TOA-MD5.0: A Novel Approach to Multi-Dimensional Impact Assessment

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  • The TOA Project develops modeling tools that can be used by research teams to improve the understanding of agricultural system sustainability and inform policy decisions. 
  • The TOA Project also provides training to empower researchers and institutions to use these modeling tools.
  • For more information on the Tradeoffs approach, check out these key publications and the TOA project history.
  • Click on the TOA-MD image at right for an introduction to what TOA-MD5.0 can do!

"...greater emphasis must be given to producing the data and analytic tools for others to do the research themselves and providing open access to those tools." - Research for Development, World Bank Policy Research Paper 5437, Sept 2010.

What's New...

  • Download the poster: TOA-MD: An Novel Simulation Approach to Multi-Dimensional Impact Assessment
  • Download the poster: TOA-MD: A New Approach to Assess Climate Change Impacts
  • John Antle and Roberto Valdivia attended the AgMIP Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Workshop in Accra, Ghana, September 10-14, 2012. See information about this workshop at http://research.agmip.org/display/ssa/SSA+Workshops.
  • John Antle, Roberto Valdivia and Jianhong Mu attended the first AgMIP North America meeting in Ames, IA, September 5-7, 2012. A group of economists met at this meeting to discuss possible model inter-comparison and impact assessment activities for the North American region. A summary of the Economics Breakout Sessions is available. Economists from the region are invited to express interest in participation in AgMIP North America. 
  • The 1st Annual Global TOA-MD Workshop was held June 19-23 at OSU in Corvallis.
  • John Antle received the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s prestigious Quality of Research Discovery Award for the paper “Parsimonious Multi-Dimensional Impact Assessment” published in the 2011 AJAE. The award was presented to John at the AAEA Awards & Fellows Recognition Ceremony at the 2012 AAEA Annual Meeting to be held in Seattle from August 12–14, 2012.
  • Moving Along the Impact Pathway: The Case of IAA in Bangladesh by John Antle & Roberto Valdivia Oregon State University and Charles Crissman & Khondker Murshed-e-Jahan WorldFish Center. Presented at Assessing the impacts of international agricultural research on poverty and under-nutrition: A mid-term workshop for studies commissioned by the CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (2011 – 2013),London International Development Centre, May 8-9 2012.