Research Communications and Policy Dialogue
Research dissemination is a critical missing link in the research-policy interface. Very little investment and efforts are devoted to putting out the results and findings of research in a manner that elicits uptake by policymakers and practitioners. Effective communication of research findings and policy recommendations is acutely lacking and the existing channels and mechanisms of communication are ad hoc, piecemeal and incoherent. APRNet will foster the dissemination of research results and findings and policy recommendations by providing regular and credible channels and platforms for researchers to interact with users of their research. This facility will promote better communication, feedback, mutual interest and mutual accountability between researchers and research end-users. To promote the communication of research, APRNet will use a combination of communication methods and tools.
Specific programmes and projects
• Annual Policy Dialogue Series – National Policy Symposium on “Making Agricultural Research Work for End-Users”. The objectives are to review the state of linkages of research, policymaking and practice and identify the challenges encountered by researchers in supplying research and by policymakers in accessing and using research and agricultural practitioners.
• Policy Research Journal
• Research Methodology Seminars
• Presentations at Legislative hearings
• Policy Seminars and Roundtables
• Research-based Publications – Research Monographs, Policy Briefs, Policy Primers, Policy Papers, etc
• Policy Memos to Government Agencies and Legislative Committees
• Media Events – press releases, media briefings