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ISDC 2024 Science Forum Travels to Nairobi for CGIAR Science Week
11.06.24In a few weeks, ISDC and invited speakers will hit the road and travel to…
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Insights from Ghana Field Mission: CGIAR-NARES Collaboration
06.06.24As part of ongoing evaluation of Science Groups (SGs) at CGIAR (TORs), in April 2024,…
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Insights from Bangladesh: CGIAR's Role in Resilient Food Systems Transformation
06.06.24Dr. Krishna Belbase, Senior Evaluator and Team Leader for the System Transformation (ST) Science Gro…
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New EVALSDGs Insight #18: Evaluating Quality of Science for Sustainable Development Goals
30.05.24We are excited to share the release of our latest brief, EVALSDGs Insight #18: Evaluating Quality…
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Climate adapted crops: the challenges of scaling technologies with stochastic benefits
24.05.24Highlights: Climate change will bring about more stochastic weather events. There are useful technol…
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Objectivity in Qualitative Research
06.05.24Qualitative research is often regarded as being less objective, and hence less rigorous, than quanti…
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Evaluations need interdisciplinarity, speed, and communication
02.05.24Last month, Svetlana Negroustoueva, the lead of the evaluation function at CGIAR, visited Washington…
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What a difference a day makes
17.04.24SPIA and ISDC chairs, IAES Director, and IAES’s Evaluation Function Lead were invited to connect…
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Subject Matter Experts Needed For CGIAR’s Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service
11.04.24CGIAR’s Independent Advisory and Evaluation Function (IAES) maintains a roster of subject matter e…
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Camels, Ostriches, and Sheep, Oh My! ISDC Meets in Nairobi in Preparation of Portfolio25 Proposal Reviews
11.03.24When the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) came upon Moses’ farm in 2008, they fou…
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Connecting with CGIAR researchers in Kenya, whether revolution or evolution, they seek consistency!
08.03.24Ibtissem Jouini, Senior Evaluation Manager in the Evaluation Function of CGIAR’s Independent Advis…
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Progress is built on iteration and fertile foundations
05.03.24"In any uncertain endeavor, a bias for action gets you started, but progress will require…
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Criteria to Judge Qualitative Research
15.02.24There is a lot of uncertainty and confusion about how to judge the soundness and…
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Evaluation On the Ground: Insights from CIP and IITA Genebanks
07.02.24In a recent interview, we sat down with Sarah Humphrey and David Coombs, co-leads of…
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Science Needs Women—Go Ask Barbie!
02.02.24Since Barbie was created by Ruth Handler in 1959, Barbie has continually broken boundaries by…
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Using Social Network Analysis to Assess Collaborative Networks: A Case Study from the Genebank Platform Evaluation
16.01.24What is social network analysis (SNA)? Social Network Analysis (SNA) is an established method in…
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New Megatrend Insights for the Research Portfolio
08.01.24Since the launch of CGIAR’s 2030 Research and Innovation Strategy in 2021, the trajectory, freque…
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New Perspective in Nature Sustainable Agriculture: Evolution of the One CGIAR’s research and innovation portfolio to 2030
05.01.24ISDC recently published a new Perspective in Nature Sustainable Agriculture. In this Perspective, I…
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