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MID-REVIEW WORKSHOP:

impact of agricultural and food policies on Nutrition outcomes

From 23-24 April 2019, fifteen research teams conducting country case studies under the collaborative research project on Impact of Agricultural and Food Policies on Nutrition Outcomes in Africa (AFPON) presented their work in progress at a workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya. This was the second meeting for the project after the inception and capacity building workshop that was convened in October 2018 in Nairobi; the fifteen studies were commissioned out of the twenty promising proposals  that were presented.

Acting on behalf of the Executive Director, Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u, the Director of Research welcomed the participants to the meeting and urged the researchers to utilize the two days in harvesting ideas, comments and suggestions for improvement of draft reports.

During the workshop, each team received feedback from peers who acted as discussants as well as from the Project Steering Committee that consists of Prof. David Sahn of Cornell University (Coordinator/Chair), Dr. Esi Colecraft of University of Ghana and Prof. Germano Mwabu of Kenyatta University.

Upon careful review of the proposals by the three technical experts, it was agreed that the teams finalize the drafts reports and develop policy briefs within three months. The two outputs will be submitted to the secretariat and the steering committee for review before convening for the final review workshop in August/September 2019.