<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>IFPRI Egypt Country Office</title> <atom:link href="https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/tag/ifpri/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info</link> <description>IFPRI INFO: Conversation - collaboration - community site</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2021 18:17:44 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3</generator> <image> <url>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/files/2020/04/IFPRI_Logo_400.fw_-e1690457231933-150x150.png</url> <title>IFPRI Egypt Country Office</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>Launch of IFPRI 2019 GFPR: Opportunities for Revitalizing Rural Areas in Lebanon</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2019/07/04/launch-of-ifpri-2019-gfpr-opportunities-for-revitalizing-rural-areas-in-lebanon/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[mmahmoud]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2019 11:59:22 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global Food Policy Report (GFPR)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IFPRI]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=3742</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) hosted two exciting consecutive launches on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. The first session was the launch of the IFPRI 2019 Global Food Policy Report: Revitalizing Rural Areas in Lebanon and the second was the soft launch of the World Bank Group (WBG) DigitalAG4MENA Competition.]]></description> </item> <item> <title>News: “100 Million Health” Initiative and the Double Burden of Malnutrition in Egypt</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2019/03/13/news-100-million-health-initiative-and-the-double-burden-of-malnutrition-in-egypt/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[mmahmoud]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:19:12 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Egypt Homepage Slider]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dietary habits]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IFPRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[non-communicable diseases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=3381</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mai Mahmoud and Sikandra Kurdi - IFPRI Egypt Egypt's recent national campaign "100 Million Health" is an evidence of the country's commitment towards eradicating the "silent epidemic" of Hepatitis C and raising awareness for controlling the spread of non-communicable diseases (NCD) such as high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity.]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Water-Energy-Food Nexus Assessment Study for Sudan</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2019/03/06/water-energy-food-nexus-assessment-study-for-sudan/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[mmahmoud]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 10:17:23 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Arab Food and Nutrition Security Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[energy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IFPRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nexus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Water]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=3361</guid> <description><![CDATA[On February 12, 2019 the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) hosted the Validation Workshop for discussing the findings of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Assessment Study for Sudan in Khartoum. The study formed part of the Nexus Regional Dialogue (NRD) in the MENA region, co-funded by the EU and BMZ “Nexus Dialogues Programme” and aims to align national strategies, policies and implementation plans with a national Nexus framework as an operational guidance to Sudan. ]]></description> </item> <item> <title>الدروس المستفادة من البرامج القطرية للمعهد الدولي لبحوث السياسات الغذائية</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2019/03/06/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%ac-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%b7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[mmahmoud]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 09:44:48 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[مدونة الأمن الغذائي والتغذية العربي]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CGIAR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IFPRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[الحوكمة]]></category> <category><![CDATA[تقييم الأثر]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=3354</guid> <description><![CDATA[فرانك پلاس، وپيتر هازل، المعهد الدولي لبحوث السياسات الغذائية كثيرًا ما يقال إنه كلما ازداد التعاون بين الباحثين وصناع السياسات، كلما زادت احتمالية استخدام الأدلة التي يتوصل إليها الباحثون في القرارات المتعلقة بالسياسات، وأن المهمة البحثية تكون أفضل عندما يقيم الباحث في البلد التي يُجري فيها البحث. خضعت تلك المفاهيم للاختبار من خلال مجموعة من الدراسات الحديثة التي تناولت الإسهامات التي قدمتها الاستراتيجية اللامركزية الخاصة بالمعهد الدولي لبحوث السياسات الغذائية، وعلى وجه التحديد البرامج القطرية التي ينفذها، في نواتج السياسات والآثار اللاحقة]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Lessons from IFPRI country programs on influencing policy decisions and strengthening capacity</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2019/02/19/lessons-from-ifpri-country-programs-on-influencing-policy-decisions-and-strengthening-capacity/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[mmahmoud]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2019 08:08:30 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Arab Food and Nutrition Security Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Highlights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CGIAR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[governance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IFPRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[impact]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=3278</guid> <description><![CDATA[Frank Place and Peter Hazel, IFPRI It is often argued that the more researchers engage with policymakers, the more likely that their evidence will be used in policy decisions; also, that engagement is enhanced when researchers reside in the countries where they are conducting research. These notions were put to the test in a recent set of studies that examined the contributions of IFPRI’s decentralization strategy, and in particular its country programs (CPs), to policy outcomes and subsequent impacts.]