International Conference
"Why has impacts assessment research not made more of a difference?"
4-7 February, 2002, Meliá Confort Hotel, San José, Costa Rica
Detailed Program
Monday, February 4, 2002
| 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM | |
| Opening Session | |
| Chairperson: | Hans Gregersen (SPIA) |
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Opening address |
New science brings hope for people and the environment |
| Timothy Reeves (CIMMYT) | |
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Keynote |
Impacts assessment: Why should we care? |
| Alex McCalla (University of California at Davis) |
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10:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
| Coffee Break |
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11:00 AM – 12:30 PM |
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| Plenary Paper Session 1- Impacts Assessment in the CGIAR: The Road Traveled | ||
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Chairperson: |
Edgardo Moscardi (IADB) |
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| Pl 1.1 | Milestones in CGIAR impacts assessment research | |
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Prabhu Pingali (CIMMYT) |
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| Pl 1.2 | Assessing the impacts of international crop genetic improvement research: Some lessons learned | |
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Robert Evenson (Yale University) and Douglas Gollin (Williams College) |
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Lunch |
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1:30 PM – 3:30 PM |
| Contributed Papers Sessions 1, 2 & 3 | ||
1. Measuring Research Impacts: Quantitative Methods |
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Chairperson: |
Richard Bernsten (Michigan State University) |
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| C1.1 | The simple econometrics of impact assessment: Theory with an application to milk-market participation in the Ethiopian highlands | |
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Garth Holloway and Simeon Ehui (International Livestock Research Institute-ILRI) |
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| C1.2 | Measurement and source of efficiency in Argentina’s agricultural science research system: A stochastic frontier analysis | |
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Daniel Lema, Susana Mirassou, and Martin Guppy (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas and Instituto Nacional de Technologia Agropecuaria-CONICET-INTA) |
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| C1.3 | The Tradeoff Analysis Approach: Lessons from the tradeoffs project in Ecuador and Peru | |
| John Antle (Montana State University, Jetse Stoorvogel (University of Wageningen), Walter Bowen (International Potato Center and International Fertilizer Development Center), Charles Crissman (International Potato Center) and David Yanggen (International Potato Center and Montana State University) | ||
| 2. Factors Affecting Adoption of Modern Varieties |
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Chairperson: |
Erika Meng (CIMMYT) |
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| C2.1 | Factors affecting the adoption of maize technologies in the hills of Nepal | |
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Joel Ransom, Kamal Paudyal, and Krishna Adhikari (CIMMYT) |
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| C2.2 | Variety characteristics, transaction costs and maize adoption in Honduras | |
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Hernando Hintze and Mitch Renkow (North Carolina State University), and Gustavo Sain (CIMMYT) |
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| C2.3 | Factors affecting the adoption of selected wheat production technologies by farmers in Njoro and Rongai divisions of Nakuru District, Kenya | |
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Alice Ndiema and M.G. Kinyua (National Plant Breeding Research Center-NPBRC) and W.N. Ongo’ndo (Egerton University) |
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| 3. Increasing Impacts of Agricultural R&D: Institutional and Political Considerations |
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Chairperson: |
Patricia Kristjanson (International Livestock Research Institute-ILRI) |
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| C3.1 | Expanding the use of impact assessment and other evaluation research evidence | |
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Ron Mackay (Concordia University) and Doug Horton (International Service for National Agricultural Research-ISNAR) |
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| C3.2 | Why does impact assessment continue to neglect institutional sustainability? | |
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Daniel Ticehurst, Simon Henderson, and Alistair Sutherland (Natural Resources Institute-NRI) |
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| C3.3 | Demand driven technological change and the traditional cereals in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Malian case | |
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Jeff Vitale (Purdue University) and John Sanders (Texas A&M) |
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| C3.4 | An assessment of IPGRI’s impact on international policy- making: A case study of the international undertaking on plant genetic resource (1996-2001) | |
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Raphaël Sauvé and Jamie Watts (International Plant Genetic Resources Institute-IPGRI) |
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3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Coffee Break |
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4:00 PM – 5:30 PM |
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1. Donor Perspectives |
