AgMIP Fundamentals Workshop 2015

AgMIP Fundamentals Workshop Participants.

For the first time, the largest group was the economists! Really!

 

Purpose

The TOA-MD Team at Oregon State University (J. Antle, R. Valdivia, C. Dickson) designed a capacity building program for new economists from the AGMIP Regional Research Teams (RRTs) from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. This program began in April 2015 with a short course on the TOA-MD model, and culminated with technical sessions at the AgMIP Phase II kick-off workshop: AgMIP Fundamentals in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.  

TOA-MD Short Course

In Phase II, the new economists must learn how to use the TOA-MD model to implement the AgMIP Regional Integrated Assessment (RIA) protocols. In order to support the RRTs and new economists, the regional economics team designed a short/intensive TOA-MD course targeted to those new economists. The format of the course followed the same structure of the regular TOA-MD course offered by the OSU Tradeoff Analysis Project. Economists from Phase I that wanted to review the model and methods were also welcome to participate.

Workshop Activities:

• Review of each team’s study areas and data
• Review of “best practices” for data preparation and analysis, including new data template for calculation of TOA-MD parameters
• Completion of the climate change learning module (step-by-step analysis of Core Questions)
• Review of methods for RAPs and adaptations

Course Agenda

April 23: Economists should have registered, downloaded and installed the TOA-MD model.

April 23: 1st Webinar – BLM

May 15: Participants submit all BLM Exercises to TOA-MD Team

May 15-21: TOA-MD team and participants review BLM exercises

May 22: Participants start working on CCLM

June 10: 2nd Webinar CCLM

June 15: Participants submit CCLM exercises to TOA-MD Team

June 15-19: Review of CCLM exercises and preparation for AgMIP RRT Workshop

June 22-30: AgMIP RRT Workshop, Econ Technical Breakout to review and discuss exercises and methods

-       Review CCLM and AgMIP RIA protocols

-       Complete CCLM exercises

-       Discuss new Representative Agricultural Pathways to be developed in Phase II

-       Plans and timeline of activities for AgMIP economics team

All of the new economists that participated in the workshop completed the Basic Learning Module, the step-by-step Climate Change Learning Module exercise, and indicated that their understanding of and capability to implement the TOA-MD analysis was substantially improved.

Participants 

First Name	Last Name	Institution	Profession	Country
Ly	Ahmadou	IPAR	Socio-economics	Senegal
Sadia	Akhtar Awan	UAF	Economist	Pakistan
Nasser	Asad	UAF	Ag. Economist	Pakistan
Joseph	Clottey	University of Ghana	Ag. Econ	Ghana
Wiltrud	Durand	ARC		South Africa
Zubaida	Edo	UAF	Ag. Economist	Pakistan
Ana Lidia	Gangulo	IIAM	Economist	Malawi
Gokul Paudel	Hassan	CYMMIT	Economist	Nepal
Nasir	Javaria	UAF	Economist	Pakistan
Naomi	Jones	Lilongwe University	Ag. Economist	Malawi
Ibrahim	Kadigi	SUA	Economist	Tanzania
Caroline	Mwongera	CIAT-CCAFS	Economist	Kenya
S.	Nedumaran	ICRISAT	Climate and Crop Modeling	India
Justina	Onumah	University of Ghana	Ag. Econ	Ghana
Anthony	Oyoo	ICRISAT	Economist	Kenya
Kelvin	Shikuku	CIAT-CCAFS	Economist	Kenya
Givious	Sisito	LUANAR	Economist	Zimbabwe
Dinesh	Tapa	Nepal	Economist	Nepal
Hina	Tayyaba	UAF	Economist	Pakistan
Ian	Tumeo	Matapos Research Institute	Economist	Zimbabwe