Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI)
Director
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Leadership
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Suresh Babu
Asia Lead and Senior Research Fellow / Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI
S.Babu@cgiar.org
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Christopher Barrett
Director STAAARS Plus and Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and International Professor of Agriculture, Cornell University
cbb2@cornell.edu
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John Bonnell
Senior Capacity Development Specialist
bonnell3@msu.edu
517-884-2987
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Kristin Davis
Research-to-Policy Lead and Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
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Thomas Jayne
ReNAPRI Liaison and University Foundation Professor, MSU/AFRE
jayne@msu.edu
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Nicole Mason-Wardell
Technical Training Co-Lead and Associate Professor, MSU/AFRE
masonn@msu.edu
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Ruth Meinzen-Dick
Gender Lead and Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
R.MEINZEN-DICK@CGIAR.ORG
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David Ortega
Southeast Asia Lead
dlortega@msu.edu
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Véronique Thériault
Technical Training Co-Lead and Associate Professor, MSU
theria13@msu.edu
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Overview
A collaborative effort among consortium partners that seeks to enhance the ability of local policy research organizations to conduct high-quality food security policy research and influence food security policy more effectively while becoming increasingly self-reliant.
Objectives
- Institutional Capacity Strengthening: PRCI bases its approach to institutional capacity strengthening on four principles of action: co-creation, integration, customization, and excellence. These principles reflect our consortium’s vision of the best way to improve the credibility of country and regional research institutions and of their policy research results and thereby ensure that local policy makers take up and apply the results of the Lab’s global research.
- Collaborative Research: PRCI is committed to a process that grounds a global research agenda in local realities and priorities. Following initial discussions among the consortium members, we propose three broad themes for this global agenda:
- Inclusive agricultural and rural transformation to raise rural household incomes (including small farmers) , and to create more decent jobs particularly for young women and men;
- Development of healthy food systems, including regulatory issues and private sector engagement, in ways that address food safety and the triple burden of malnutrition; and
- Enhanced resilience at individual, household, national and regional levels (to climate and other sources of shocks) to achieve economic and environmental sustainability.
- Strengthening Policy Influence: PRCI assists local institutions to assess their position within their local and regional policy system and outline what capacities they need to operate more effectively in it, bringing their research to bear on policy decision-making.
Start Date
May 15, 2019
Anticipated End Date
May 14, 2024
Funding
- USD11 million in core funding
- Up to USD27 million in funding from mission and bureau buy-ins and associate awards
- Total funding of up to USD38 million
- Funding period: June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2024 (5 years)
Partnering Institutions
- Consortium partners
- ReNAPRI (Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes)
- ISSER (Institute for Statistical, Social, and Economic Research - Ghana)
- IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute)
- Cornell University
- Centers for Policy Leadership
- The Economic Policy Research Center (ERPC) in Uganda
- The Bureau of Macroeconomic Analysis (BAME) of the Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research
- Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security (PiLAF) based out of the University of Ibadan (UI), Nigeria
- Kasetsart University in Thailand
- Country Partners
All Publications
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Does Pesticide Use Influence Crop Productivity in Uganda?
Published on May 14, 2024
Uganda faces crop losses from pests, with low pesticide use. Yet, indiscriminate use may harm food quality. Gaps persist in understanding pesticide impact. This brief aims to fill these gaps using Uganda National Panel Survey data. -
Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Practices and their Welfare Impacts: Comparative Evidence from Malawi, Uganda and Ethiopia
Published on May 14, 2024
A comparative study in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda shows sustainable practices impact food security, influenced by household dynamics and gender roles. Tailoring interventions to each country's context is crucial for success. -
Crop Production Diversity and the Well-being of Smallholder Farm Households: Evidence from Nigeria
Published on May 14, 2024
The paper explores crop diversification's impact on Nigerian households, finding positive effects, especially for remote areas, shaped by market access and rainfall shocks, informing support strategies. -
Effect of Pesticide Use on Crop Production and Food Security in Uganda
Published on May 14, 2024
Study in Uganda explores pesticide impact on food security: boosts crop yield but not pre-harvest food security. Post-harvest use, regulation, and diversified nutrition recommended for better outcomes. -
Crop Production Diversity and the Well-being of Smallholder Farm Households in Nigeria
Published on May 13, 2024
Nigerian smallholders diversify crops for resilience and dietary variety, but its impact on well-being is unclear, needing further study. -
Exploring Cooperation in Sustainable Agriculture and Value Addition in BIMSTEC Region
Published on May 8, 2024
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) has emerged as one of the fastest-growing regions of the world... -
Integrating gender in research and institutions: lessons from the Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence
Published on April 19, 2024
Integrating gender in research and institutions: lessons from the Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence -
Opportunities for and Constraints to Women’s Empowerment in Tanzania’s Cashew Value Chain
Published on September 30, 2023
PRCI Research Paper 22. Opportunities for and Constraints to Women’s Empowerment in Tanzania’s Cashew Value Chain -
Confluence of climate, violence, disease, and cost shocks: vulnerability of and impacts on Nigerian Maize Traders
Published on September 6, 2023
PRCI Research Paper #20. Confluence of climate, violence, disease, and cost shocks: vulnerability of and impacts on Nigerian Maize Traders -
Sugarcane Production and Food Security in Uganda
Published on September 1, 2023
PRCI Research Paper #23 Sugarcane Production and Food Security in Uganda