Berber Kramer
@berberkramer.bsky.social
Full-time Senior Research Fellow at IFPRI, doing research for a more food secure future without gender inequities & part-time triathlete.
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Today, on #IDWGS2026, we highlight the work of @berberkramer.bsky.social, IFPRI Senior Research Fellow.
In this Faces of IFPRI video, Berber shares career advice, what keeps her passionate about her work, and her favorite hobby – triathlons!
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvtJ...
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In this Faces of IFPRI video, Berber shares career advice, what keeps her passionate about her work, and her favorite hobby – triathlons!
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvtJ...
@cgiar.org
Faces of IFPRI: Berber Kramer
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February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Today, on #IDWGS2026, we highlight the work of @berberkramer.bsky.social, IFPRI Senior Research Fellow.
In this Faces of IFPRI video, Berber shares career advice, what keeps her passionate about her work, and her favorite hobby – triathlons!
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvtJ...
@cgiar.org
In this Faces of IFPRI video, Berber shares career advice, what keeps her passionate about her work, and her favorite hobby – triathlons!
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvtJ...
@cgiar.org
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How do smallholder farmers make decisions when the weather is increasingly unpredictable? 🌦️
Learn more in this blog by Joseline Kiogora, Amanda Grossi, @berberkramer.bsky.social, and @carlytrachtman.bsky.social: https://on.cgiar.org/4qR94Yb
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Learn more in this blog by Joseline Kiogora, Amanda Grossi, @berberkramer.bsky.social, and @carlytrachtman.bsky.social: https://on.cgiar.org/4qR94Yb
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From games to gains: How climate forecasts help farmers shape the future
Timely, trusted, and accessible climate information can transform how farmers manage risk, especially when women and men are equally empowered to use it. In Zambia, this vision is being advanced through innovative methods such as gamification, which all...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
How do smallholder farmers make decisions when the weather is increasingly unpredictable? 🌦️
Learn more in this blog by Joseline Kiogora, Amanda Grossi, @berberkramer.bsky.social, and @carlytrachtman.bsky.social: https://on.cgiar.org/4qR94Yb
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Learn more in this blog by Joseline Kiogora, Amanda Grossi, @berberkramer.bsky.social, and @carlytrachtman.bsky.social: https://on.cgiar.org/4qR94Yb
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To better understand farmers' decision-making in response to climate info, we invited farmers to a simulated farming “game” that explored investment choices, risk & social dynamics.
👉 Here's a look at what we learned.
Read: aiccra.cgiar.org/news/games-g...
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👉 Here's a look at what we learned.
Read: aiccra.cgiar.org/news/games-g...
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January 19, 2026 at 10:45 AM
To better understand farmers' decision-making in response to climate info, we invited farmers to a simulated farming “game” that explored investment choices, risk & social dynamics.
👉 Here's a look at what we learned.
Read: aiccra.cgiar.org/news/games-g...
@ifpri.org @bioversityciat.bsky.social
👉 Here's a look at what we learned.
Read: aiccra.cgiar.org/news/games-g...
@ifpri.org @bioversityciat.bsky.social
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🔍 How can research, partnership, and timely innovation catalyze large-scale meaningful change?
🔗 Learn more in this blog by @berberkramer.bsky.social and Shalini Roy: https://on.cgiar.org/3YaboNu
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🔗 Learn more in this blog by @berberkramer.bsky.social and Shalini Roy: https://on.cgiar.org/3YaboNu
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From satellite images to real-world impact: How IFPRI-Dvara collaboration opened new doors for Odisha's marginalized farmers
Turning crisis into opportunity.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
🔍 How can research, partnership, and timely innovation catalyze large-scale meaningful change?
🔗 Learn more in this blog by @berberkramer.bsky.social and Shalini Roy: https://on.cgiar.org/3YaboNu
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🔗 Learn more in this blog by @berberkramer.bsky.social and Shalini Roy: https://on.cgiar.org/3YaboNu
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I’ve truly enjoyed working on this project in India with Dvara E-Registry the past 5 years. Looking back, it’s amazing to see what we have accomplished through our research!
