What will it take to achieve a level of irrigation investment sufficient to support sustainable agriculture for improved food security and nutrition?

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.

EN L’ABSENCE D’INSTITUTIONS FORMELLES, LES RÉSEAUX SOCIAUX SONT UN VÉHICULE primordial de l’information, notamment pour les agriculteurs des pays en développement.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.<

Agricultural production in Ethiopia is characterized by its low intensity, low productivity, and high susceptibility to climate shocks.

Climate change poses great challenges for poor rural people in developing countries, most of whom rely on natural resources for their livelihoods and have limited capacity to adapt to climate change.

This brief summarizes an in-depth study on gendered aspects of willingness to pay for index-based agricultural insurance in Bangladesh.

This policy note summarizes research into the gender-differentiated impacts of climatic changes on farmers’ production possibilities using a representative sample of farmers in rainfed and irrigated areas of the Segou region of Mali during the 200

This policy note summarizes research examining the medium-term impact of land registration in Ethiopia on household investment behavior, specifically in terms of the adoption of soil conservation techniques and tree planting.

This policy note summarizes research that builds on existing studies on the gender-differentiated impacts of shocks on household asset holdings in Bangladesh, which is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change because of its densely po