Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Introduction

The Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS) in collaboration with the World Bank is pleased to announce a new round of competitive selection of small research/case study projects on food and nutrition security policy. The objective of this project is to foster collaboration between researchers in the Eurasia region to generate analytical evidence for policy makers, and produce a set of short analytical and educational case studies on a relevant food and nutrition policy topic. The call is open to researchers, lecturers and professors with an active research agenda on a broad range of topics relevant to food and nutrition security. Applications are accepted until April 30, 2019.

 

2019 Research Topic

Proposals are invited to explore policy options regarding the use of the following sustainable agriculture practices:

• Organic agriculture (limitations on agrochemicals, veterinary medicines, high animal welfare standards etc. – may require certification by an approved authority);
• Climate-smart agriculture (productivity increasing, resilience enhancing, greenhouse gases (GHGs) reducing for meeting food security and development goals);
• Biological agriculture (chemical free, focus on improving the microbiology as a way of increasing plant growth and yield);
• Ecosystem-based agriculture (conservation, restoration or management of biodiversity, local ecosystem services).

Eligibility

The selected case study authors should be current full-time or part-time researchers, lecturers or professors working on topics relevant to food security, nutrition, agricultural development or related field from the Eurasia region, and affiliated with ECFS partner institutions in these countries. Collaboration between researchers representing two different institutions and two countries in the region is highly encouraged.

 

Selection Criteria

• Relevance of the topic (ability to justify the relevance of selected topic)
• Relevance of education and professional experience of the authors
• Quality of the proposal

 

How to Apply

1. Review the Call of Proposals which includes details on the case study methodology, project timeline, and deliverables.
2. The proposals should be no longer than one page (A4), and they should be submitted in English. If English language is a constraint, the proposals may be submitted in Russian.
3. The proposals should consist of (i) Case study title and the country of the case; (ii) Authors’ name(s) and affiliation(s); (iii) Problem statement based on the selected theme; (iv) Background information, including why this theme has been selected; (v) Description of stakeholders affected by the policy; (vi) Key policy issues identified.
4. E-mail your Case Study Proposal and CV to Yulia Mitusova [email protected] and Anna Kontoboytseva [email protected] Subject: Case Study 2019.

Funding

Travel assistance will be provided to participate in the presentation of the Global Food Policy Report 2019 and a training session on the Case Study Methodology (Moscow, Russia), and to present case study at the Annual Eurasian Food Security Conference (Armenia, Yerevan). In addition, project related travel assistance will be provided on a case-by-case basis, and when it is strongly justified that travel is required to collect data or interview stakeholders.