There is an enormous interest in development interventions aimed at reducing behavioural poverty traps, including by raising women's and girls' aspirations, or future-oriented goals.

Experimental evidence from women-owned microenterprises in Ethiopia. Post-training surveys find that business training improves profits & sales.

Unprecedented growth in rice production in Bangladesh over the last four decades has outpaced the capacity of post-harvest operations, resulting in substantial grain losses.

In the 2003 Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security, African heads of state and government resolved to urgently implement the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)—a continent wide framework for reducing povert

Investing in farmers through public-private-producer partnerships Rural Empowerment and Agricultural Development Scaling-up Initiative in Indonesia.

Investing in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial to addressing challenges in our agri-food systems.

Investing in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial to addressing challenges in our agri-food systems.

This study expands on previous research within an international extension context with a particular focus on identifying the capacities associated with effective organizational functioning.

Investing in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial to addressing challenges in our agri-food systems.

This case study report was written as a part of the Agriculture Human Capital Investment Study, funded by FAO Investment Centre and with the support of the International Food Policy Research Institute and the CGIAR Research Programme on Policies,

Invertir en agricultores, o en capital humano agrícola, es esencial para encarar los desafíos de nuestros sistemas agroalimentarios.

Haku Wiñay/Noa Jayatai (“Let’s grow together” in the Quechua and Shipibo-Conibo languages respectively) is one of the few government programmes that work with poor rural households in subsistence agriculture.

Haku Wiñay/Noa Jayatai (“Vamos a crecer” en quechua y shipibo-conibo, respectivamente) es uno de los pocos programas gubernamentales que trabajan con hogares rurales pobres en economías de subsistencia.

Youth unemployment is a major issue in many developing countries, particularly in locations not well connected with large urban markets.

Interest in the meaning and measurement of women’s empowerment has become a stated goal of many programs in international development.

In 2020, PIM findings contributed to seed policies in Nepal and Uganda, Malawi’s extension strategy and approval of insect-resistant cotton, a nationwide program aimed at improving the effectiveness of public service delivery in Uganda, social pro

Many smallholder farmers, especially women and other marginalized groups, face difficulty in accessing loans and other forms of credit.

This study, based on a primary survey conducted in Bangladesh in 2016, assesses the impact of contract farming in broiler production on profits and the adoption of food safety measures at the farm level.

To gain a better understanding of intrahousehold bargaining processes, surveys increasingly collect data from co-heads individually.