Influencing Policy in Gender Research: Panel Discussion on Influential Policy Research

July 27, 2022 8:00AM - 9:30AM

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Influencing Policy in Gender Research: Panel Discussion on Influential Policy Research

8:00 – 9:30 am East Coast Time, Wednesday July 27

Purpose

Provide PRCI researchers with insights on how to influence policymakers in research, with a focus on gender. We will present results of a PRCI study on policymaker communication preferences, and a panel will discuss experiences in research to policy influence with the case of promoting nutrition- and gender-sensitive agriculture through Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) in Bangladesh.

 

Program

Time (East Coast Time)

Topic

Speaker

08:00 – 08:05

Opening remarks and introduction

Dave Tschirley, Professor, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University and Director, PRCI

08:05 – 08:20

Where, why, and how decision makers source their information and implications for research communication: Findings from the multi-country stakeholder surveys in Africa

Mywish Maredia, Professor, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University

08:20 – 08:25

The ANGeL Case: show video

 

08:25 – 09:10

Moderated panel discussion

·        Akhter Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow / Country Representative, International Food Policy Research Institute  (IFPRI) Bangladesh

·        Masuma Younus, Deputy Director, Department of Agricultural Extension, Ministry of Agriculture

·        Drew Sample, Manager, Media Engagement, Communications and Public Affairs Division, IFPRI

Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, IFPRI

09:10 – 09:20

Question and answer; discussion with audience

Kristin Davis, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

09:20 – 09:25

Training evaluation

Nicole Mason-Wardell, Associate Chairperson, Graduate Program Director, and Associate Professor

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

09:25 – 09:30

Conclusions

Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

 

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Tags: food policy, food security group, innovation lab for food security policy research capacity & influence

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