Number 12 - June 25, 2012

News Highlights

AGRODEP Network Advisory Committee (NAC) AGRODEP releases its first working paper authored by members

AGRODEP congratulates members, Wachira Rhoda Gakuru and Naomi Muthoni Mathenge, authors of the first paper in the AGRODEP Working Paper series! The paper The Network Advisory Committee entitled “Poverty, Growth and Income Inequality in (NAC) meets for the first time in : A SAM perspective” has been peer-reviewed June, 23, 2012 at the IFPRI-Dakar and accepted for publication by AGRODEP. office in Senegal. The NAC is a consultative group of individuals The AGRODEP Working Paper Series a bilingual representing key African (English and French) online publication that aims at institutions that are active in the area enhancing the visibility of African researchers and of economic growth and policy experts worldwide. The series was launched in September 2011. So far, research and capacity building. eight manuscripts have been submitted and are under review for publication. AGRODEP members may submit their manuscript, either in The Committee provides advice to the English or French, to the Editor,Fousseini Traore. Consortium on the content and delivery of networking activities and New to the AGRODEP library: PEP 1-1 and PEP 1-t Model is co-chaired by the representatives of Documentation and User Guides the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and The PEP 1-1 model (1 period – 1 country) is a Central Africa (ASARECA) and static general equilibrium model and the PEP 1- the West and Central African Council t is recursive dynamic version model is designed on Agricultural Research and for the study of an archetype national economy. It Development (CORAF/WECARD). enables researchers to develop a relatively standard model, and apply it easily to their own Participants will discuss ongoing and country, whatever the particular structure of their future network activities ensuring that social accounting matrix (SAM). AGRODEP members are receiving the best possible services In collaboration with AGRODEP, and for the benefit of AGRODEP from the Consortium and making members, the PEP model developers (Bernard Decaluwe, André Lemelin, maximum contribution to its Véronique Robichaud, and Hélène Maisonnave) have written improved activities. documentation, user guides, and a guide for debugging a CGE model.

AGRODEP trainings continue to enrich the collaborative experience of members

The recent AGRODEP “The complexity of the process was GAMS-based CGE model made simple by the teaching method training was taught by used by the trainer” Véronique Robichaud from Nnaemeka Chukwuone Université Laval, Québec,

Canada. This basic level “This training was exceptionally course will be followed by very good and has given me the an advanced course that courage to start modeling”. AGRODEP will offer in Olusegun Joshua Ajetomobi November.

FEATURED MEMBERS

Victor Afari-Sefa is a citizen of Damien Agbodji is a citizen of Johannes Atemnkeng Tabi is a . An AGRODEP member . He has been an AGRODEP citizen of . He has been an since April 2011, Victor is a socio- member since October 2010. At AGRODEP member since October economist at the World Vegetable present, Damien is a professor at the 2010. At present, Johannes is a Senior Center (AVRDC) where he University of Lomé where he teaches Lecturer at the , coordinates vegetable socio- economic development. Before Cameroon where he teaches and economic research in sub-Saharan joining the University of Lomé, conducts research in economics. He Africa. Before AVDRC, Victor Damien worked for the SAOAOC holds a B.A. degree in economics worked for IITA. He holds a B.A. Foundation. He holds a B.A. degree from University of Yaounde, degree in general agriculture from in economics from University of Cameroon, an M.A. in economics , Ghana, Lomé, an M.A. in economics from from University of Yaounde II, Soa an M.A. in agricultural University of Cocody, and a Ph.D. in Cameroon, and a Ph.D. in Economics socioeconomics from Georg-August economics from University of Dakar. from the same University. His University, Goettingen, Germany, His research interests include research interests include poverty, and a Ph.D. in agricultural development economics, regional income inequality, labour market economics from Justus-Liebig integration, and modeling. issues and political economics of University, Germany. His research development and finance. interests include rural farming systems and livelihoods, food security, poverty analysis.

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