Genowefa Blundo Canto

Genowefa Blundo-Canto is a Scientist seconded at the Alliance Bioversity International and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Her home institute is the French Agricultural Research Center for International Development (Cirad), where she has been co-leading institutional impact assessment since 2017.
A development economist with a PhD in Development and Environment Economics from the Roma Tre University, her work focuses on impact evaluation of agricultural research for development (AR4D) interventions through the application of mixed methods, systemic approaches and navigating complexity at multiple scales.
Thematically, she researches the multidimensional impacts of sustainable and inclusive agronomic, economic, social, and institutional practices in rural landscapes.
Methodologically, she focuses on the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods in impact evaluation with participatory approaches that foster building shared visions of change and transdisciplinarity.
She has conducted evaluations in Latin America, West Africa, and South-East Asia.