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One important group of users of impacts assessment studies are the people who make decisions about the allocation of research funding. Funding agencies increasingly demand accountability from researchers, usually including concrete evidence that investments in research are paying off. In this session, a panel of donor agency representatives describe the types of information that funding agencies need to make research funding decisions. The panel will then engage the audience in a discussion designed to explore how results of impacts studies can be more effectively communicated to inform the various constituencies that influence funding for research and development. |
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Chairperson: |
Jim Ryan (Australian National University, Canberra) |
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Panelists: |
Stephan Krall (Gesellschaft Fur Technische Zusammenarbeit-GTZ) |
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Rodney Cooke (International Fund for Agricultural Development-IFAD) |
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Dana Dalrymple (US Agency for International Development-USAID) |
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7:00 PM – 10:30 PM |
| Opening Reception |
Tuesday, February 5, 2002
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8:30 AM – 10:30 AM |
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| Plenary Paper Session 2- Measuring Returns to Research Investment | ||
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Chairperson: |
Mahabub Hossain (IRRI) |
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| Pl 2.1 | Under investment in agricultural R&D revisited | |
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Johannes Roseboom (International Service for National Agricultural Research-ISNAR) |
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| PI 2.2 | The impact of agricultural research in Bangladesh: Productivity, economic returns and varietal replacement issues | |
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Joseph Nagy (International Agricultural Consultant) and Ferdous Alam (Bangladesh Agricultural University) |
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| Pl 2.3 | Herding cats: Is impact assessment the ultimate exercise in futility? | |
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Patricia Kristjanson and Philip Thornton (International Livestock Research Institute-ILRI) |
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10:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
| Coffee Break |
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11:00 AM – 12:30 PM |
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Panel Sessions 1& 2 |
| 1. Crop Genetic Improvement Research |
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Chairperson: |
Robert Evenson (Yale University) |
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| PA1.1 | Estimating the benefits of plant breeding research: Methodological issues and practical challenges | |
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Michael Morris (CIMMYT) and Paul Heisey (United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service - USDA/ERS) |
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| PA1.2 | Returns to investment in maintenance research: The case of leaf rust resistance breeding in CIMMYT- related spring bread wheat | |
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Carissa Marasas (CIMMYT), Melinda Smale (International Food and Policy Research Institute-IFPRI), and Ravi Singh (CIMMYT) |
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| PA1.3 | Economic impacts of post-harvest research for potato and sweetpotato in developing countries | |
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Keith Fuglie and Tom Walker (International Potato Center) |
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2. Natural Resource Management Research |
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Chairperson: |
Peter Hazell (International Food Policy Research Institute-IFPRI) |
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| PA2.1 | Impact assessment in natural resource management research | |
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John Poulsen (Integrated Natural Resource Management Task Force-INRM), Boru Douthwaite (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-IITA), and Douglas White (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical-CIAT) |
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| PA2.2 | Environmental impacts of productivity-enhancing crop research: A critical review | |
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Mywish Maredia (Michigan State University), Prabhu L. Pingali (CIMMYT), and Michael Nelson (SPIA) |
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| PA2.3 | Measuring the impact of user participation in natural resource management research | |
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Nancy Johnson and Jacqueline Ashby (International Center for Tropical Agriculture-CIAT) and Nina Lilja (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research-CGIAR) |
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Lunch |
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1:30 PM – 3:30 PM |
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Contributed Papers Sessions 4, 5 & 6 |
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4. Impacts of Research Investment on Productivity Growth |
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Chairperson: |
Mitch Renkow (North Carolina State University-NCSU) |
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| C4.1 | International R&D spillovers and productivity growth in the agricultural sector: A panel co integration approach | |
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Luciano Gutierrez (University of Sassari, Italy) |
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| C4.2 | Impact of modern technology adoption on output growth and sustainability of major cereals production in Bangladesh | |
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Fakhrul Islam (Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University) |
