This course will explore food security, food self-sufficiency and the food price dilemma faced by agricultural price policies. It will examine the different types of policies used to achieve those objectives and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. Finally, it will discuss drivers of structural and agricultural transformation, and the role of agriculture in alleviating poverty […]

Scaling of innovations is a key requirement for addressing societal challenges in sectors such as health, agriculture, and the environment. Research for development (R4D) programs, projects and other interventions struggle to make particular innovations go to scale. The Introduction to CGIAR Innovation Packages and Scaling Readiness (IPSR) offers IRRI participants a comprehensive understanding of how […]