♨️New on our blog:
From satellite images to real-world impact: How IFPRI-Dvara collaboration opened new doors for Odisha’s marginalized farmers -- 🖋️by @berberkramer.bsky.social & Shalini Roy
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From satellite images to real-world impact: How IFPRI-Dvara collaboration opened new doors for Odisha’s marginalized farmers -- 🖋️by @berberkramer.bsky.social & Shalini Roy
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From satellite images to real-world impact: How IFPRI-Dvara collaboration opened new doors for Odisha’s marginalized farmers
Turning crisis into opportunity.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I’ve truly enjoyed working on this project in India with Dvara E-Registry the past 5 years. Looking back, it’s amazing to see what we have accomplished through our research!
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💡50 Years of Innovation to Support Evolving Food Systems🌱
Today we feature Picture-Based Crop Insurance 🌱🤝📢
🔗Learn more here: www.ifpri.org/project/pbin...
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Today we feature Picture-Based Crop Insurance 🌱🤝📢
🔗Learn more here: www.ifpri.org/project/pbin...
@cgiar.org @3ieimpact.org #IFPRI50 #IFPRI50Innovations
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
💡50 Years of Innovation to Support Evolving Food Systems🌱
Today we feature Picture-Based Crop Insurance 🌱🤝📢
🔗Learn more here: www.ifpri.org/project/pbin...
@cgiar.org @3ieimpact.org #IFPRI50 #IFPRI50Innovations
Today we feature Picture-Based Crop Insurance 🌱🤝📢
🔗Learn more here: www.ifpri.org/project/pbin...
@cgiar.org @3ieimpact.org #IFPRI50 #IFPRI50Innovations
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🔍 🌍 How do prices affect agricultural technology adoption in East Africa?
Learn more in this blog by Bjorn Van Campenhout, Gashaw Abate, Liesbeth Colen, and @berberkramer.bsky.social: https://on.cgiar.org/48soIT2
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Learn more in this blog by Bjorn Van Campenhout, Gashaw Abate, Liesbeth Colen, and @berberkramer.bsky.social: https://on.cgiar.org/48soIT2
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Signaling, screening, or sunk costs? Experimental evidence on how prices affect agricultural technology adoption in East Africa
An avenue to improved productivity.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🔍 🌍 How do prices affect agricultural technology adoption in East Africa?
Learn more in this blog by Bjorn Van Campenhout, Gashaw Abate, Liesbeth Colen, and @berberkramer.bsky.social: https://on.cgiar.org/48soIT2
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Learn more in this blog by Bjorn Van Campenhout, Gashaw Abate, Liesbeth Colen, and @berberkramer.bsky.social: https://on.cgiar.org/48soIT2
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Does charging a small price for new technologies increase future adoption because of signaling quality, screening for those who value the product, or creating a sunk cost? Read more below ⬇️
🆕 #Blog: Signaling, screening, or sunk costs? Experimental evidence on how prices affect agricultural technology adoption in East Africa
🖋️ By Bjorn Van Campenhout, Gashaw Abate, Liesbeth Colen, and @berberkramer.bsky.social.
Read more here: on.cgiar.org/48soIT2
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🖋️ By Bjorn Van Campenhout, Gashaw Abate, Liesbeth Colen, and @berberkramer.bsky.social.
Read more here: on.cgiar.org/48soIT2
@cgiar.org
Signaling, screening, or sunk costs? Experimental evidence on how prices affect agricultural technology adoption in East Africa
An avenue to improved productivity.
on.cgiar.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Does charging a small price for new technologies increase future adoption because of signaling quality, screening for those who value the product, or creating a sunk cost? Read more below ⬇️
Check out our special issue in Agricultural Systems for a collection of new papers all related to seed systems.
📚 The latest edition of Weekly Reads from IFPRI is now online on LinkedIn!
🔗 Read more here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/peer-r...
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Peer-reviewed publications from IFPRI researchers
This week’s collection features a selection of articles that are part of the Agricultural Systems journal’s extensive Special Issue on “Designing, assessing and scaling approaches for integrated seed ...
