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Liangzhi You

Liangzhi You is a Senior Research Fellow and theme leader in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on climate resilience, spatial data and analytics, agroecosystems, and agricultural science policy. Gridded crop production data of the world (SPAM) and the agricultural technology evaluation model (DREAM) are among his research contributions. 

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A qualitative study of maternal and paternal parenting knowledge and practices in rural Mozambique

2024Ahun, Marilyn N.; Bliznashka, Lilia; Karuskina-Drivdale, Svetlana; Regina, Gino; Yousafzai, Aisha K.; Jeong, Joshua
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A qualitative study of maternal and paternal parenting knowledge and practices in rural Mozambique

Background: Providing nurturing care for young children is essential for promoting early child development (ECD). However, there is limited knowledge about how mothers and fathers across diverse contexts in sub-Saharan Africa care for their children and from whom they receive guidance and support in their caregiving roles. We aimed to examine caregivers’ nurturing care practices and sources of parenting knowledge in rural Mozambique. Methods: This is a secondary analysis using data from a qualitative evaluation of a pilot intervention to improve nurturing care for early child health and development within existing health systems. The evaluation was conducted across three primary care health facilities and their catchment areas in Nampula province, Mozambique. For this study, we analyzed data from in-depth interviews conducted with 36 caregivers (32 mothers and 4 fathers) to investigate mothers’ and fathers’ daily caregiving experiences. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Results: Caregivers described various caregiving roles relating to general caregiving of young children (e.g., feeding, bathing, caring for child’s health) and stimulation (e.g., play and communication) activities. Mothers more commonly engaged in general caregiving activities than fathers, whereas both mothers and fathers engaged in stimulation activities. Other family members, including siblings, grandparents, and aunts/uncles, were also actively engaged in general caregiving activities. With respect to sources of parenting knowledge, caregivers received parenting guidance and support primarily from their own mothers/parents and facility-based health providers. Conclusions: These findings highlight the importance of adopting a holistic approach involving caregivers and their context and reveal potential strategies to promote caregiving and ECD in rural Mozambique and similar contexts.

Year published

2024

Authors

Ahun, Marilyn N.; Bliznashka, Lilia; Karuskina-Drivdale, Svetlana; Regina, Gino; Yousafzai, Aisha K.; Jeong, Joshua

Citation

Ahun, Marilyn N.; Bliznashka, Lilia; Karuskina-Drivdale, Svetlana; Regina, Gino; Yousafzai, Aisha K.; and Jeong, Joshua. 2024. A qualitative study of maternal and paternal parenting knowledge and practices in rural Mozambique. BMC Public Health 24: 1778. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19291-2

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Mozambique

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Africa; Eastern Africa; Parental Behaviour; Maternal Behaviour; Child Development; Fathers; Mothers

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19291-2 Source record

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Journal Article

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Intervening in complex agrifood systems: Assessing outcomes of a multistakeholder approach in central Mozambique

2023Falk, Thomas; Kee-Tui, Sabine Homann; Hauser, Michael; Sixpence, Claudio; Quembo, Carlos João
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Intervening in complex agrifood systems: Assessing outcomes of a multistakeholder approach in central Mozambique

Inclusive co-design of system innovations incorporates diverse perspectives and bodies of knowledge that can generate solutions that fit well in a local context and over time influence the socio-technical regime. In operationalizing system transformation-oriented co-design processes, research and development actors have experimented in recent decades with the role of multistakeholder approaches. A specific application of such approaches in the agrifood system context are Agricultural Innovation Platforms (AIPs). Despite the growing application of AIPs and similar approaches, documentation of AIP achievements and assessment of their outcomes beyond the lifetime of the program are rare. We present an approach for integrating the logic of outcome harvesting into the process of AIP facilitation. We also document the outcomes from an AIP approach implemented in a mixed crop-livestock farming system in central Mozambique, using a mixed-methods approach. Our results indicate likely changes in behavior and behavioral drivers associated with the AIP approach. We also share experiences on methodological challenges in assessing outcomes of AIP processes. We hope that our results increase development actors’ confidence in applying AIPs at a larger scale.

