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Kalyani Raghunathan

Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa. 

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2022 Social Accounting Matrix for Cambodia: A Nexus Project SAM

2024International Food Policy Research Institute
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2022 Social Accounting Matrix for Cambodia: A Nexus Project SAM

The 2022 Cambodia Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI’s Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data. The Nexus SAMs available on IFPRI’s website separates domestic production into 42 activities. Factors are disaggregated into labor, agricultural land, and capital, with labor further disaggregated across three education-based categories. The household account is divided into 10 representative household groups: Rural and urban households across per capita consumption quintiles. Nexus SAMs support the improvement of model-based research and policy analysis in developing countries and allow for more robust cross-country comparisons of national economic structures, especially agriculture-food systems.

Year published

2024

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute. 2024. 2022 Social Accounting Matrix for Cambodia: A Nexus Project SAM. Data Paper. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. handle: 10568/155101. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155101.

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Cambodia

Keywords

Asia; South-eastern Asia; Macroeconomics; Computable General Equilibrium Models; Household Consumption; Household Expenditure; Economic Indicators; Agrifood Systems; Taxes; Labour; Social Accounting Matrix

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Foresight

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Data Paper

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Centering context when characterizing food environments: The potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research

2024Downs, Shauna; Manohar, Swetha; Staromiejska, Wiktoria; Keo, Chanvuthy; Say, Sophea; Chhinh, Nyda; Fanzo, Jessica; Sok, Serey
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Centering context when characterizing food environments: The potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research

Food environments are a critical place within the food system to implement interventions aimed at enabling sustainable diets. In this perspective article, we argue for the need for food environment research to more comprehensively examine the different types of food environments that people access within their communities to ensure that interventions and programs are better aligned with people’s lived experiences. We highlight the potential ways in which participatory mapping (PM) can be leveraged to better design food environment research by: (1) identifying the different food environment types that are accessed within a given community; (2) providing insight into the timing for data collection; (3) informing the prioritization of where to conduct food environment assessments; and (4) highlighting the dynamism of food environments over time (e.g., across a given day or across seasons). We provide a case study example of the application of PM and the lessons learned from it in Cambodia. By conceptualizing food environments in a more comprehensive way, from the perspective of the people living within a given community, we will be able to measure food environments in a way that more closely aligns with people’s lived experiences. This is part of the Journal Research Topic: Measuring Diets and Food Choice in the Context of a Changing World (https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/47398/measuring-diets-and-food-choice-in-the-context-of-a-changing-world/magazine#articles).

Year published

2024

Authors

Downs, Shauna; Manohar, Swetha; Staromiejska, Wiktoria; Keo, Chanvuthy; Say, Sophea; Chhinh, Nyda; Fanzo, Jessica; Sok, Serey

Citation

Downs, Shauna; Manohar, Swetha; Staromiejska, Wiktoria; Keo, Chanvuthy; Say, Sophea; Chhinh, Nyda; Fanzo, Jessica; and Sok, Serey. 2024. Centering context when characterizing food environments: The potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research. Frontiers in Nutrition 11: 1324102. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1324102

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Cambodia

Keywords

South-eastern Asia; Asia; Capacity Development; Food Environment; Food Systems; Sustainability; Diet

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1324102 Source record

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Journal Article

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Measuring women’s empowerment in agriculture: Innovations and evidence

2023Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Cole, Steven M.; Elias, Marlène; Faas, Simone; Galiè, Alessandra; Malapit, Hazel J.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.; Myers, Emily; Seymour, Greg; Twyman, Jennifer
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Measuring women’s empowerment in agriculture: Innovations and evidence

This paper addresses women’s empowerment in agriculture, innovations in its measurement, and emerging evidence. We discuss the evolution of the conceptualization and measurement of women’s empowerment and gender equality since 2010. Using a gender and food systems framework and a standardized measure of women’s empowerment, the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), we review the evidence on “what works” to empower women based on impact evaluations of a portfolio of 11 agricultural development projects with empowerment objectives and a scoping review of livestock interventions. We then review the evidence on associations between empowering women and societal benefits–agricultural productivity, incomes, and food security and nutrition. We conclude with recommendations for measurement and policy.