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Policy Seminar: Evaluation of School Feeding Programs in Egypt</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2018/05/20/policy-seminar-evaluation-school-feeding-egypt/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[mmahmoud]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2018 08:48:38 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Egypt Homepage Slider]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IFPRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Impact evaluation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MENA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[School Feeding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WFP]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=2596</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rana Sallam - World Food Programme (WFP) As part of their longstanding collaboration on building evidence base on food security, nutrition, social protection and education, WFP and IFPRI co-hosted a seminar with the objective of sharing knowledge, lessons learned and good practices on the use of evaluation as a tool for policy formulation and capacity strengthening by MENA governments. Panelists from WFP and IFPRI researchers were joined by a representative from “Save the Children” and government officials from the Government of Egypt (i.e. Ministry of Social Solidarity and Ministry of Education) to discuss how evaluation is playing a major factor in improving the quality of implementation and programmatic performance in Egypt and to reflect on how this model could be a blue-print for the broader MENA region.]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Prioritizing Rural Investments in MENA Based on Evidence: the Arab (Agricultural) Investment for Development Analyzer (AIDA)</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2018/04/18/prioritizing-rural-investments-in-mena-based-on-aida/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[mmahmoud]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:24:34 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Arab Food and Nutrition Security Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AIDA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arab]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CGE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IFPRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jordan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[online tool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tunisia]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=2403</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mai Mahmoud, Senior Research Assistant, IFPRI-Egypt Prioritization of rural investments is crucial for ensuring inclusive growth, sustainable development and food security. The Arab (Agricultural) Investment for Development Analyzer (AIDA) project develops an economic planning tool that will help governments and analysts in the design of evidence-based agricultural investment plans. AIDA is a three-year project (2017-2020) that is funded by IFAD, with co-financing from CGIAR-PIM, and implemented by IFPRI and its partners with focus on Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia. ]]></description> </item> <item> <title>News: Unleashing the Potential of Egyptian Farmers</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2018/04/15/news-unleashing-the-potential-of-egyptian-farmers/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[mmahmoud]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2018 07:13:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Egypt Homepage Slider]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Egyptian farmers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ICARDA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IFPRI]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=2377</guid> <description><![CDATA[Not all farmers are the same and they have different needs, so the policies and investments have to vary as well, wide data collection is therefore necessary to develop models that suit the different needs of farmers.]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Building Capacity in Times of Conflict: Yemeni Experts Get Hands-On Training for Food Security and Nutrition</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2018/03/26/building-capacity-in-times-of-conflict-yemeni-experts-training-for-food-security/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[mmahmoud]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:34:05 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Arab Food and Nutrition Security Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AUB]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capacity Building]]></category> <category><![CDATA[food security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IFPRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yemen]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=2282</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rachel Bahn and Hagar El-Didi - American University of Beirut | IFPRI Egypt A group of 9 Yemeni experts affiliated with the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC) traveled from Sana’a to Beirut, Lebanon to participate in targeted training on food security and nutrition from March 5-9, 2018. The training was delivered by a joint team from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the American University of Beirut (AUB). ]]></description> </item> <item> <title>Building the First Regional Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Egypt 2014/2015</title> <link>https://egyptssp.ifpri.info/2018/03/25/building-the-first-regional-social-accounting-matrix-sam-for-egypt/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[mmahmoud]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 09:03:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Egypt Homepage Slider]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capacity Building]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CAPMAS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IFPRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SAM]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://egyptssp.ifpri.info/?p=2249</guid> <description><![CDATA[Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is a comprehensive and coherent socio-economic database that combines many datasets ranging from sectoral survey data, economic census, trade data, national accounts, government budget, direct and indirect taxes as well as subsidies. As such, it is considered as a representation for the economy, that shows the circular flow of all transfers and real transactions between sectors and institutions. Having a more disaggregated SAM with regards to activities, households, subnational regions is very important for economic analysis]]></description> </item> </channel> </rss>