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| C4.3 | The contribution of different components of total factor productivity in high potential rice-wheat systems in Indian Punjab | |
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Joginder Singh (Punjab Agricultural University) |
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5. Impacts of Commodity Research |
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Chairperson: |
Robert Chambers (Institute of Development Studies, Sussex) |
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| C5.1 | Effects of innovative wheat breeding in marginal environments | |
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Maximina Lantican, Prabhu Pingali, and Sanjaya Rajaram (CIMMYT) |
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| C5.2 | The impact of bean research in Honduras | |
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David Mather, Richard Bernsten, Juan Carlos Rosas, Aberlardo Viana Danilo Escoto, and Julio Martinez (Michigan State University) |
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| C5.3 | A study of Philippine peanut farming communities: Impacts of new peanut CRSP technology and influences on sustainability | |
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Robert Moxley (North Carolina State University), Aida Librero (PCARRD), and Dave Alston (University of Maryland Eastern Shore) |
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| C5.4 | Impact of public sector versus private sector in R&D and technology generation: The case of maize in Asia | |
| Roberta Gerpacio (CIMMYT) | ||
6. Use of Impacts Assessment Research in NARSs |
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Chairperson: |
Nancy Johnson (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical-CIAT) |
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| C6.1 | Winding up the impact pathway: An approach to strengthening the impact orientation of national agricultural research | |
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Andreas Springer-Heinze (Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Technische Zusammernarbeit-GTZ), F. Hartwich and Doug Horton (International Service for National Agricultural Research-ISNAR), S. Henderson (Natural Resources Institute-NRI), and Isaac Minde (Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa-ASARECA) |
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| C6.2 | The importance of impact assessment studies for the Brazilian agricultural research system | |
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Antonio Flavio Dias Avila and Geraldo Da Silva e Souza (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation) |
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| C6.3 | Potato production and pesticide use in Ecuador: Linking impact assessment research and rural development intervention for greater ecosystem health | |
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Charles Crissman, Steve Sherwood and Patricio Espinosa (International Potato Center), Donald Cole (University of Toronto), and David Yanggen (International Potato Center) |
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3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Coffee Break |
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4:00 PM – 5:30 PM |
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2. Media Perspectives |
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Impact studies often reveal issues of great potential interest to the general public and to policy makers in developing and developed countries, but these issues are rarely communicated in a compelling manner outside a narrow community of academics and development professionals. How can the results of impact studies be communicated more widely? In this session, a panel of distinguished journalists share their experiences and offer insights into how stories related to impact assessment can be communicated effectively to policy makers, opinion leaders, and the general public. |
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Chairperson: |
Timothy Reeves (CIMMYT) |
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Panelists: |
Barbara Rose (Future Harvest) |
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Gideon Lichfield (The Economist) |
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G. Venkataramani (The Hindu) |
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Wednesday, February 6, 2002
| 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM | ||
| Plenary Paper Session 3 - The Green Revolution: A Retrospective View | ||
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Chairperson: |
Peter Matlon (Rockefeller Foundation) |
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| Pl 3.1 | Resolving conflicting evidence about the impact of the Green Revolution | |
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Peter Hazell (International Food Policy Research Institute-IFPRI) |
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| Pl 3.2 | Professional error, critical awareness and good science | |
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Robert Chambers (Institute of Development Studies, Sussex) |
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| Pl 3.3 | Why the Green Revolution failed in Africa and how this impacted the poor | |
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Simeon Ehui (International Livestock Research Institute-ILRI) |
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
| Coffee Break |
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11:00 AM – 12:30 PM |
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Panel Sessions 3 & 4 |
3. Potential Impacts of Nutritional Improvement Strategies |
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Chairperson: |
David Schimmelpfennig (United States Department of Agriculture) |
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| Golden rice: What role could it play in alleviation of Vitamin A deficiency? | ||
