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Elodie Becquey

Elodie Becquey is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in IFPRI’s West and Central Africa office in Senegal. She has over 15 years of research experience in diet, nutrition, and food security in Africa, including countries such as Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, and Tanzania.

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Short-term and long-term effects of cash for work: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Tunisia

2025Leight, Jessica; Mvukiyehe, Eric
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Short-term and long-term effects of cash for work: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Tunisia

JEL Classification: O12, O15

Year published

2025

Authors

Leight, Jessica; Mvukiyehe, Eric

Citation

Leight, Jessica; and Mvukiyehe, Eric. 2025. Short-term and long-term effects of cash for work: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Tunisia. Journal of Development Studies 61(6): 989-1014. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2025.2451875

Country/Region

Tunisia

Keywords

Africa; Northern Africa; Public Works; Employment; Women’s Empowerment; Assets; Consumption

Language

English

Access/Licence

Limited Access

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2025.2451875 Source record

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Journal Article

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Principles of engagement and vision to action for transdisciplinary research and co-design in agroecology

2025Fuchs, Lisa Elena; Voss, Rachel C.; Freed, Sarah; Rietveld, Anne; Falk, Thomas; Triomphe, Bernard; Bergamini, Nadia; Dickens, Chris; Quintero, Marcela
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Principles of engagement and vision to action for transdisciplinary research and co-design in agroecology

Living labs or living landscapes are gaining momentum as sub-national territories within which sustainable food system transformation is sought through multi-stakeholder engagement processes. In the CGIAR Agroecology Initiative, 11 ALLs were established in 8 countries. Here, ALLs are defined as multi-stakeholder spaces in which agroecological innovations can be identified, co-designed, tested, and adopted. These landscapes emerge as coherent territories that have fuzzy boundaries defined by the functionality and meaning bestowed onto them by their diverse users, who care about and are willing to take transformative action in pursuit of just food system transitions, rather than by geographical or administrative limits. ALLs respond to the common challenges that external partners face in accompanying and supporting local stakeholders on agroecological transition pathways without imposing their own views and agendas. ALLs offer an opportunity to act as transformation vehicles that foster transdisciplinary research, including the co-creation of knowledge and co-design of innovations. Principle-based engagement methods can help to support and enable locally driven transformation processes.

Year published

2025

Authors

Fuchs, Lisa Elena; Voss, Rachel C.; Freed, Sarah; Rietveld, Anne; Falk, Thomas; Triomphe, Bernard; Bergamini, Nadia; Dickens, Chris; Quintero, Marcela

Citation

Fuchs, L.E.; Voss, R.C.; Freed, S.; Rietveld, A.; Falk, T.; Triomphe, B.; Bergamini, N.; Dickens, C.; Quintero, M. (2025) Principles of engagement and vision to action for transdisciplinary research and co-design in agroecology. 1 p.

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Burkina Faso; India; Kenya; Peru; Senegal; Tunisia; Zimbabwe

Keywords

Laos; Africa; Asia; Americas; Eastern Africa; Western Africa; Northern Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; South-eastern Asia; Southern Asia; South America; Latin America and the Caribbean; Agriculture; Transformation; Food Systems; Agroecology; Behavioural Sciences-behavioral Science; Participatory Approaches; Farming Systems-farming; Inclusion; Participatory Action Research; Value Chain Governance; Action Plans; Action Research; Governance Systems; Vision

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Agroecology

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Poster

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A system readiness approach to support the packaging and scaling of innovation bundles for farming systems transformation

2024Frija, Aymen
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A system readiness approach to support the packaging and scaling of innovation bundles for farming systems transformation

