Objectives
- Identify emerging priorities for regional policy research.
- Convene and support regional policy research initiatives based on those priorities.
- Develop regional and national institutional and human capacities to undertake appropriate food policy research, analysis, training, and outreach on topics related to food, agriculture, and the environment.
- Build understanding and consensus among regional and national food policymakers and other stakeholders on policy options for enhancing food security and reducing poverty in the region.
- Catalyze and promote the design and implementation of feasible policy options.
Activities
- Set priorities for food and agricultural policy research, capacity strengthening, and outreach.
- Develop methodologies for research on high-priority issues.
- Offer training to fill key human and institutional capacity gaps in policy research and communications.
- Conduct multicountry research projects on high-priority topics.
- Prepare publications (reports, discussion papers, and policy briefs).
- Disseminate information (workshops, seminars, conferences, email mailing lists, and websites).