Episode 3: Will Travel for Data, to Papua New Guinea

Research Talks

How do you collect data in very remote, hard-to-reach places? This episode features IFPRI’s Research Fellow Emily Schmidt (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/emily-schmidt), who in a conversation with Sivan Yosef (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/sivan-yosef), shares how IFPRI researchers began engaging in Papua New Guinea, travelling through difficult terrain to collect household data and working with partners to build up capacity to do research and evidence-based policy analysis. Their results have illuminated the diverse rural livelihood strategies within the country. Interview Transcript: https://www.ifpri.org/file/115532/download To learn more: • Blog post (https://www.ifpri.org/blog/new-data-offers-insights-rural-poverty-and-undernutrition-papua-new-guinea ) • Website (https://www.ifpri.org/country/papua-new-guinea) • Featured publication: Synopsis: Papua New Guinea household survey on food systems (2018): Initial findings ( https://www.ifpri.org/publication/synopsis-papua-new-guinea-household-survey-food-systems-2018-initial-findings) • IFPRI publications on Papua New Guinea: https://www.ifpri.org/collections/related/publications/146 Donors & Partners: Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, PIM, CGIAR, World Vision International, University of Papua New Guinea, UNICEF Interviewee: Emily Schmidt Interviewer: Sivan Yosef Producers: Sivan Yosef Editor: Sivan Yosef and Jennifer Weingart Promotions: Smita Aggarwal Music/Credits: • “The El Nino of 2015-2016”. World Meteorological Organization – WMO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v92Iqihct98&t=1s • “Fighting an ancient parasite: malaria research program in Papua New Guinea.“ Walter and Eliza Hall Medical Research Institute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpZRFg0xzeE