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Date(s) - 08/11/2022
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CEDIL
Date: 8 November 2022
Time: 14:00 – 15:15 GMT
Location: online
Do agricultural interventions have a positive impact on food security and nutrition in conflict settings? Since 2020, under the SEEDS project, ISDC – International Security and Development Center and the American University of Beirut have used multi-disciplinary novel methods to study the short- and long-term impacts of complex agricultural interventions in Syria.
In this webinar, we will share the findings on if and how the distribution of emergency seeds and tool kits strengthen food security of households living in protracted humanitarian settings. Using a novel 4-wave panel dataset in Syria, we test if the program is sustainable after 4 years. Moreover, heterogeneous effects are analyzed to understand the role of conflict in moderating treatment impacts. Finally, using satellite data and deep learning, we estimate the impact of the programme on crop productivity, highlighting the use of novel data and methods to complement survey data in hard-to-reach settings.
Building on the results of our research, we will share the implications of our findings for policymakers and practitioners. With this, webinar participants will gain new and in-depth knowledge of the strengths and limitations of agricultural interventions.
View the project page here: SEEDS CEDIL Project page
Ghassan Baliki
Program Director Welfare, ISDC – International Security and Development Center, Germany
Hala Ghattas
Associate Research Professor & Director, Center for Research on Population and Health, American University of Beirut, Lebanon & Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, USA
Tilman Brück
– Founder and Director, ISDC – International Security and Development Center, Professor, Humboldt-University of Berlin & Team Leader, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Germany
Hadi Jaafar
Associate Research Professor & Chairman of the Agriculture Department, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
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