Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • About
  • Who we are
  • News
  • Events
  • Publications
  • Search

Secondary Menu

  • Independent Science for Development CouncilISDC
    • Home
    • Who we are
    • News
    • Events
    • Publications
    • Featured Projects
      • Inclusive Innovation
        • Agricultural Systems Special Issue
      • Proposal Reviews
        • 2025-30 Portfolio
        • Reform Advice
      • Foresight & Trade-Offs
        • Megatrends
      • QoR4D
      • Comparative Advantage
  • Standing Panel on Impact AssessmentSPIA
    • About
      • Who we are
      • Our Mandate
      • Impact Assessment Focal Points
      • SPIA Affiliates Network
    • Our Work
      • Country Studies
        • Community of Practice
        • Bangladesh Study
        • Ethiopia Study
        • Uganda Study
        • Vietnam Study
      • Causal Impact Assessment
      • Use of Evidence
      • Cross-Cutting Areas
        • Capacity Strengthening
        • Methods and Measurement
        • Guidance to IDTs
    • Resources
      • News & Blogs
        • Blog Series on Qualitative Methods for Impact Assessment
      • Publications
      • Events
      • SPIA-emLab Agricultural Interventions Database
      • Webinars
  • Evaluation
    • Who we are
    • News
    • Events
    • Publications
    • Evaluations
      • Science Group Evaluations
      • Learning on CGIAR's Ways of Working
      • Platform Evaluations
        • CGIAR Genebank Platform Evaluation
        • CGIAR GENDER Platform Evaluation
        • CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform
        • CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture
    • Framework and Policy
      • Evaluative Learning Hub
      • Evaluation Method Notes Resource Hub
      • Management Engagement and Response Resource Hub
      • Evaluating Quality of Science for Sustainable Development
      • Evaluability Assessments – Enhancing Pathway to Impact
      • Evaluation Guidelines
  • Independent Science for Development CouncilISDC
  • Standing Panel on Impact AssessmentSPIA
  • Evaluation

  • Home
  • About
  • Who we are
  • News
  • Events
  • Publications
  • Search
Blog Post

Can AI Actually Understand Independent Evidence? We Put Three Platforms to Test

READ MORE

Science
ISDC

Impact
SPIA

Evaluation

Latest News

Advisory Services IAES
Posted on May 07, 2026
Blog

What’s A Human To Do? A New Blog Series on AI Use Cases in CGIAR Advisory Bodies

A couple years ago, AI felt to me like the new blockchain. Ubiquitously discussed circa 2017 as the solution to potential lapses in credibility and

Read more
Impact SPIA
Posted on Feb 26, 2026
Blog

Honest Assumptions: Why SPIA Uses Ranges for ROI Estimates

Previous Next
Blog
Science ISDC
30 Mar 2026

A Lasting Impact: Reflecting on Nompumelelo Obokoh’s Contributions to ISDC

IF blog cover
Blog
Evaluation
25 Feb 2026

What Does Innovative Finance Mean for CGIAR? Messages from Evidence Synthesis

Farmers draw groundwater using a portable micro-solar irrigation pump installed by the Rural Development Academy in Kayumer Char, Fulchhari Upazila, Bangladesh.
Blog
Impact SPIA
23 Feb 2026

ROI for Agricultural Research: A Two-Stage Framework

More News

Latest Publications

New cover
Technical Notes
Evaluation
Issued on 2026

Domain G—Cost-effectiveness and Efficiency: Key Lessons from the 2025 Evaluability Assessment of CGIAR Portfolio

Evaluation Reports & Reviews
Evaluation
Issued on 2026

Terms of Reference: Country Evaluation Pilot Kenya

cover page brief
Evaluation Reports & Reviews
Evaluation
Issued on 2026

Strengthening the System-Wide Architecture for Data Quality Assurance to Support Evaluability: Synthesis Note 

More publications

CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service (IAES)

Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Via di San Domenico,1
00153 Rome, Italy
  • IAES@cgiar.org
  • (39-06) 61181

Follow Us

  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
  • Terms and conditions
  • © CGIAR 2026

IAES provides operational support as the secretariat for the Independent Science for Development Council and the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment, and implements CGIAR’s multi-year, independent evaluation plan as approved by the CGIAR’s System Council.