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About a month ago, on Mothers day, We hosted the Pedalmania ladies I.T.T. & it was beautiful!

IFPRI Kenya is hiring a Research Officer for a wide range of my projects on financial inclusion, agricultural technology adoption, gender, often using behavioral experiments and randomized trials; come work with us! ilrijobs.wordpress.com/2024/06/18/ilr…

🌱Developing new crop varieties is a complex, time-consuming process which can take several years. But what happens if these varieties are not adopted by farmers? 🤔 📊 A multicountry, multicrop study explores the factors influencing varietal adoption 👇 cgspace.cgiar.org/items/743e4d2d…

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📢 Looking for Lusaka-based research analyst to work on evaluating impacts of TV program & roadshows on agricultural technology adoption in rural Zambia. Knowledge of STATA and agricultural economics, plus project management experience, are a must. Please email CV if interested!

Hattrick! My 3rd time breaking the tape IRONMAN Rwanda. I’m so grateful to the organizing team and its partners for the opportunity to defend the crown and race in the beautiful land of 1000 hills. Now back in 🇰🇪 to get back @ work 👩🏼‍💻 and training for Ironman World Champs!

🎉 Proud to announce that Dvara E-Registry has been awarded the PICUP Fintech Awards 2023 as the Best Financial Inclusion Provider in the Emerging Start-Up category! 🙌 #PICUP2023 #Fintech #FinancialInclusion

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Join us for a webinar presenting quantitative and qualitative research on the current use of market intelligence in plant breeding programs! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🌱Want to know the barriers CGIAR, national partners & SMEs face in using market intelligence for impact-aligned breeding? Join #MarketIntelligence series next webinar 👇 🗓️ Nov 5, 2024 ⏰ 7 AM EST / 3 PM EAT 🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Nice to see the large reach that our research can have!

#NowReading How men and women cope with weather-related agricultural production risk: A case study of cereal and tomato farmers in Haryana, India 🆕 IFPRI blog by Samyuktha Kannan and Berber Kramer. Read the full blog here: on.cgiar.org/3B6UW8u CGIAR IFPRI South Asia

Climate change is increasing the frequency of adverse weather events and reducing agricultural productivity, particularly in warmer regions of the world. Gender plays a role in how farmers are exposed to and manage weather risks. 🆕 blog by Samyuktha Kannan and

How do men and women cope with weather-related agricultural production risk? Studies show that the consequences of risk are often not distributed equitably within a household, with women disproportionately bearing the negative impacts of weather-related shocks:

New IFPRI blog: How we used coordinated trials and meta-analysis to evaluate interventions to increase varietal turnover 🖋️ By Berber Kramer, Carly Trachtman, and Witold Więcek. 🔍 Read the full story here: on.cgiar.org/4fv0lEF CGIAR

Varietal turnover: Why aren’t new maize seeds reaching farmers in Kenya? 🇰🇪 Key solutions: 🌱Trial packs & demo plots 📚 Community education & farmer learning ⏩ Faster regulatory approval 📞 Farmer awareness 🤝Strong public-private partnerships More 👇 cgiar.org/news-events/ne…

In this recent blog, Berber Kramer, Carly Trachtman, and Witold Więcek examine a meta-analysis based on data from six coordinated randomized control trials (RCTs), across six countries and crop combinations, of a project to encourage farmers to increase varietal turnover:

🆕 #blog post by Emily Kilonzi, Berber Kramer, and Carly Trachtman: 🌱 Workshop: Assessing on-the-ground impacts of genetic innovation in agriculture 🖱️ Read more here: on.cgiar.org/40x53xw CGIAR

🔍 How can coordinated trials and meta-analysis be used to evaluate interventions to increase varietal turnover? Learn more in this blog by Berber Kramer, Carly Trachtman, and Witold Więcek: on.cgiar.org/4fv0lEF CGIAR

Amb. Macharia Kamau Caroline Njuki Prof. Loise Gichuhi University of Nairobi Embassy of Switzerland in Nairobi Rufus Karanja In the first #AES2025 session on agriculture, Berber Kramer of IFPRI discusses ways to increase the use of agtech. "Visual tools like picture-based weather insurance increase trust and uptake among men and women—making insurance more inclusive and accessible at the same cost."