CONTEXT: A newly established ‘systemic approach to technology packaging’ for improved scaling has emerged in the literature. This approach suggests that core transformative innovations can be scaled more effectively through scaling readiness, which helps identify complementary innovations that support and facilitate the scalability of the core innovation. Since these packaging approaches start with single core innovations, we propose that they can benefit from the broader literature on sustainable agricultural systems transformation and readiness. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this paper is to advocate for a more comprehensive packaging of innovations for sustainable agricultural system transformations by better understanding gaps in the agricultural system – and its capacity for change. This approach provides a stronger rationale for the selection of relevant innovations to be packaged together. We introduce the concept of agricultural ‘system readiness’ as a possible framework for guiding such bundles. METHODS: The paper begins with a comprehensive literature review that identifies the current gaps in tools and methods to guide system transformation. It also focuses on the specific literature on innovation packaging for scaling and builds on the gaps of existing approaches as a rationale for introducing the concept of system readiness (mostly used in infrastructure engineering) and adapting it to agricultural science. We also use illustrative hypothetical examples from mixed crop-livestock systems in the drylands to show how two approaches – ‘packaging for scaling’ and ‘packaging for transformation’ – can lead to different innovation packages. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The concept of system readiness is introduced, defined and advocated. We show that it can help identify performance gaps in agricultural systems and guide better planning for system strengthening and integration. We conclude with possible complementarities between the two approaches of scaling and system readiness. SIGNIFICANCE: The agricultural system readiness approach, as outlined in this paper, would be particularly beneficial for agricultural research-for-development, as well as other agricultural investment programs that seek to identify strategies for fostering sustainable transition in farming systems. Such programs would typically entail complexity-aware theories of change that focus on stimulating sustainable transformation pathways related to key target areas, such as agroecology, sustainable intensification, and system integration (e.g., crop-livestock integration and integrated pest management). The system readiness approach can support such programs through the identification, prioritization, targeting, and empowerment of the most significant (and transformative) system components by identifying respective innovations to be packaged.

Year published

2024

Authors

Frija, Aymen

Citation

Aymen Frija. (10/10/2024). A system readiness approach to support the packaging and scaling of innovation bundles for farming systems transformation. Agricultural Systems, 221.

Country/Region

Bangladesh; Ethiopia; Nepal; Tunisia

Keywords

Southern Asia; Eastern Africa; Northern Africa; Inclusive Innovation; System Readiness; Scaling Road Maps; System Components; System Transformation

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104148 Source record

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Agroecology

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Journal Article

Datasets

Dataset

2015 Social Accounting Matrix for Tunisia

2021Institut Tunisien de la Compétitivité et des Etudes Quantitatives; International Food Policy Research Institute
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2015 Social Accounting Matrix for Tunisia

The Tunisian regionalized SAM is built using the national accounts statistics, the Supply and Use Tables for 2015 that were produced by National Institute of Statistics (NIS). The regionalized matrix is constructed in three steps that are national, household and regional. The national 2015 SAM for Tunisia includes 46 sectors and 46 products. For the household SAM, factors of production and the household accounts are split, respectively into 13 and 15 factor and household categories. Labor is disaggregated across rural and urban areas and into four education-level categories. Capital is also disaggregated into four subcategories: crops, livestock, mining, and other; and land. Households are disaggregated by national per capita expenditure quintiles, and then split into rural farm, rural nonfarm, and urban households. For the regionalized SAM, sectoral production, production factors, and household groups are disaggregated into seven subnational regions: Greater Tunis, North East, North West, Center East, Center West, South East and South West. In total, the regional 2015 SAM includes 105 household groups and composed of 513 rows x 513 columns.

Year published

2021

Authors

Institut Tunisien de la Compétitivité et des Etudes Quantitatives; International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

Institut Tunisien de la Compétitivité et des Etudes Quantitatives; International Food Policy Research Institute. 2021. 2015 Social Accounting Matrix for Tunisia. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ELK4P3. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

Country/Region

Tunisia

Keywords

Africa; Northern Africa; National Accounting; Taxes; Household Expenditure; Modelling; Labour; Social Accounting Matrix; Economic Indicators; Sex-disaggregated Data; Household Consumption

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/elk4p3 Source record

Project

Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Dataset

Dataset

Tunisia Social Accounting Matrix, 2012

2016International Food Policy Research Institute; Institut Supérieur Agronomique de Chott-Mariem
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Tunisia Social Accounting Matrix, 2012

The Tunisia Social Accounting Matrix (SAM), 2012 was built with a focus on analyzing the structure and importance of the agriculture and trade in the Tunisian economy. This SAM helps to understand the linkages between agricultural production, factor income distribution, and households’ incomes and expenditures. The 2012 Input-Output (I-O) and the supply-use table were the two main data sources used in building the disaggregated activity sector and commodity accounts. One of the most important added values of this SAM is the estimation of agricultural technologies.