Year published

2023

Authors

Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Cole, Steven M.; Elias, Marlène; Faas, Simone; Galiè, Alessandra; Malapit, Hazel J.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.; Myers, Emily; Seymour, Greg; Twyman, Jennifer

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Quisumbing, A., Cole, S., Elias, M., Faas, S., Galiè, A., Malapit, H., Meinzen-Dick, R., Myers, E., Seymour, G. and Twyman, J. 2023. Measuring women’s empowerment in agriculture: Innovations and evidence. Global Food Security 38: 100707.

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Bangladesh; Cambodia; Ghana; Mozambique; Nepal

Keywords

Tanzania; Africa; Asia; South-eastern Asia; Southern Africa; Southern Asia; Western Africa; Eastern Africa; Women; Gender; Food Systems; Agriculture; Ecology; Food Science

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100707 Source record

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Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

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Journal Article

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Dataset

2018 Social Accounting Matrix for Cambodia

2021International Food Policy Research Institute
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2018 Social Accounting Matrix for Cambodia

The Nexus Project is a collaboration between IFPRI and its partners, including national statistical agencies and research institutions. Our aim is to improve the quality of social accounting matrices (SAMs) used for computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling. The Nexus Project develops toolkits and establishes common data standards, procedures, and classification systems for constructing and updating national SAMs. The 2018 Cambodia SAM follows the Standard Nexus Structure. The open access version of the Cambodia SAM separates domestic production into 42 activities. Factors are disaggregated into labor, agricultural land, and capital. Labor is further disaggregated across three education categories. Representative households are disaggregated by rural and urban areas and by per capita expenditure quintile. The remaining accounts include enterprises, government, taxes, savings-and-investment, and the rest of the word.

Year published

2021

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute. 2021. 2018 Social Accounting Matrix for Cambodia. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SBEKYP. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

Country/Region

Cambodia

Keywords

Asia; South-eastern Asia; National Accounting; Taxes; Household Expenditure; Modelling; Labour; Social Accounting Matrix; Economic Indicators; Sex-disaggregated Data; Household Consumption

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/sbekyp Source record

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Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Dataset

Blogs

China's new agro-investment: Opportunity for sustainability?
IFPRI Blog
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January 24, 2017

China’s new agro-investment: Opportunity for sustainability?

By Wei Zhang and Michael Victor

China is spending $450 billion to modernize agriculture. Why some of that should go to promoting sustainable practices such as ecosystem-based pest control.

Experimental games test efficacy of subsidies to encourage farmers to invest in natural ecosystem services
IFPRI Research Blog
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January 13, 2017

Experimental games test efficacy of subsidies to encourage farmers to invest in natural ecosystem services

By Wei Zhang

An interactive game offers insights into how farmers cooperate – and sometimes don't – moving to ecosystem-based pest control.

Are there nutritional tradeoffs in increasing women’s time in agriculture?
IFPRI Blog
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February 09, 2016

Are there nutritional tradeoffs in increasing women’s time in agriculture?

By Hitomi Komatsu

The following post by IFPRI collaborator Hitomi Komatsu was originally published on the Agrilinks site. Malnutrition is a severe problem, especially in poor households in developing countries.  Many families are not well nourished because they do not have access to nutritious and diverse diets. Studies have shown that one way to improve nutrition among rural […]

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News

October 09, 2020 | In the News

SEARCA leads development of national road maps for agriculture value chain in Asean (Business Mirror) 

Business Mirror (Philippines) published an article that states the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is set to lead the development of national road maps for key agri-based value chains where smallholders play a prominent role in five countries, including the Philippines. The five-year project “Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the Asean […]

November 21, 2024 | Press Release

International Conference to Share Successful Strategies to Reduce Poverty by Improving Poor People’s Access and Use of Natural Resources

Entebbe—High-level policymakers, community organizers, and experts from around the world are gathering here to discuss how to strengthen poor people’s access to land and water. According to a global study to be presented at the conference, if poor people can harness these vital resources and work together to manage them more effectively, they can reduce […]

Projects

Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns

Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns

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Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI)

Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI)

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COVID-19: Measuring Impacts and Prioritizing Policies for Recovery

COVID-19: Measuring Impacts and Prioritizing Policies for Recovery

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