Research Talks, a new podcast series, takes listeners along the IFPRI research journey, including the ups and downs of tackling a development problem, implementing cutting-edge research in remote and underserved settings, and working with partners to help the research make an impact. It contains IFPRI staff and partners’ personal stories of successes, funny mishaps, and unforeseen challenges.
January 15, 2020
Episode 1: Playing Games to Save Water
How do you get people to cooperate in conserving shared water resources?
The first episode features IFPRI’s Senior Research Fellow, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, and Foundation for Ecological Security’s Chief Executive, Jagdeesh Rao, who in a conversation with Sivan Yosef, share their novel approach to forging cooperation between communities to conserve water. In the process, they decided to use something that is just as fun as it sounds—experimental games.
Listen here. Interview transcript available here.
