Lao's Policy Pathways

In this final episode of Policy Pathways, Executive Producer Alan Nicol returns to the podcast to answer the question; what we have learned about policy coherence across the globe, and what's next? With help from Alliance-CIAT Senior Scientist Augusto Castro-Nuñez and IWMI Director of Water, Growth and Inclusion, Inga Jacobs-Mata, episode eight explores the key issues and solutions posed across the series. Listen now!

Join us in Egypt for the final stop on the Policy Pathways world tour! This week, we delve into the food, land, and water challenges confronting Egypt as the country grapples with the necessity for enhanced resource quality amidst rapid population growth.

This week we are in the mountainous nation of Laos talking to the countries policy coherence experts about advancing food, land, and water system development.

Join us in Nigeria for Policy Pathways Episode 5! The episode features insight on Nigerian policy coherence from the Director of Agricultural Economics at the University of Port Harcourt, Anthony Onoja, IWMI Senior Researcher Charity Osei-Amponsah, and Minister for Climate Management Michael Adegboye.

Join us in Colombia for Episode 4 of Policy Pathways! We are delighted to welcome back Augusto Castro Nuñez, Lead author for Colombia's NPS Policy Coherence report and Senior Scientist at Alliance-CIAT. Castro Nuñez is joined by Miguel Peña Varón, Senior Researcher at the CINARA Institute of Universidad del Valle. Our fantastic guests offer their expertise and insight on Colombia's sustainable development policy.Discover how Colombian policymakers can integrate peacebuilding and conservation solutions to help secure a sustainable future for the nation's rich food, land, and water systems.

For episode three of Policy Pathways, we are headed to Kenya! Join our host Raissa Okoi as she discusses how Kenya approaches sustainable development with Joseph Karugia, Agricultural Economist & Policy Expert at the International Livestock Research Institute, Lilian Kirimi, Senior Research Fellow at the Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, and Boniface Mburu, CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies lead report author for Kenya. Together they explore the pathways toward a more coherent policy approach to food, land, and water systems in Kenya.

Episode two of Policy Pathways explores how Indian development policy can be adapted to mitigate the impacts of climate change and support marginalized communities. Join host Chhavi Sachdev as she interviews the CGIAR's National Policies and Strategies (NPS) lead report author for India Archisman Mitra, Nitin Bassi Senior Program lead at the Council on Energy Environment and Water, and Parijat Ghosh, Research and Advocacy Team Coordinator at Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN). The episode also features remarks on the NPS report from Dr. Arabinda Kumar Padhee; Principal Secretary at the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment, Government of Odisha.

Welcome to Policy Pathways, a new podcast giving a platform to researchers and policymakers working to solve sustainable development challenges and offer policy solutions that can advance system transformation in food, land, and water!Focused on research by CGIAR's National Policies Strategies Initiative (NPS), Policy Pathways will take you across the globe from India to Colombia and beyond. In this first episode, NPS Initiative co-lead and International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Principal Researcher, Alan Nicol, and Senior Scientist at Alliance of Biodiversity and CIAT, Augusto Castro Nunez, sat down with our hosts Chhavi Sachdev and Raissa Okoi to discuss the methodology and goals of the NPS policy coherence reports.