This paper analyzes transaction data from agricultural surveys carried out in five countries in low-and-middle-income countries to test for a difference in the prices received by men and by women marketing the same crop in the same village.
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Intra-household decisions on cookstove choices and impacts on the welfare of women and girls
This study aimed to examine the intra-household decision-making on stove choice and understand whether the gender and other characteristics of the household member who decides on the type of cookstove used affect the intended welfare gains for wom
Identifying energy solutions to support development of irrigated agriculture in Ethiopia
Sub-Saharan African countries have long been beset with energy poverty.
Central banks play a critical role in the economy, with policy levers that influence and are influenced by climate change.
Effectively targeting climate investments: A methodology for mapping climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots
Climate change is influencing the transformation of agriculture and food systems across the globe in unprecedented ways.
This review paper presents a collection of tools and methodologies for understanding/studying gendered work patterns and time use, with a focus on agriculture and allied activities.
Most farmers source sweetpotato vines from neighboring farmers or from cuttings taken from their own plots during the previous season.
Climate change poses a serious threat to many countries, particularly to developing countries, which often have large sections of the population without resources to adapt to changes in their environment.
Variation in women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence across the rural-urban continuum in Ethiopia
Little is known about the impacts of urbanization on women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV).
For countries like Myanmar, where crop production accounts for the largest share of agricultural GDP, improved varieties are an essential source of increased and/or more stable crop yields.
Climate change and its implications for central banks in emerging and developing economies
Climate change mitigation and adaptation will prove to be sources of significant structural change. The impacts will be far-reaching and often irreversible, with particularly large effects on emerging and developing economies.
Without large changes in consumption as well as sharp reductions of food waste and post-harvest losses, agricultural production must grow to meet future food demands.
There is a growing interest in the research literature in exploring how child nutrition is affected by sociocultural practices, such as polygyny.
South African agricultural productivity in the global context: Comparisons using FAO data
This paper seeks to address the following questions: (a) How productive is South Africa’s agricultural sector? (b) How does it compare to other countries in terms of productivity?
For decades cheaper and easily available fossil fuels have underpinned the energy system of South Africa and inhibited the potential for achieving a sustainable low carbon economy.
This study presents results from a large ensemble of projected changes in seasonal precipitation and near-surface air temperature changes for the nation of South Africa.
This paper reviews land reform in six emerging market economies with some similarities to South Africa, and in sub-Saharan African countries, which share a similar colonial history.
Generating gridded agricultural gross domestic product for Brazil : A comparison of methodologies
This paper examines two new methods to generate gridded agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and compares the results with a traditional method.