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The livelihoods of wetland (Haor) communities living in northeastern region of Bangladesh are largely dependent on agriculture.
Follow the leader? A field experiment on social influence
An experiment on social influence in risk-taking among endogenously formed groups in rural Malawi finds decisions by peers are most influential to participants.
Regulatory clarity and efficiency are increasingly important for the successful commercialization of technologies resulting from public and private R&D investments.
The rapid rise of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar
The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in the role of mechanization in agricultural development.
Improving the performance of index insurance using crop models and phenological monitoring
Extreme weather events cause considerable damage to the livelihoods of smallholder farmers globally.
Gambling, saving, and lumpy liquidity needs
Unmet liquidity needs for indivisible, "lumpy," expenditures increase demand for betting to generate liquidity during financial constraints.
Determining farmers’ real demand for crop insurance is difficult, especially in developing countries, where there is a lack of formal financial sector integration and a high reliance on informal risk mitigation options.
No meta-analysis has examined the effect of dose and duration of zinc interventions on their impact on risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2D) or cardiovascular disease (CVD).
A substantial literature has analyzed the challenges around weather index insurance, yet an important design issue has been generally overlooked.
Employment risk and job-seeker performance
Rural Chinese smallholders with an option to make delayed premium payments have higher levels of insurance uptake and investment in production than those without the option.
Farmers’ willingness to pay for improved agricultural technologies: Evidence from a field experiment in Tanzania
Initiatives on the sustainable intensification of agriculture have introduced improved technologies tailored to farmers’ local conditions by trial demonstration with free provision of improved seeds and fertilizers.