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David Dawe (International Rice Research Institute-IRRI), Richard Robertson and Laurian Unnevehr (University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana-UIUC) |
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| PA3.2 | Assessing the indirect impact of mungbeans on nutrition and productivity; new insights from case studies in Pakistan and India | |
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Katinka Weinberger (Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center-AVRDC) |
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| PA3.3 | Agriculture and nutrition: Adversaries, bedfellows or allies? | |
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Lawrence Haddad (International Food Policy Research Institute-IFPRI) |
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4. Enhancing Research Impacts through GIS |
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Chairperson: |
Jim Ryan (Australian National University, Canberra) |
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| PA4.1 | What GIS can (and can't) bring to impact assessment: Novel data, analysis, and insights | |
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Gerald Nelson (University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana) |
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| PA4.2 | GIS Tools: They’re not just for experts anymore | |
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Dave Hodson and Jeff White (CIMMYT) |
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| PA4.3 | Lost in space: Fulfilling the promise of spatial analysis in impact assessment | |
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Stan Wood and Jordan Chamberlin (Spatial Analysis Research Group, International Food Policy Research Institute-IFPRI) |
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Lunch |
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1:30 PM – 3:30 PM |
9. Economics Benefits of Research Collaboration |
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Chairperson: |
Gustavo Saín (CIMMYT) |
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| C9.1 | Network approach in soil management research: IWMI’s experience in Southeast Asia | |
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Amado Maglinao, Djoko Santoso and Frits Penning de Vries (International Water Management Institute) |
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| C9.2 | The impact of Rockefeller funded Forum for Natural Resources Management Program in eastern and southern Africa | |
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Alex Phiri (Bunda College of Agriculture) |
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| C9.3 | Impact of the Coordinated Rice Improvement Program on movement of improved germplasm and productivity gains across the Indian states | |
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Aldas Janaiah, Mahabub Hossain, and E. Cabrera (International Rice Research Institute-IRRI) |
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| C9.4 | Economic benefits of research cooperation: The case of the Regional Maize Program for Central America and the Caribbean | |
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Miguel I. Gomez (Cornell University) and Prabhu Pingali (CIMMYT) |
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3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Coffee Break |
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
| Poster Presentations |
Thursday, February 7, 2002
| 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM | ||
| Plenary Paper Session 4 - Impacts Assessment: Research and Policy Making | ||
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Chairperson: |
Tim Kelley (Technical Advisory Committee-TAC, Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research-CGIAR) |
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| Pl 4.1 | Measuring the benefits of international agricultural economics research | |
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David Schimmelpfennig (United States Department of Agriculture) and George Norton (Virginia Tech) |
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| Pl 4.2 | Evaluating the impact of economic policy research: Concepts and practices | |
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Jim Ryan (Australian National University, Canberra) |
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| Pl 4.3 | Why has impacts assessment research not made more of a difference? | |
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Ponniah Anandajayasekeram and Mandi Rukuni (Food and Agriculture Organization-FAO-FARMESA). |
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10:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
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| Coffee Break | ||
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11:00 AM – 12:30 PM |
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Panel Sessions 5 & 6 |
6. Benefits of Genetic Resources Conservation |
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Chairperson: |
Jamie Watts (IPGRI) |
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| PA6.1 | Economic costs and benefits of a participatory project to conserve maize landraces on farms | |
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Melinda Smale (International Food Policy Research Institute-IFPRI), Mauricio Bellon, Javier Aguirre, Jorge Mendoza, Ana Maria Solano, Rafael Martinez, and Alejandro Ramirez (CIMMYT) |
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| PA6.2 | The distribution of benefits from public international germplasm banks: The case of beans in Latin America | |
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Oswaldo Voysest, Nancy Johnson, and Doug Pachico (International Center for Tropical Agriculture-CIAT) |
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| PA6.3 | Endowing future harvests: The long-term costs of conserving genetic resources at the CGIAR centers | |
