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Mario Schmidt, PhD: We cannot take one side only in participatory research. Bringing people together is crucial to create a common ground of understanding in communities and end competing interests.

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Arize Okafor: We should use feedback to make actionable changes and not assume that we know what the community needs better than them.
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Juhi Jain: Food often goes to waste because it looks “ugly.” Yet, this produce can still be cooked in different ways. Funny-looking food can be bundled at affordable prices or sold at a discount. 🍅🥕
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Juhi Jain: Communities are essential in co-designing interventions—especially in nutrition and food systems. They reveal how food is consumed across gender, age, and pricing, with clear examples in patterns of protein consumption.

If research doesn’t serve the people, who does it serve?

This session dives into participatory action research—with case studies from across Africa—showing how co-created evidence shapes policies & products people actually own, trust, and use. #BeSci #NISAConference

We explored how participatory methods in behavioral science ground evidence in people’s realities—shaping policies & products they trust and own.

📍 Robert Nyaga, PhD (Moderator)
🎙️ Mario Schmidt, PhD | Juhi Jain | Arize Okafor | Dr. Uchenna Okafor
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Full Aha! Moment here:
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Special acknowledgment goes to the contributors: Laura Schun Geilager, Marilyn Moin, Wanjiku Kiarie, Mellan Lilumbi and Wairimu Muthike

With FIPS Africa & local blacksmiths, we built solutions to lower costs and improve access. Communities shape the future of farming when innovation meets collective action.

But challenges remain: clearing takes effort, tractors are limited, costs are high, terrain tough. Awareness alone is not enough.

In our upcoming Behavioral Lens newsletter, we share reflections on the conversations that stayed with us.

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His call to action: invest in data collection, interpretation, and ownership, and ensure meaningful inclusion of the Global South in decision-making.
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Ambassador Macharia Kamau delivered a powerful keynote: "Research by Africa, for Africa, with partnership from the world is not an option but a necessity."

Follow the conversation on Busara’s official channels, for highlights from sessions, speaker insights, and reflections across both days.
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The conference agenda focuses on new methodologies in experimental economics and how evidence from behavioral economics can be used to shape public policy and development