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September 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Check out our special issue in Agricultural Systems for a collection of new papers all related to seed systems.
Just published in Agricultural Systems: Looks matter! Drought-tolerant maize variety promoted through trial packs did not *look* more drought-tolerant than older varieties, consistent with farmers' perceptions. This offers a potential reason for low future use. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Looks matter? Field performance and farmers' preferences for drought-tolerant maize in Kenya
To help farmers adapt to climate change, breeding programs have developed drought-tolerant (DT) maize varieties, but varietal turnover among smallhold…
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June 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Just published in Agricultural Systems: Looks matter! Drought-tolerant maize variety promoted through trial packs did not *look* more drought-tolerant than older varieties, consistent with farmers' perceptions. This offers a potential reason for low future use. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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In the first of our #AES2025 sessions on agriculture, @berberkramer.bsky.social of @ifpri.org discusses ways to increase use of agtech.
"Visual tools like picture-based weather insurance increase trust and uptake among men & women—making insurance more inclusive and accessible at the same cost."
"Visual tools like picture-based weather insurance increase trust and uptake among men & women—making insurance more inclusive and accessible at the same cost."
June 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
In the first of our #AES2025 sessions on agriculture, @berberkramer.bsky.social of @ifpri.org discusses ways to increase use of agtech.
"Visual tools like picture-based weather insurance increase trust and uptake among men & women—making insurance more inclusive and accessible at the same cost."
"Visual tools like picture-based weather insurance increase trust and uptake among men & women—making insurance more inclusive and accessible at the same cost."
Super happy our #AgSys paper “Inclusive and gender-transformative seed systems: Concepts and applications” is now online!
Key highlight for me is that social/multimedia can be a powerful strategy to impact social and gender norms at various levels of seed systems.
Questions & comments welcome!
Key highlight for me is that social/multimedia can be a powerful strategy to impact social and gender norms at various levels of seed systems.
Questions & comments welcome!
March 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Super happy our #AgSys paper “Inclusive and gender-transformative seed systems: Concepts and applications” is now online!
Key highlight for me is that social/multimedia can be a powerful strategy to impact social and gender norms at various levels of seed systems.
Questions & comments welcome!
Key highlight for me is that social/multimedia can be a powerful strategy to impact social and gender norms at various levels of seed systems.
Questions & comments welcome!
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Very cool technology evaluated by @berberkramer.bsky.social : Evaluating crop loss for insurance payout with crop/field photos. Encouraging uptake results! ideas.repec.org/p/ags/aaea22...
See It Grow: A randomized evaluation of digital innovations
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March 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Very cool technology evaluated by @berberkramer.bsky.social : Evaluating crop loss for insurance payout with crop/field photos. Encouraging uptake results! ideas.repec.org/p/ags/aaea22...
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🌟 @berberkramer.bsky.social of @ifpri.org kicking off @oxfordcsae.bsky.social: new picture-based index insurance increases product take-up and fertilizer investment in Kenya, especially among women in arid regions.
March 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🌟 @berberkramer.bsky.social of @ifpri.org kicking off @oxfordcsae.bsky.social: new picture-based index insurance increases product take-up and fertilizer investment in Kenya, especially among women in arid regions.
Opportunity! @carlytrachtman.bsky.social and I are looking for consultant with master's degree (or graduating from master's program soon) to analyze the cost effectiveness of various strategies to promote improved crop varieties 🌽🌾🫘 More information? See the link!🔻
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Hiring Consultant (individual) for conducting two meta-analyses of interventions to increase improved crop variety adoption, - Washington, DC
View job details and apply now
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March 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Opportunity! @carlytrachtman.bsky.social and I are looking for consultant with master's degree (or graduating from master's program soon) to analyze the cost effectiveness of various strategies to promote improved crop varieties 🌽🌾🫘 More information? See the link!🔻
phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf04/ats/ca...
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🌱 How can the on-the-ground impacts of genetic innovation in agriculture be assessed?
