Colleagues from CIAT, World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), IITA, CIP, and the University of Oxford (Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food) participated in the second training session on the new version of the IMPACT model led by Daniel Mason D’Croz, Shahnila Islam, Keith Wiebe, and Gauthier Pitois of IFPRI and hosted by CIAT on February 24 – March 7, 2014, in Cali, Colombia. The training was provided as part of the Global Futures and Strategic Foresight Program, supported jointly by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, PIM, and CCAFS.
Keith Wiebe (Senior Research Fellow at IFPRI and leader of the PIM Research Flagship on Foresight Modeling) presented an overview of Phase 1 of the project and talked about objectives and deliverables of Phase 2. He also addressed questions and concerns regarding funding and reporting. Participants presented their current work and described how they see their role in and contribution to the project. They also met with Keith individually to discuss their work plans for 2014.
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