Year published

2023

Authors

Falk, Thomas; Kee-Tui, Sabine Homann; Hauser, Michael; Sixpence, Claudio; Quembo, Carlos João

Citation

Falk, Thomas; Kee-Tui, Sabine Homann; Hauser, Michael; Sixpence, Claudio; and Quembo, Carlos João. 2023. Intervening in complex agrifood systems: Assessing outcomes of a multistakeholder approach in central Mozambique. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2233. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137087

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Mozambique

Keywords

Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Southern Africa; Eastern Africa; Capacity Development; Agriculture; Mixed Farming; Integrated Crop-livestock Systems; Social Networks; Innovation Platforms

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English

Access/Licence

Open Access

Links

https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137087 Source record

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Low-Emission Food Systems

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Working Paper

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COVID-19 school closures and mental health of adolescent students: Evidence from rural Mozambique

2023Chimbutane, Feliciano; Herrera-Almanza, Catalina; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Lauchande, Carlos; Leight, Jessica
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COVID-19 school closures and mental health of adolescent students: Evidence from rural Mozambique

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, entailing widespread school closures as well as acute disruptions to household livelihoods, had substantial consequences for adolescent well-being in low-income countries. We present novel evidence about the prevalence of mental health challenges among adolescent students in rural Mozambique using data from an in-person survey conducted in 105 schools in 2021, immediately following the post-pandemic school reopening. In our sample, 31% of students reported low levels of well-being (though only 10% suffer from high anxiety): students enrolled in schools that used a wider variety of distance learning measures and who had more robust social networks reported lower anxiety, while students who experienced household-level disruptions linked to the pandemic reported higher anxiety and lower well-being.

Year published

2023

Authors

Chimbutane, Feliciano; Herrera-Almanza, Catalina; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Lauchande, Carlos; Leight, Jessica

Citation

Chimbutane, Feliciano; Herrera-Almanza, Catalina; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Lauchande, Carlos; and Leight, Jessica. 2023. COVID-19 school closures and mental health of adolescent students: Evidence from rural Mozambique. SSM – Mental Health 3(December 2023): 100203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100203

Country/Region

Mozambique

Keywords

Southern Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Africa; Eastern Africa; Education; Adolescents; Distance Education; Mental Health; Coronavirus; Covid-19; Households; Capacity Development; Schoolchildren; Coronavirinae; Schools; Livelihoods; Coronavirus Disease

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English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100203 Source record

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Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Journal Article

Datasets

Dataset

Mozambique’s Supplemental Land Tenure Survey, 2015

2022International Food Policy Research Institute
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Mozambique’s Supplemental Land Tenure Survey, 2015

This dataset is a supplemental data to Mozambique’s National Agricultural Survey (TIA) 2014. The purpose of the survey was to collect data on details of intra-household access to and control over land, land transfer (lease or inheritance) activities, household and farm-specific indicators of perceived tenure (in)security, and knowledge of the existing land law, which were not covered in TIA 2014. The survey covered a total of 3,556 households in seven (rural) provinces of Mozambique that were interviewed during TIA 2014. A structured household questionnaire was used to collect household, plot, and individual level data. Questionnaire modules related with access to land, land related legal knowledge, intra-household bargaining power were administered separately for the head and spouse. Hence, a detail gender dis-aggregated data was used to analyze the role social and economic transformations play in dictating the perceived tenure security of individuals with varying social status by comparing the within- and across-household differential effects.

Year published

2022

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute. 2022. Mozambique’s Supplemental Land Tenure Survey, 2015. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YBPRK3. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

Country/Region

Mozambique

Keywords

Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Eastern Africa; Gender; Land Tenure; Households; Land Law

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/ybprk3 Source record

Project

Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Dataset

Dataset

Randomized Control Trial Baseline Data on Use of Improved Efficient Cookstoves in Mozambique

2021International Food Policy Research Institute
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Randomized Control Trial Baseline Data on Use of Improved Efficient Cookstoves in Mozambique

This survey was conducted to collect baseline data for a randomized control trial preceding the introduction of improved energy cookstoves in the Angonia district in Mozambique. A similar baseline study was also conducted in Malawi in the district of Dedza. Angonia district in Mozambique was selected because it shares a transboundary with the Dedza district in Malawi and has similar biophysical and socioeconomic conditions. This selection was intended because the project was set out to examine how differences in policies in the two countries contributed to the adoption and use of improved cookstoves under a randomized control trial experiment. The data also includes a section on discrete choice experiments that test several price subsidy policy options and their impact on the possible uptake of improved cookstoves. The data also includes another section again on discrete choice experiments testing fertilizer subsidy policy options and how they could impact on the uptake of agroforestry.

