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#134 - Evaluating development communication tools to better guide policy: The case of India’s Soil Health Card

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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
12:50 PM - 1:10 PM
Room 104 (Level 1)

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Ms Vartika Singh
Program Manager
International Food Policy Research Institute

#134 - Evaluating development communication tools to better guide policy: The case of India’s Soil Health Card

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Vartika Singh is Program Manager in the Environment, Production and Technology Division of IFPRI, where she works on multiple projects aimed at sustainable intensification of agriculture using science and technology. Prior to joining IFPRI, she was working as Research and Training Manager with Evidence for Policy Design (India) at Harvard University and IFMR LEAD where she was working with policymakers from the Ministry of Rural Development and the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, on complex policy problems in India. She has also worked with EPoD India on the capacity building of senior administrators to use research evidence for smart policy design. Previously, she worked as Research Analyst at IFPRI where she worked on large-scale behavioural economic experiments with farmers across South Asia on willingness to adopt new agricultural technology. Vartika holds a Master's degree in Development Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, and a Bachelor's in Economics from Hindu College at Delhi University. Her interests include development economics, labour and gender issues.
Dr Jeremy Grimshaw
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

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