We review evidence on the impacts of CGIAR research published since 2000 in order to provide insights into how successful the CGIAR Centers have been in pursuing the System’s core missions. Our review...
The objective of this study is twofold, to demonstrate (1) the effects of fodder shrubs on milk production and their value at the household and regional level and (2) the contribution of research by...
Although many studies over the years have sought to document the impacts of agricultural research, there remain critical gaps in the extent to which different components of the CGIAR portfolio have...
One of the four Impact Briefs summarizing final report and four case studies from the SPIA project on Assessing Environmental Impacts (2008-2011). More information on the project here.
Modern maize varieties represented less than 5% of the maize area in the 1970s but accounted for about 60% in 2005. According to FAO data, yields increased from as low as 0.88 t/ha in 1971 to over 2 t...
A significant proportion of CGIAR research investment has been spent on policy and natural resource management (NRM). However, compared with other areas of research e.g., crop germplasm improvement...
A significant proportion of CGIAR research investment has been spent on policy and natural resource management (NRM). However, compared to other areas of research e.g., crop germplasm improvement (CGI...
This Impact Brief (No 46) is based on the study that documents the impacts of improved common bean varieties on field-level yields, costs of production, and household farm incomes among smallholders...
This article introduces a special section on impact assessment of agricultural research, institutional innovation and technology adoption. It is based on papers presented at a pre-conference workshop...
This Impact Brief (No 45) is based on the study that documents the impacts of improved maize varities on household well-being and on overall rural poverty using primary data. In Ethiopia, the last...
In the late 1990s, a global initiative on the impact assessment of crop varietal change estimated that modern varieties (MVs) accounted for about 22% of the growing area of primary food crops across...
Policy-oriented Research (POR) is research that aims to influence the decisions made by governments or other institutions that are embodied in laws, regulations, or activities that affect people’s...