Year published

2016

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute; Institut Supérieur Agronomique de Chott-Mariem

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute; Institut Supérieur Agronomique de Chott-Mariem. 2016. Tunisia Social Accounting Matrix, 2012. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/E0O4MM. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

Country/Region

Tunisia

Keywords

Africa; Northern Africa; National Accounting; Income Distribution; National Income; Social Accounting Matrix

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/e0o4mm Source record

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Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Dataset

Dataset

ASTI Tunisia Database

2014Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators
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ASTI Tunisia Database

This dataset includes national-level time series data on researcher capacity by qualification level, age bracket, discipline mix, and commodity, as well as a detailed breakdown of agricultural research investment across government, higher education, nonprofit, and (where possible) private for-profit agricultural research agencies. These data were derived through a series of primary survey rounds conducted by IFPRI’s Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) and in close collaboration with a large network of national collaborators. The ASTI data constitute a powerful resource for national and regional research managers, policymakers, donor organizations, and other stakeholders. ASTI’s key indicators provide both a diagnostic tool for assessing the allocation and use of existing resources and an advocacy tool for increasing resources and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of resource use. The ASTI website offers interactive pages that allow users to access country-level time series data, make cross-country comparisons, create graphs, and download country datasets and publications as well as detailed institutional information on agencies involved in agricultural research. The interactive benchmarking tool on the ASTI website is a convenient map-based instrument allowing users to make cross-country comparisons and rankings based on a wide set of financial and human resource indicators. The detailed ASTI datasets are available in an easy-to-use data download tool. Detailed information on definitions, methodology, and calculation procedures are available at www.asti.cgiar.org

Year published

2014

Authors

Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators

Citation

Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators. 2014. ASTI Tunisia database. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://www.asti.cgiar.org/tunisia. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1. https://www.asti.cgiar.org/tunisia

Country/Region

Tunisia

Keywords

Africa; Northern Africa; Agricultural Research

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-NC-3.0

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Source record

Project

Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Dataset

Blogs

The long-run effect of public works employment: Evidence from Tunisia
IFPRI Blog
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May 25, 2023

The long-run effect of public works employment: Evidence from Tunisia

By Jessica Leight and Eric Mvukiyehe

Evaluating the impacts of workfare.

Launch event: Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA) guides policy makers on potential economic and social impacts
IFPRI Blog
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March 19, 2021

Launch event: Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA) guides policy makers on potential economic and social impacts

By Dalia ElSabbagh

A new tool now available for Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, and Yemen.

New modeling toolkit aids development planners in MENA countries
IFPRI Blog
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April 30, 2018

New modeling toolkit aids development planners in MENA countries

By Mai Mahmoud

New data-based tools for agricultural policy planners in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia.

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Events

Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA): Guiding Agricultural Investments for Higher Impact
IFPRI Program/Country Event

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February 24, 2021, 1:30 – 3:00 pm

Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA): Guiding Agricultural Investments for Higher Impact

COVID-19 is accelerating the use of digital technology and tools around the world. This trend also provides an opportunity to make complex investment analysis tools more user-friendly and ultimately to promote more evidence-based decision-making among governments. The Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA) is the first online tool that uses an economy-wide model to assess the […]

News

June 20, 2020 | In the News

COVID-19 in Tunisia: The hodgepodge of economic impact assessment (Kapitalis) 

Kapitalis (Tunisia) published an article stating that the latest study on COVID-19 and developing countries measures the impacts of COVID-19, particularly in terms of recession, poverty, and unemployment. The study is rather conservative in its estimates and minimalists in its explanations. IFPRI provided a study that contradicts the UNDP study. The IFPRI study, 2015 regionalized social accounting matrix for Tunisia: A […]

June 20, 2020 | In the News

COVID-19 in Tunisia: The hodgepodge of economic impact assessment (Kapitalis)

Kapitalis (Tunisia) published an article stating that the latest study on COVID-19 and developing countries measures the impacts of COVID-19, particularly in terms of recession, poverty, and unemployment. The study is rather conservative in its estimates and minimalist in its explanations. IFPRI provided a study that contradicts the UNDP study. The IFPRI study, 2015 regionalized […]

November 03, 2020 | In the News

Tunisia should be a beacon of hope in a troubled region (Polity.org)

Polity.org (South Africa) published an article on Tunisia being the only democratic success story in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Nearly a decade since the revolution though, the country still struggles with problems that include high unemployment particularly among the youth and women, rising inflation, porous borders, and violent extremism, a large informal economy, and political fragmentation. These constraints have been amplified […]

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Projects

COVID-19 Policy Response (CPR) Portal

COVID-19 Policy Response (CPR) Portal

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Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI)

Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI)

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