Materials

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

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Training Material

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Nigeria school feeding program: Train the trainers training manual

2024Andam, Kwaw S.; Amare, Mulubrhan; Gelli, Aulo; Kosec, Katrina; Abay, Kibrom A.; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; Fasoranti, Adetunji; Idowu, Ifetayo; Simpa, Suzan
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Nigeria school feeding program: Train the trainers training manual

Year published

2024

Authors

Andam, Kwaw S.; Amare, Mulubrhan; Gelli, Aulo; Kosec, Katrina; Abay, Kibrom A.; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; Fasoranti, Adetunji; Idowu, Ifetayo; Simpa, Suzan

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Andam, Kwaw; Amare, Mulubrhan; Gelli, Aulo; Kosec, Katrina; Abay, Kibrom; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; Fasoranti, Adetunji; Idowu, Ifetayo; and Simpa, Suzan. 2024. Nigeria school feeding program: Train the trainers training manual. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159866

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Nigeria

Keywords

Africa; Western Africa; School Feeding; Training Materials; Extension

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

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Training Material

Blogs

Unleashing the potential of Generation Z for food system transformation in Africa
IFPRI Blog
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October 28, 2024

Unleashing the potential of Generation Z for food system transformation in Africa

By Kibrom Abay, Clemens Breisinger, Harriet Mawia, Joyce Maru, Dorah Momanyi, and Boniface Munene

A new research agenda.

Grappling with compounding crises in domestic fertilizer markets in Africa: The case of Ethiopia
IFPRI Blog
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January 16, 2024

Grappling with compounding crises in domestic fertilizer markets in Africa: The case of Ethiopia

By Kibrom Abay, Thomas W. Assefa, Guush Berhane, Gashaw Tadesse Abate, and Charlotte Hebebrand

Local effects of global shocks persist.

Fertilizer policies amid global supply and price shocks
IFPRI Blog
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December 11, 2023

Fertilizer policies amid global supply and price shocks

By Kibrom Abay, Jordan Chamberlin, Pauline Chivenge, Charlotte Hebebrand, and David J. Spielman

Global prices have moderated but many countries still face difficulties.

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Events

Agronomy and Policy Solutions for Effective Implementation of the African Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan
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September 10, 2024, 9:30 – 11:30 am

Agronomy and Policy Solutions for Effective Implementation of the African Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan

CGIAR is pleased to support our regional and national partners in their implementation of the action plan emerging from the May 2024 African Fertilizer and Soil Health (AFSH) Summit. As the seventh policy seminar in the CGIAR series on Strengthening Food Systems Resilience, this event will examine the outcomes of the AFSH Summit and consider […]

32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists
IFPRI at External Event

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August 2 to 7, 2024

32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists

The triennial International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE-2024), centred on the theme “Transformation Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems” is scheduled from August 2-7, 2024, in New Delhi, India. The conference offers a distinctive platform, providing a golden opportunity for the agricultural academic institutions and researchers to convene in person, exchange knowledge, and actively contribute to the […]

Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition: The MENA launch of IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report
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July 8, 2024, 9:00 – 11:30 am

Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition: The MENA launch of IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report

Unhealthy diets are a major driver of all forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity. Despite increasing global efforts to address malnutrition, as many as 3 billion people globally cannot afford healthy diets. The need to transform our food systems to ensure sustainable healthy diets for everyone is more urgent than […]

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News

March 18, 2022 | In the News

Russia-Ukraine crisis poses a serious threat to Egypt – the world’s largest wheat importer (The Conversation)

The Conversation published an op-ed by IFPRI researchers, Kibrom Abay, Clemens Breisinger, David Laborde Debucquet, Joseph Glauber, and Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah. The authors write that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could create a global food security crisis. It is disrupting agricultural production and trade from one of the world’s major exporting regions. This threatens to drive […]

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