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Economy-wide agricultural modelling with DEMETRA

Applications to Sub-Saharan Africa

European Commission (EC), Joint Research Centre (JRC) – Directorate of Sustainable Resources, Unit "Economics of the Food System" (D4)

March 13-17, 2023     JRC Seville, Spain

Full programme

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

Day 1 - Monday, 13 March 2023

  1. 09:00
    Arrival of participants at JRC – Edificio Expo
  2. 09:30 - 11:00
    Welcome by G. Genovese (HoU, JRC.D.4)
  3. 11:00 - 11:15
    Introduction to the workshop
    • E. Ferrari, European Commission – JRC
  4. 11:30 - 13:30
    SAM introductory presentation
    • A. El Meligi, V. Ferreira and M. Rogna, European Commission – JRC
  5. 13:30 - 14:30
    Lunch
  6. 14:30 - 16:00
    CGE introductory presentation
    • V. Nechifor, European Commission – JRC
  7. 16:00 - 17:30
    Simulation case studies - group discussion

Day 2 - Tuesday, 14 March 2023

  1. 08:45
    Arrival of participants at JRC – Edificio Expo
  2. 09:00 - 11:00
    (I) Envisaged applications – team presentations: AfDB, COMESA, Tanzania, Ghana
  3. 11:30 - 13:30
    DEMETRA model workflow
    • V. Nechifor, European Commission – JRC
  4. 13:30 - 14:30
    Lunch
  5. 14:30 - 17:30
    Parallel sessions 1 - Models
    "Calibration" group
    Calibration of new SAM files
    "Simulation" group
    Static simulations

Day 3 - Wednesday, 15 March 2023

  1. 08:45
    Arrival of participants at JRC – Edificio Expo
  2. 09:00 - 11:00
    (II) Envisaged applications – team presentations: KIPPRA, Niger, Nigeria
  3. 11:00 - 13:30
    DEMETRA building blocks I – production and trade
    • E. Ferrari, European Commission – JRC
  4. 13:30 - 14:30
    Lunch
  5. 14:30 - 17:30
    Parallel sessions
    "Calibration" group
    Production function changes
    "Simulation" group
    Trade static simulations

Day 4 - Thursday, 16 March 2023

  1. 08:45
    Arrival of participants at JRC – Edificio Expo
  2. 09:00 - 11:00
    DEMETRA building blocks II – households and other final demand, closure rules
    • O. Boysen and V. Nechifor, European Commission – JRC
  3. 11:30 - 13:30
    Parallel sessions
    "Calibration" group
    Calibration of new SAM files
    "Simulation" group
    Simulations of closure rule changes
  4. 13:30 - 14:30
    Lunch
  5. 14:30 - 17:30
    Introduction to the use of global models
    • A. Simola, European Commission – JRC

Day 5 - Friday, 17 March 2023

  1. 09:30 - 11:30
    Model linkages - MAGNET, FSSIM-DEV, microsimulation
    • O. Boysen and S. Rege, European Commission – JRC
  2. 11:30 - 13:30
    Work in teams – envisaged applications using DEMETRA and other tools
  3. 13:30 - 14:30
    Lunch
  4. 14:30 - 16:30
    Team presentations – reflexions on envisaged applications in DEMETRA
  5. 16:30 - 17:00
    Workshop closure