Learn more in this recent #blog by Emily Kilonzi, @berberkramer.bsky.social, and Carly Trachtman:
on.cgiar.org/40x53xw
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Learn more in this recent #blog by Emily Kilonzi, @berberkramer.bsky.social, and Carly Trachtman:
on.cgiar.org/40x53xw
@cgiar.org
February 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🌱 How can the on-the-ground impacts of genetic innovation in agriculture be assessed?
Learn more in this recent #blog by Emily Kilonzi, @berberkramer.bsky.social, and Carly Trachtman:
on.cgiar.org/40x53xw
@cgiar.org
Learn more in this recent #blog by Emily Kilonzi, @berberkramer.bsky.social, and Carly Trachtman:
on.cgiar.org/40x53xw
@cgiar.org
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🆕 #blog post by Emily Kilonzi, @berberkramer.bsky.social, and Carly Trachtman:
🌱 Workshop: Assessing on-the-ground impacts of genetic innovation in agriculture
🖱️ Read more here: on.cgiar.org/40x53xw
@cgiar.org
🌱 Workshop: Assessing on-the-ground impacts of genetic innovation in agriculture
🖱️ Read more here: on.cgiar.org/40x53xw
@cgiar.org
January 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🆕 #blog post by Emily Kilonzi, @berberkramer.bsky.social, and Carly Trachtman:
🌱 Workshop: Assessing on-the-ground impacts of genetic innovation in agriculture
🖱️ Read more here: on.cgiar.org/40x53xw
@cgiar.org
🌱 Workshop: Assessing on-the-ground impacts of genetic innovation in agriculture
🖱️ Read more here: on.cgiar.org/40x53xw
@cgiar.org
Thanks for organizing this and for the shoutout Econ5k team! It was a great motivation to push out one last 5k run in 2024. 🫶🏻
January 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Thanks for organizing this and for the shoutout Econ5k team! It was a great motivation to push out one last 5k run in 2024. 🫶🏻
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Looking to hire an ETC in DIME to help me work on a range of Digital topics including digital ID, connectivity, social protection systems, and financial inclusion. Please apply here and/or pass along to people you think would be interested! #econsky #econra
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December 30, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Looking to hire an ETC in DIME to help me work on a range of Digital topics including digital ID, connectivity, social protection systems, and financial inclusion. Please apply here and/or pass along to people you think would be interested! #econsky #econra
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Whilst making a #2024wrapped IG reel, I realized that thanks to both work and triathlon travel, I 🏃♀️ on every continent (minus Antarctica 🇦🇶) this year!!
No matter how light I travel, my 🧳 always fits 👟 and the schedule always allows for a run - often even a scenic one! #worklifebalance ✈️
No matter how light I travel, my 🧳 always fits 👟 and the schedule always allows for a run - often even a scenic one! #worklifebalance ✈️
December 30, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Whilst making a #2024wrapped IG reel, I realized that thanks to both work and triathlon travel, I 🏃♀️ on every continent (minus Antarctica 🇦🇶) this year!!
No matter how light I travel, my 🧳 always fits 👟 and the schedule always allows for a run - often even a scenic one! #worklifebalance ✈️
No matter how light I travel, my 🧳 always fits 👟 and the schedule always allows for a run - often even a scenic one! #worklifebalance ✈️
December 29, 2024 at 3:08 PM
I can’t think of a better 1st post on Bluesky introducing myself than posting today’s #Econ5K 🏃♀️ result. With Ironman 70.3 World Champs just 2 weeks ago, followed by lots of hiking at sea level, and some junk miles 🚴♀️ the last few days, I’m happy that I could produce some speed back at elevation 🥳
December 29, 2024 at 3:07 PM
I can’t think of a better 1st post on Bluesky introducing myself than posting today’s #Econ5K 🏃♀️ result. With Ironman 70.3 World Champs just 2 weeks ago, followed by lots of hiking at sea level, and some junk miles 🚴♀️ the last few days, I’m happy that I could produce some speed back at elevation 🥳