{"id":843,"date":"2014-08-22T11:10:42","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T11:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/?p=843"},"modified":"2014-08-22T11:14:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T11:14:00","slug":"first-week-at-cabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/2014\/08\/22\/first-week-at-cabi\/","title":{"rendered":"First week at CABI!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today completes my first week at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">CABI<\/a>. I knew CABI was a bit outside London, but the walk from the train station in Egham this week has been a welcome surprise. The forested areas around CABI are fantastic and make for such a pleasant walk to work. I got lost in the forest on Thursday\u00a0and ended up going further than the public path I was meant to take; I was a bit late for work, but the sights, sounds, and pleasantness of the woods reminded me why I have no love affair with living in London.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-843 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/files\/2014\/08\/10604733_10100767762898804_6868310760650703029_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/files\/2014\/08\/10470945_10100767762853894_7610514789818003478_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/files\/2014\/08\/10608473_10100767762110384_5136244883193527591_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/files\/2014\/08\/1614332_10100767762210184_8263063410253731379_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/files\/2014\/08\/10494440_10100767762055494_1567769588415510444_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/files\/2014\/08\/1405040_10100767762893814_2759195900240808112_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>On to the work! I met with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabi.org\/about-cabi\/staff\/GB2353\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Baker<\/a>, the coffee expert of CABI, and we further defined the goals of my work for the next month. There are some MSc students I am getting data from this weekend and I hope to continue with some of the brilliant work they&#8217;ve started on. I&#8217;ll save a full summary of the background of the work for a later post, but in short we are working with <a title=\"HRNS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrnstiftung.org\/foundation.html\" target=\"_blank\">HRNS<\/a>\u00a0to (1) analyse the coffee production data in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador to see the impacts of Coffee Leaf Rust, and (2) develop a model\/simulation\/game based on the results to explore how farmers and extension agents respond to climate and other market risks. While I don&#8217;t have the &#8220;right&#8221; numbers to fill in, I decided to follow the fail quickly paradigm and started drafting a model in excel on the first day. Here is where it is at on Friday and we&#8217;ll see where we want to take it next. My knowledge of VBA and creating user input forms on excel has greatly improved this week.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-843 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/files\/2014\/08\/10548246_10100768739701284_3373357378452662006_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/files\/2014\/08\/10630703_10100768739696294_118290708391756691_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Until next week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/l.pearson10\" target=\"_blank\">Lee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today completes my first week at CABI. 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