Publications
Journal Article
Making complementary agricultural resources, technologies, and services more gender-responsive
Journal Article
Gender bias in customer perceptions: The case of agro-input dealers in Uganda
Working Paper
Opportunities for innovation and intervention in Uganda’s dairy value chain: A scoping report
Blogs
Gender bias in bargaining: Lessons from haggling over the price of seed in rural Uganda
An experiment shows women face disadvantages.
‘Miracle seeds,’ informational curses? The risk of high expectations for new agricultural technologies
Using videos to test skewed perceptions of improved crop varieties.
This is a man’s world: Gendered perceptions of Ugandan agro-input dealers
Persistent biases hold back women shop owners.
Events
31st International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE)
Virtual Event: AUG 17, 2021 – 08:00 AM to AUG 31, 2021 08:00 PM EDT. IFPRI is participating in the 31st Conference of Agriculture Economists organized by the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE).
American Economic Association Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) 2021 Annual Meeting
IFPRI is participating in the American Economic Association (AEA) Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) 2021 Annual Meeting on January 3-5, 2021. ASSA provides opportunities to share, collaborate, and learn about the latest research emerging in the field. Name Title Date Time Bjorn Van Campenhout INVITED POSTER SESSION Community Advocacy Forums and Public Service Delivery – Impact, and the Role of […]
Improving evidence for better policy making in Ethiopia’s livestock sector
In collaboration with the Livestock Systems Innovation Lab (LSIL), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has been doing collaborative work over the last 3 years with the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) and Policy Studies Institute (PSI) to study the livestock sector in Ethiopia. Analysis has been done on the consumption and markets […]
News
The kindness of neighbours (The Economist)
A study about water scarcity by IFPRI research fellow Bjorn Van Campenhout was featured in The Economist. In Tanzania, a loosely-governed system where farmers divert much-needed water to their crops while saving some for their neighbors downstream raises questions about influence and gender equity. According to the article, “only high-status women shared the water fairly. […]