• 2025 - 2027, Co-PI, WE SEED project (Farmers and Scientists for Better Seeds), funded by ETH4D Research Challenges program (277.067 CHF).

• 2024 - 2027, Co-PI, MIXTAPE project (Monitoring Impacts for Technology Adoption and Program Engagement in Bangladesh), funded by CGIAR Standing Panel for Impact Assessment (1.250.000$).

• 2024 -2025, Associate Director for Social Sciences and Economics. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement, funded by USAID (25M$, 2019 - 2025). 

On February 27, 2025 (after being renewed for a new 5-year round in Sept. 2024), the program was abruptly cancelled by the Second Trump Administration;  along with thousands of USAID – funded awards (a partial list of cancelled awards can be found here). 

In the effort to continue the work done in 5 years of partnership (and keep amazing students and collaborators),  the team is currently re-purposing and re-submitting ideas to alternative donors. If you are interested in knowing more about the work of the lab and explore potential collaborations, get in touch! 

• 2023 - 2024, PI, sub-award of 44,333$ competitively allocated within the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement project (7200AA-19LE-0005) for the project titled “What farmers care about when making varietal decisions? Coordinating traditional and academic ecological knowledge in participatory plant breeding”.

• 2022 - 2024, PI, sub-award of 86,508$ competitively allocated within the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement project (7200AA-19LE-0005) for the project titled “From breeders to consumers: a WTP study along the value chain of pearl millet and cowpea in Senegal”.

• 2022-2024, PI, sub-award of 30,028$ competitively allocated within the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement project (7200AA-19LE-0005) for the project titled “Streamlining DNA fingerprinting for NARES: going beyond adoption studies”.