{"id":2472,"date":"2018-08-01T07:47:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T07:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/massp.ifpri.info\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2018-08-21T09:45:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T09:45:55","slug":"ifpri-malawi-research-fellow-nominated-for-nils-westermarck-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/massp.ifpri.info\/2018\/08\/01\/ifpri-malawi-research-fellow-nominated-for-nils-westermarck-award\/","title":{"rendered":"IFPRI Malawi research fellow nominated for Nils Westermarck award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/massp.ifpri.info\/files\/2018\/08\/ICAE_logo_FULLTEXT_CMYK-300x213.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2474\" src=\"https:\/\/massp.ifpri.info\/files\/2018\/08\/ICAE_logo_FULLTEXT_CMYK-300x213-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a>At the\u00a030th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icae2018.com\/\">ICAE<\/a>) being held in Vancouver this week, an IFPRI Malawi research fellow was nominated- and was named first runner up-\u00a0 for the Nils Westermarck award, named after\u00a0an outstanding contributor to the agricultural economics profession.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The nominee, <a href=\"https:\/\/massp.ifpri.info\/dennis-ochieng\/\">Dennis Ochieng<\/a>, is an associate research fellow at IFPRI Malawi where his research focuses on strengthening agricultural markets and institutions. He earned his PhD in Agricultural Economics from Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany and holds a Masters in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Egerton University\/University of Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the 2018 Nils Westermarck award was announced at ICAE on August 2nd, and Ochieng was names the first runner-up with an Honorable Mention for best visual contributed paper.\u00a0In the video below, Dennis shares more details about his research focus.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fifpri.org%2Fvideos%2F10156559530009686%2F&show_text=1&width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"426\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ochieng was joined at this year's ICAE by IFPRI Malawi's Program Leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/massp.ifpri.info\/bob-baulch\/\">Bob Baulch<\/a>, who presented on\u00a0\u2018<em>Change and Rigidity in Youth Employment Patterns in Malawi<\/em>\u2019 at a workshop on rural transformation hosted by the <a href=\"http:\/\/pim.cgiar.org\/\">CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets<\/a> (PIM). See below for the full presentation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/FAeD3l5fMFuS9I\" width=\"510\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At ICAE, Baulch also presented on\u00a0<em>\u2018Impacts of the 2016\/17 Food Insecurity Response Plan (FIRP) on Maize Prices in Malawi,<\/em>\u2019 a study conducted in partnership with Anderson Gondwe and Chiye Chafuwa of IFPRI Malawi. 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