Consulting Services ECOREC provides research-based consultancy services. Namely, policy advice follows from the findings of in-depth research. Areas of the services include agricultural policy, research and technology policies, and policies aimed to reduce poverty and food insecurity. Some of the selected topics for the consultancy are:

Ex-post evaluation of the Seventh Framework Program in Turkey Turkey in the EU: consequences for agriculture, food, rural areas & structural policy Enlargement of the EU, regulatory impact analysis, sector-wide institutional analysis Support to strengthening of the food security information systems in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Targeting information policy for improved system performance Methodology for assessing food security information system Methodology for information system formation and performance Capacity building in statistics and economics departments in universities in Rwanda and Ethiopia Economy-wide effects of investment in reproductive health: general equilibrium approach Family planning, human capital, growth and income distribution in Rwanda Training on system of national accounts and data compilation methods: applications with Mathematica Assessment of proposals - ACP Science and Technology call for proposals Rural regional economic regeneration strategies in Afghanistan Assessment of global progress made towards the Millennium Development Goals Food security and poverty effects of alternative investment options in palm oil Drought, ex-ante/ex-post coping strategies and vulnerability Macro data frameworks and their use in general equilibrium policy analysis Organization and implementation of tailor-made training program on research methodology and project cycle Impact of structural and sector-wide policies on poverty and food security Monitoring and evaluation of impact of agricultural policy, research and technology Interaction of structural and sector-wide policies with agriculture and the environment Role of research and technology policies in promoting innovations Industrial policy, institutional arrangements and direction of technological change Institutional changes and organizational linkages in innovation systems Capacity development for learning and knowledge flow in innovation systems Institutional and organizational mapping of agricultural sector Role of new technologies (i.e. ICT & biotechnology) in reforming national agricultural systems Interaction between disease (i.e. HIV/AIDS and malaria) and agricultural productivity Priority setting in health and agricultural research Globalization, trade, food safety and food security