Year published

2021

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute. 2021. Randomized Control Trial Baseline Data on Use of Improved Efficient Cookstoves in Mozambique. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IFFLYO. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

Country/Region

Mozambique

Keywords

Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Eastern Africa; Stoves; Agroforestry; Smallholders; Cooking; Energy

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

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

Project

Water, Land and Ecosystems

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Dataset

Dataset

Randomized Control Trial Endline Data on Use of Improved Efficient Cookstoves in Mozambique

2021International Food Policy Research Institute
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Randomized Control Trial Endline Data on Use of Improved Efficient Cookstoves in Mozambique

This survey was conducted to collect endline data for a randomized control trial, two years after the introduction of the improved cookstoves in the Angonia District of Mozambique. A similar endline study was also conducted in Malawi in the district of Dedza. Angonia district in Mozambique was selected because it shares a transboundary with the Dedza district in Malawi and has similar biophysical and socioeconomic conditions. This selection was intended because the project was set out to examine how differences in policies in these two countries contributed to the adoption and use of improved cookstoves under a randomized control trial experiment.

Year published

2021

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute. 2021. Randomized Control Trial Endline Data on Use of Improved Efficient Cookstoves in Mozambique. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/J0XMMR. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

Country/Region

Mozambique

Keywords

Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Eastern Africa; Stoves; Agroforestry; Smallholders; Cooking; Energy

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

Links

https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/j0xmmr Source record

Project

Water, Land and Ecosystems

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Dataset

Blogs

Climate Risk to Resilience: Financing adaptation in African countries
IFPRI Blog
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November 07, 2023

Climate Risk to Resilience: Financing adaptation in African countries

By Channing Arndt

New insights for scaling up efforts in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia.

Text reminders encourage more women to seek family planning services: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Mozambique
IFPRI Blog
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August 24, 2022

Text reminders encourage more women to seek family planning services: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Mozambique

By Jessica Leight and Kyle Pico

Benefits of a “nudge” approach.

COVID-19 school closures and adolescent mental health: Evidence from Mozambique
IFPRI Blog
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December 15, 2021

COVID-19 school closures and adolescent mental health: Evidence from Mozambique

By Jessica Leight and Naureen Karachiwalla

How 7th graders contend with pandemic stresses.

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Events

Innovation for Agribusiness (InovAgro) Project Impact Evaluation Results Dissemination Workshop
IFPRI Program/Country Event

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October 28, 2021, 2:00 – 3:30 pm

Innovation for Agribusiness (InovAgro) Project Impact Evaluation Results Dissemination Workshop

Virtual Event: OCT 28, 2021 – 02:00 PM to 03:30 PM CAT. This workshop will disseminate the results of the impact evaluation of the InovAgro project's interventions. 

Market Systems Development Best Practices Dissemination Workshop
IFPRI Program/Country Event

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July 18, 2019, 8:00 – 3:15 pm

Market Systems Development Best Practices Dissemination Workshop

SDC contracted IFPRI to conduct an independent quantitative impact assessment of the effects of InovAgro, an MSD project. The study, which had a baseline in 2015, longitudinally measures the impact on families of InovAgro’s approach to developing market systems for livelihoods of rural families in the value chains of soybean and pigeon peas in northern Mozambique. One […]

Land Tenure and Perceived Tenure Security in the Era of Social and Economic Transformation in Africa
IFPRI Program/Country Event

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July 2, 2019, 10:00 – 11:00 am

Land Tenure and Perceived Tenure Security in the Era of Social and Economic Transformation in Africa

Access to land and land tenure security are increasingly important for young people in Africa where population pressure has reduced the land frontier. In this webinar, we will discuss findings from a recent set of studies in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Nigeria that examined land access and perceived tenure security across various market, ecological, demographic, […]

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News

August 03, 2019 | In the News

When rich economies cut emissions, poor ones stand to benefit, study says (Mongabay)

Mongabay reported on the findings of a study on the effects of climate change in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia, co-authored by Channing Arndt. The article described the study’s key takeaways, namely that if rich countries cut their emissions in half by 2050, reduced demand would lower prices in developing countries and consequently boost their economic growth. However, simultaneous increases to […]

April 29, 2019 | Press Release

For low-income countries, climate action pays off by 2050

April 29, 2019, Washington, D.C. – Successful global efforts to substantially limit greenhouse gas emissions would likely boost GDP growth of poorer countries over the next 30 years, according to new research published in Climatic Change. Researchers examined the impact global climate change mitigation would have on the economies of poorer countries – specifically Malawi, […]

Projects

Statistics from Space

Statistics from Space

In Mozambique the unreliable and untimely agricultural production data are both a symptom and a cause of relatively low agricultural investment and development in recent……

Strengthening Food Systems to Promote Increased Value Chain Employment Opportunities for Youth

Strengthening Food Systems to Promote Increased Value Chain Employment Opportunities for Youth

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Prioritizing agricultural investments for income, poverty reduction, and nutrition

Prioritizing agricultural investments for income, poverty reduction, and nutrition

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