This policy note summarizes results of a study on the impact of COVID-19 on maize value chains in Uganda, which are characterized by a high degree of informality.
Search
Transfer Modality Research Initiative: Impacts of combining social protection and nutrition in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, social protection programs have the potential to uplift the most vulnerable out of poverty. Until recently, however, these programs have had little impact on nutrition.
Signs of recovery: Patterns of livelihoods and food security before and during COVID-19 in rural Bangladesh
The COVID-19 pandemic compelled the Government of Bangladesh to impose policy measures to stop the spread of the virus. These efforts were critical for public health, but have led to serious disruptions in the economy and livelihoods.
Le Sénégal a signalé son premier cas de COVID-19 le 2 mars 2020, déclenchant ainsi, deux semaines plus tard, l’instauration de mesures barrières par le gouvernement pour ralentir la propagation du virus.
Senegal reported its first case of COVID-19 on March 2, 2020.
The cost of COVID-19 on the Indonesian economy: A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier approach
Sustained economic growth and a declining trend in poverty over the years in Indonesia potentially will come to a halt this year. This development cost comes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak that recently hit the country.
This policy note summarizes findings from a dairy value chain study in Uganda that documented the institutional and technological innovations associated with the transformation of the sub-sector from a USD 2 million industry in 2008 to a USD 150 m
Women often have less access to agricultural information than men, constraining their participation in decision-making on crops, technologies, and practices.
Being a nation of many islands spanning a consider-able range of latitudes, the Philippines is noted for its climatic and ecological diversity.
It has been widely shown for most countries that high productivity growth in the agricultural sector is a key driver of structural transformation to promote long-term economic growth.
LA VARIABILITÉ DE LA PRODUCTION DUE AUX CONDITIONS CLIMATIQUES EST UNE SOURCE IMPORTANTE DE risques pour la production agricole, et une contrainte majeure pour la croissance agricole et la sécurité alimentaire.
Diffusion des technologies agricoles via les réseaux sociaux: l’exemple du compostage au Mali
EN L’ABSENCE D’INSTITUTIONS FORMELLES, LES RÉSEAUX SOCIAUX SONT UN VÉHICULE primordial de l’information, notamment pour les agriculteurs des pays en développement.
Genre et changement climatique: pour une approche de l’adaptation communautaire fondée sur le groupe
LE CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE CONSTITUE UN DÉFI CONSIDÉRABLE POUR LES POPULATIONS RURALES PAUVRES des pays en développement, lesquelles dépendent souvent des ressources naturelles pour subvenir à leurs besoins tout en disposant de capacités d’adaptatio
Organizational and institutional responses to climate change: Insights from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mali
This policy note summarizes research exploring the challenges and opportunities associated with building human, organizational, and institutional capacity to respond effectively to the adverse impacts of climate change as they relate to agricultur
Protecting assets and enhancing welfare: The potential of gender-differentiated group-based approaches
This policy note summarizes the main insights from a study on the factors associated with men’s and women’s participation in different types of groups and investigates the relationship between social capital and household and individual welfare am
Strategies for coping with and adapting to climate change: Evidence from agricultural households in Bangladesh
This policy note summarizes research that explored the perceptions of agricultural households in rural Bangladesh about climate change and their choices of coping mechanisms and adaptation strategies.
This brief presents the main insights from a study that assessed how the values and motivations of Kenyan farmers influence their adaptation of climate-smart practices in crop and livestock management.
The diffusion of agricultural technologies within social networks: Evidence from composting in Mali
This policy note summarizes research on the effect of social network characteristics and gender on the diffusion of information about an agricultural technology.
This policy note summarizes the findings of two literature reviews on the gender-differentiated impacts of climate change and the scope for community-based adaptation.
Climate shocks, livestock assets, and consumption dynamics: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
This policy note summarizes research that analyzed the adverse impact of climate-related shocks on farm households’ real per capita consumption and asset ownership over time, as well as factors that exacerbate or ameliorate those adverse impacts.<