Evaluations of OCP Nutricrops’ initiatives
Evaluations of OCP Nutricrops’ initiatives supports researchers testing agricultural programs to improve small-scale farmers’ productivity, profitability, food security, and environmental sustainability.
Funder: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Due Dates: Rolling (Matchmade embedded evaluation proposals)
Funding Amounts: Full RCTs: US$300,000 research grant plus up to US$75,000 for intervention adaptations; African Scholars pilots: up to $75,000 pre-tax
Summary: Supports embedded impact evaluations of OCP Nutricrops’ programs to improve small-scale farmers’ productivity, profitability, food security, and environmental sustainability.
Key Information: Open to J-PAL-affiliated professors, active invited researchers, and UJALA African Scholars working closely with OCP Nutricrops.
Description
This opportunity supports embedded evaluations conducted in close collaboration with OCP Nutricrops’ operational programs. It is run through the UM6P-J-PAL Applied Lab for Agriculture (UJALA), a joint initiative of J-PAL and University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, hosted in Morocco and embedded within OCP Nutricrops. UJALA draws on the company’s operational scale to design, test, and scale evidence-based agricultural solutions.
The lab funds randomized evaluations of agricultural technologies and practices that can improve small-scale farmers’ productivity, profitability, food security, and environmental sustainability. Its work addresses decisions farmers face throughout the agricultural cycle, including technology adoption, fertilizer use, financing investments, and market access. UJALA also synthesizes and shares evidence to inform agricultural development policies and programs in low- and middle-income countries worldwide.
