Training and Teaching – Improbable Bedfellows?

Posted on December 16, 2016December 16, 2016 by Katy Heinz

By Kathleen Earl Colverson, Ph.D. There has been an inherent tension between academic institutions and development practitioners for many decades in regards to the usefulness or credibility of each others’ work. Many academic institutions operate with the incentive of producing and publishing peer reviewed research, with little concern for the ultimate end user. Development practitioners[…]

Developing the Capacity to Do and to Not Do

Posted on December 9, 2016December 14, 2016 by Katy Heinz

Integrated programs all are the rage, and for good reason: it’s clear that real life doesn’t happen in neatly separated silos, and the causes and solutions to poverty and food insecurity are similarly interrelated. Yet it is hard to argue that integrating or mainstreaming gender and nutrition into agricultural extension services (AES) will not mean[…]