A truly inspiring keynote by who committed to be a champion to advocate for increased funding to and all regional/national agricultural research institutions in Africa at #AASW8 in Durban. Africa must feed itself, and Africa can feed the world.
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Idil Ires, PhD
@IresIdil
political economist | climate-resilient agriculture & trade in East and Southern Africa I Past
orcid.org/0000-0002-4274…Joined March 2015
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Pleased to be attending Policy Dialogue Session on promoting sustainable agri-food systems transformation in Africa. DG Crop Resources delivering opening remarks and sharing 🇺🇬's experiences #AAMC2023
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Thanks to all our panelists for the lively and enriching discussions today. We look forward to engaging with you again in the near future on issues pertaining to policy analysis, formulation and implementation in agricultural sector.
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Panelists from the #CGIAR side event by #IWMI @IWMI_, #UkamaUstawi and @ASARECA at the #ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers and Scientific Conference on 17 May in Uganda 
. #OneCGIAR #ClimateSmartAfrica
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Panelists from the #CGIAR side event by #IWMI , #UkamaUstawi and at the #ASARECA Council of Patron Ministers and Scientific Conference on 17 May in Uganda 🇺🇬. #OneCGIAR #ClimateSmartAfrica
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THIS PAPER.
A must read for everyone who asks 'WHY AREN'T GOVERNMENTS ACTING ON THE IPCC REPORTS?'
(although I have read the paper several times and I still ask that question every day..).
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Discourses of climate delay bit.ly/42oLlTo
By William F. Lamb, Giulio Mattioli, Sebastian Levi, J. Timmons Roberts et al
#AcademicTwitter #OpenAccess #Publishing #Journals #Sustainability #climate_delay #climate_denial
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A great day for the #UUInitiative onboarding the first cohort of 10 accelerator partners in the #FoodSystemsAccelerator, a science-based acceleration program with a difference. Stay tuned with and
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Anyone working on strengthening enabling environments for agri-SMEs in East and Southern Africa, we'd be happy to hear from you: cgiar.org/news-events/ne
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IWMI together with hosted the Ukama Ustawi Kenya National Policy Dialogue on Diversification for Resilient Agri-Food Systems in East & Southern Africa this week .
Learn more about our #OneCGIAR #UUinitiative: bit.ly/3UTsLyF
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🚨ATTENTION #agripreneurs the #FoodSystemsAccelerator Call for Applications is live! Do you want to benefit from technical support to scale up your #innovation 🚀 APPLY now: vc4a.com/cgiar/food-sys #NoPoverty #ClimateSmart #Agriculture #ClimateAction #Partnerships
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In #Kenya today for a national policy dialogue, engaging policy stakeholders on priorities for diversification of maize-mixed systems, agribusiness support and trade under the #UUinitiative with and
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As IWMI_ South Africa, with our partners and , we have just started our policy dialogue on the enabling environment for agribusiness and trade in #kenya 🤩
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Parallel sessions: Dr. Idil Ires says transaction costs related to information, bargaining, and inforcement make it difficult for rice to contribute to rapid growth in trade & trade diversification in Tanzania.
#ARW2022
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I look forward to speaking on #Tanzania`s rice trade at #REPOA's 26th Research Workshop, "Adapting Trade to Climate Change for Competitive Green Growth in Tanzania," on 2 November 2022. Join us live here:
us06web.zoom.us/j/83214352585
#ClimateAction #foodsecurity #povertyalleviation
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The #EU has extended the #COMESA Cross Border Trade Initiative Programme by 31 Months.
comesa.int/small-scale-cr
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Transforming #FoodSystems in the face of the accelerating #ClimateCrisis in East and Southern Africa: with the Min. of Agriculture, & the Ag. Consultative Forum just launched the National Policy Dialogues under our #OneCGIAR #UUInitiative 👇🏾 starting from #Zambia.
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Meet the panelists at the #UkamaUstawi policy dialogue meeting currently underway in #zambia discussing opportunities for #climateresilience and #youth inclusion
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In Lusaka, is launching national policy dialogues under #UkamaUstawi #ESA. A full day of productive discussions with the minister of agriculture and stakeholders exploring #diversification and #climateadaptation challenges in Zambian agriculture
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Looking forward to hearing from our partners in Zambia on policy priorities for diversification of maize-mixed systems and agribusiness development, and what the initiative #UkamaUstawi can do to support these efforts with and others.
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In Lusaka right now, is kicking off its new initiative #ClimBeR: Building Resilience against Climate Variability and Extremes. Gov representatives and SA are in the house too 😎 #ClimateActionNow
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Check out my book on the private sector and agricultural value chain development in #Tanzania : Brokering Development? | Columbia University Press cup.columbia.edu/book/brokering via
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And my third policy brief looking at the Covid-19's effect on rice production and trade in #Tanzania
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My policy brief discussing transaction costs in #Tanzania's rice trade with the #EU and #EAC
repoa.or.tz/wp-content/upl
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The policy briefs I wrote for last year are now online😊 This one looks at climate impact on rice production in Tanzania #ClimateAction repoa.or.tz/wp-content/upl
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New OA article out on #climatechangeadaptation in the context of #agriculture in #tanzania Feel free to share & comment:)
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Excited about sharing my latest OA article on #climatechangeadaptation in the context of agriculture in #Tanzania Check it out and feel free to comment😃👇
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The 25th Annual Research Workshop #ARW2021 is back with plenty in store!!
It will happen on 10th of November 2021 at JNICC Dar es salaam.
#transformation #manufacturing #trade
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Snapshots of my recent fieldwork on rice value chains in Tanzania for the TradeCom II-ACP Trade Capacity Building Program. It was thrilling to revisit the places where I spent months during my PhD years ago and make new connections. #foodtrade #industrialization #Tanzania
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Food/commodity in the hands of the producer and the miller. A visual self-reminder of whom I am really working for. #ricebosses #Mbeya #Tanzania
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#repost since Twitter is back on in TZ🥳:
It's been an honor starting work alongside Dr. Blandina Kilama and a very welcoming team in Dar Es Salaam. This photo accurately represents my time here so far -- a happy memorable experience worth sharing! #Tanzania2025
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#newbookalert #Preorder My PhD diss is coming out soon🤩: "Brokering Development? The Private Sector and Unalleviated Poverty in Tanzania's Agricultural Growth Corridors" by transcript👇 Release: 27 Nov 2021
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