The paper analyzes the determinants of long-term individual and community resilience for food and nutrition security in South Sudan using data from multiple sources including key informant interviews, household and community surveys, and georefere
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This paper analyses the dynamics of comparative advantage in India’s agricultural exports over the period 2001 to 2019.
Weather variability and extreme shocks in Africa: Are female or male farmers more affected?
Agriculture in Africa has been traditionally seen as an important employment provider, supporting agriculture-based livelihoods of the vast majority of the African population, (James, 2014; World Bank, 2011) and absorbing the largest share of the
Roles of public expenditures and public investments on the demand and productivity of agricultural inputs/services: Some insights from Nigeria
Knowledge gaps remain as to how longer-term public investments (PI) such as agricultural research and development (R&D), and short-term interventions through other public expenditures in agriculture (PEA) complement each other in enhancing pro
India’s pulse policy landscape and its implications for trade
A growing body of evidence indicates that agricultural development programs can potentially improve production diversity and diet quality of poor rural households; however, less is known about which aspects of program design are effective in diver
Cattle, seaweed, and global greenhouse gas emissions
This study is a first attempt to estimate the impact of a red seaweed (Asparagopsis taxiformis) feed additive on total emissions from cattle and the feasibility of scaling up farmed seaweed production to meet projected demand from the livestock se
Government transfers, COVID-19 shock, and food insecurity: Evidence from rural households in India
The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the lives and livelihoods of people around the world. The impact of COVID-19 has been especially devastating for low-income families in rural areas of India.
Conditional cash transfers and high school attainment: Evidence from a large-scale program in the Dominican Republic
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs are widely implemented in developing countries but evidence of their medium- and long-term effects on educational achievements is still relatively scarce.
Near-real-time welfare and livelihood impacts of an active civil war: Evidence from Ethiopia
Ethiopia is currently embroiled in a large-scale civil war that has continued for more than a year.
Assessing the development impacts of bio-innovations: The case of genetically modified maize and cassava in Tanzania
Tanzania’s agriculture faces persistent low crop productivity due to endogenous and exogenous factors, particularly low and unpredictable rainfall, and the incidence of pests.
The 2019 report of the Global Commission on Adaptation for accelerated action to adapt to climate change included a call for increased allocation of resources to international agricultural research.
Return to quality in rural agricultural markets: Evidence from wheat markets in Ethiopia
In many Sub-Saharan countries, farmers cannot meet the growing urban demand for higher quality products, leading to increasing dependency on imports.
Mismeasurement and efficiency estimates: Evidence from smallholder survey data in Africa
Smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa is commonly characterized by high levels of technical inefficiency.
Using outcome trajectory evaluation to assess HarvestPlus’ contribution to the development of national biofortification breeding programs
While the key role that policy plays in sustainable development has long been recognized, rigorously documenting the influence of research on policy outcomes faces conceptual, empirical and even political challenges.
Predictors of discordance and concordance in reporting of intimate partner violence: Evidence from a large sample of rural Ethiopian couples
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major worldwide health challenge, and addressing this challenge requires high-quality data.
Agricultural R&D investments and policy development goals in Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing prioritization of value chains in Senegal
This paper looks at the prioritization of agricultural value chains (VCs) for the allocation of R&D resources that maximize development outcomes (poverty, growth, jobs, and diets).
Dietary change and food demand in urbanizing Bangladesh
Poor-quality diets are one of the leading causes of malnutrition and common non-communicable disease.
The impacts of rural outmigration on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nepal, Senegal, and Tajikistan
Using primary survey data collected in Tajikistan, Nepal and Senegal, three countries with high male outmigration rates, this study analyzes the impacts of migration on the empowerment of women who remain in rural areas.
Who claims the rights to livestock? Exploring gender patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda
This study investigates the gendered patterns of livestock ownership in rural households in Uganda using a detailed data set with information on ownership, management, and decision-making across different types of livestock.