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Lessons Learned from the CGIAR Research Programs and What’s Coming Up Next

More than ever before, remote evaluations and evaluation approaches that require a rapid and cost-ef…

Future Thinking for Present Decisions: On the Importance of Foresight and Trade-Off Analyses in Agricultural Research Portfolio and Investment Plans

Call for Expression of Interest: The impacts of digital support tools in agriculture

Evaluation Syntheses for One CGIAR: Taking Stock of a Decade of Investment in Agricultural Research

Gathering Pieces of the Adoption Puzzle: Induction Meeting for the Small Grants Program

Moved by the need to create an active community of research around agricultural innovations, SPIA…

Agricultural Innovations in Ethiopia: 14 Recipients Selected for the SPIA Small Grant Call

On 4th November 2020, SPIA issued a small grant call for proposals on the topic of Agricultural…

Better Data on Agricultural Innovations: A Journey Into the Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey

The CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) has recently released “Shining a Brighter Lig…

Using Causal Impact Evidence When Scaling Agricultural Innovations: The Promise of Private Partnerships

In their feedback to the OneCGIAR Research Strategy, SPIA emphasized the need to have rigorous…

A Place for Foresight and Trade-Offs

As policymakers across the world grapple with the possible trade-offs from shutdowns to decrease wha…

Reflection on the CRP 2020 Review: A Time to Harmonize Data and Definitions

As we finalize the last cohort of the CGIAR Research Program 2020 Reviews, CAS reflects…

Why Bibliometrics Matter for Assessing Quality of Science

As the CGIAR Research Program 2020 Reviews reach their halfway point, Paolo Sarfatti (CAS Senior…

Shining a Brighter Light on Adoption and Diffusion of CGIAR-Related Innovations in Ethiopia

Taking a Country-Level Approach to Documenting Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Ethiopia Shi…

Evaluative reviews: a streamlined approach to accountability and learning

In the first in a series of blogs on the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) Review…

The State of the Literature on Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Intensification

The projected increases in global demand for agricultural products over the coming decades – for…

Megatrends, Shocks, Foresight, and Trade-offs: The Importance to One CGIAR

This blog coincides with the launch of the ISDC 2020 foresight and trade-off project. COVID-19…