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Impacts of U.S. Graduate Degree Training on Capacity Building in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the Pulse CRSP

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  • Jamora, Nelissa
  • Bernsten, Richard H.
  • Maredia, Mywish K.

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The Dry Grain Pulses Collaborative Research Support Program (Pulse CRSP) had allocated a major part of its resources to providing graduate degree training (GDT) of scientists/researchers in order to strengthen agricultural research capacity in Africa, Latin America, and the U.S. However, no systematic attempt had been made to assess the impact of this investment. The study adopted the Kirkpatrick framework as a guide for evaluating the impacts of GDT by the Pulse CRSP. The results were drawn from a survey of former trainees and researchers, supplemented by interviews with scientists and program administrators and an institutional case study. An important finding was that over 86% of host country trainees returned to their home country. In their enhanced capacity, trainees made contributions to the advancement of bean/cowpea research that can be attributed to their graduate degree training. Trainees reported that their GDT was necessary for their professional development and was highly relevant to their current job responsibility.

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Paper provided by Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics in its series Staff Papers with number 105037.

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Date of creation: May 2011
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Handle: RePEc:ags:midasp:105037

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Keywords: Impact assessment; Pulse CRSP; USAID; Training; Graduate degree; Beans; Cowpeas; International Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Q16-R&D-Agricultural technology-Biofuels-Agricultural Extension Services;

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