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Philip Pardey (University of Minnesota), Brian Wright (University of California – Berkeley), and Bonwoo Koo (International Food Policy Research Institute-IFPRI) |
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Lunch |
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1:30 PM – 3:30 PM |
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Contributed Papers Sessions 10, 11 & 12 |
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| 10. Non-Conventional Approaches to Impacts Assessment: Institutionalist Perspectives |
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Chairperson: |
Simeon Ehui (International Livestock Research Institute-ILRI) |
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| C10.1 | Can impact analysis be used for research evaluation? | |
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Javier Ekboir (CIMMYT) |
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| C10.2 | An evaluation approach for achieving and attributing impact for INRM and IPM | |
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Boru Douthwaite (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-IITA), Thomas Kuby, and Steffen Schultz (Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Technische Zusammenarbeit-GTZ) |
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| C10.3 | From measuring impact to learning institutional lessons: An innovation systems perspective on improving the management of international agricultural research | |
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Andrew Hall (International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics-ICRISAT), Rasheed Sulaiman, V., (National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research-NCAEPR), Norman Clark (University of Strathclyde) and Yoganand B., (Socio-Economics and Policy Program-International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics-ICRISAT) |
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| C10.4 | Disciplines, institutions and organizations: Impact assessment in context | |
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Rajeswari Raina (National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies-NISTADS) |
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11. Environmental Impacts of Agricultural R&D |
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Chairperson: |
Nina Lilja (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research-CGIAR) |
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| C11.1 | Tradeoff analysis as a tool for assessment of economic and environmental impacts of agricultural research | |
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David Yanggen (International Potato Center and Montana State University), John Antle (Montana State University), Jetse Stoorvogel (University of Wageningen), Walter Bowen (International Potato Center and International Fertilizer Development Center) and Charles Crissman (International Potato Center). |
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| C11.2 | Agricultural development and impacts on the environment: Experiences from India | |
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D.D. Naik (D.D. & Associates) and Archana Godbole (Applied Environmental Research Foundation-AERF) |
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| C11.3 | Impact of salinity management research in Northwest India | |
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K.K. Datta (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-ICAR), Laxmi Tewari, and P.K. Joshi (National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research-NCAEPR) |
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| C11.4 | Adoption and impact of soil conservation technologies in Central America | |
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Gustavo Sain and Monika Zurek (CIMMYT) |
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12. Impacts of Investment in Training and Extension |
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Chairperson: |
Gerald Nelson (University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana-UIUC) |
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| C12.1 | Evaluating capacity development of the Plant Genetic Resources Center in Bunso, Ghana | |
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Samuel Bennett-Lartey (Plant Genetic Resources Centre-PGRC, Ghana), Raymond Vodouhe (Genetic Resources Network of West and Central Africa-GRENEWECA), and Jamie Watts (International Plant Genetic Resources Institute-IPGRI)) |
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| C12.2 | Evaluating capacity development in research and development organizations | |
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Douglas Horton and Nancy Alexaki (International Service for National Agricultural Research-ISNAR) |
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| C12.3 | The costs of transforming public extension services towards participatory approaches | |
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Gerd Fleischer (World Bank), Hermann Waibel (University of Hannover), and Gerd Walter-Echols (Egyptian-German Integrated Pest Management Project) |
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3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Coffee Break |
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4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
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| Closing session: What next for impacts assessment? | |
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Chairperson: |
Prabhu Pingali (CIMMYT) |
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Panelists: |
Hans Gregerson (SPIA) |
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Peter Matlon (Rockefeller Foundation) |
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Simeon Ehui (ILRI) |
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7:00 PM – 10:00 PM |
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| Closing Reception | |
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