Focusing on research undertakings related to economic growth and
development, inflation and unemployment, savings and investment, government spending,
This theme focuses on agricultural and rural transformation, agricultural production and productivity, efficiency and productivity of agriculture, agricultural and rural innovation, rural services (coops, credit and savings, microfinance, insurance, etc.), land use and agricultural water resources, impact assessment studies, agricultural livelihoods, agricultural policies and strategies, agricultural marketing and value chains, farming systems analysis, and others.