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Suresh Chandra Babu

Senior Research Fellow International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

My research and policy outreach efforts relate to strengthening insitutions for food system transformation and resilience building. I focus on Africa and Asia regions.

USAID COVID-19 Posts

Policy Process under COVID-19: Lessons from Food System Reforms in India

Does the COVID-19 pandemic induce any policy change? How do national governments use the crisis progressively? We illustrate from the recently passed farm bills in India.

Suresh Chandra Babu

Oct 17, 2020

COVID-19 Policy and Governance

Revitalizing Policy Think Tanks in Developing Countries: COVID-19 Challenges and Opportunities

As COVID-19 emergency and its associated lockdowns continue, and as a result the cessation of field activities, policy think tanks are under severe pressure to repurpose their activities. What challenges...

Suresh Chandra Babu

May 21, 2020

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Food Safety Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance Resilience

woman holds small child; USAID tent is visible in background

What Happens to Extension Institutions during Disease Outbreaks and How to Prevent Institutional Capacity Erosion

Focusing on extension and advisory services (EAS), a key component of Agricultural Innovation System (AIS), to address the question of how to bounce back from COVID-19 in developing countries.

Suresh Chandra Babu

May 08, 2020

Agricultural Productivity COVID-19 Education and Extension Policy and Governance Resilience

Suresh Chandra Babu

Latest Submissions

Policy Process under COVID-19: Lessons from Food System Reforms in India

Suresh Chandra Babu

Revitalizing Policy Think Tanks in Developing Countries: COVID-19 Challenges and Opportunities

Suresh Chandra Babu

What Happens to Extension Institutions during Disease Outbreaks and How to Prevent Institutional Capacity Erosion

Suresh Chandra Babu