Yet another evidence, of role of nudges in food sytems. This time from Ethiopia. Nudges promoted consumption of a novel biofortified food. Read more in our new paper here doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nz… Diego Naziri Ekin Birol (She/Her) Graham Thiele Jan Low Edith Ofwona

A minority of crops grown by farmers in Africa are improved varieties, translating into lost income & sub-optimal nutrition. To boost adoption rates #OneCGIAR is adding a new ingredient into its breeding programs: market intelligence 👉🏽 on.cgiar.org/3sPjg6I #OurInitiatives

Can nudges influence knowledge, attitude and behavior towards biofortified foods? This new papers finds they can, draws implications for scaling. Ekin Birol (She/Her) Beatrice Ekesa Berber Kramer International Potato Center HarvestPlus Isabelle Baltenweck doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.2…

Can nudges influence knowledge, attitude and behavior about biofortified foods? We show they can in this new paper. Ekin Birol (She/Her) Beatrice Ekesa Isabelle Baltenweck International Potato Center HarvestPlus Vivian Nerea Berber Kramer onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Nature-friendly farming does not reduce productivity, study finds ⁦⁦⁦CGIAR⁩ ⁦International Potato Center⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…

As crop breeders develop varieties to help small-scale farmers meet future demand and conditions, they can ensure ample and equitable impact by using gender-responsive breeding approaches & tools. Scientific American 👉🏽 bit.ly/News-WomenAgri 🔸 International Potato Center USAID in Africa IRRI 🌾 CGIAR GENDER

Philemon Chelanga American Journal of Agricultural Economics Our just completed experiment in Uganda shows that public recognition of disseminating farmers' efforts crowds out intrinsic motivation, reduces effort, and generates lower willingness to pay for improved agric technologies. Overjustification effect?

A raft of dos and donts, but who is listening? A similar study in Ethiopia found as much. Study: 30pc of schoolchildren in Kakamega overweight nation.africa/kenya/news/stu…

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Excited to see our paper published in Food Policy documenting new evidence about incentives for peer-to-peer technology transfer. Julius Okello Carl J Lagerkvist @rommel_jens CGIAR

📝🔍 Learn how CGIAR can learn from zero or negative results, to refine research strategies and adjust #TheoriesOfChange. The latest SPIA blog provides examples from a recently published paper: bit.ly/3DZtPtQ CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service ISDC

Happy to have had the opportunity to work with an excellent team of co-authors on this experiment and paper about social incentives as nudges for agric innovations diffusion. Julius Okello @rommel_jens Carl J Lagerkvist International Potato Center CGIAR ILRI.org

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📖🌱 Unexpected results can provide valuable input to CGIAR theories of change Read more in this blog by Julius Okello Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku and Ricardo Labarta, sharing results from a recent study of model farmers’ response to social incentives in Uganda bit.ly/3DZtPtQ

📝🔍 Learn how CGIAR can use zero- or negative results as valuable input to #TheoriesOfChange. In this SPIA blog, Julius Okello Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku and Ricardo Labarta provide examples from a recently published paper: bit.ly/3DZtPtQ CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service ISDC

(1/11) Social Incentives as Nudges for Agricultural Knowledge Diffusion & Willingness-to-Pay for Certified Seeds: Experimental Evidence from Uganda Authors: Okello, Shikuku, Lagerkvist, Rommel, Jogo, Ojwang, Namanda, Elungat 🔗doi.org/10.1016/j.food…

🔍 🌱Learning from zero- or negative results can provide valuable input to CGIAR theories of change Read more in this blog by Julius Okello Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku and Ricardo Labarta: bit.ly/3DZtPtQ CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service ISDC

New open access paper "Phytosanitary management of ICARDA’s germplasm seed collections for safe movement and better future use" by Safaa Kumari Lava Kumar Abdulrahman Moukahel Inaam El-Miziani ICARDA IITA CABI Reviews cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/ca…

Bridging the gap between farmers & Improved Sweetpotato Varieties! Join us as we uncover the challenges and solutions discussed at our recent workshop in Uganda. Education, outreach, & collective action are key to transforming sweetpotato 🍠 farming! 👉🏽 bit.ly/Potential-Swee…