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Micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation: Comparative evidence from Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Most studies of agricultural transformation document the impact of agricultural income growth on macroeconomic indicators of development.
The role of spatial inequalities on youth migration decisions: Empirical evidence from Nigeria
We combine nationally representative data from Nigeria with spatiotemporal data from remote sensing and other sources to study how young migrants respond to observable characteristics of potential destinations, both in absolute terms and relative
Policy issues and options in aquatic food systems: Review of frameworks, tools, and studies
Although policies can be critical constraining or enabling factors for aquatic food systems (AqFS) development, scarce evaluation of the impacts of existing policies means that decision-makers have limited understanding of how to improve the desig
Gender implications of agricultural commercialization in Africa: Evidence from farm households in Ethiopia and Nigeria
Agricultural commercialization is often pursued as an important driver of agricultural transformation in low-income countries. However, the implications it can have on gendered outcomes are less understood.
Women’s involvement in intra‐household decision‐making and infant and young child feeding practices in central Asia, No. 2
This paper examines the relationship between women’s empowerment and infant and young child feeding practices in Central Asia using Demographic and Health Survey data from 1995–2017.
Ethiopia has made substantial efforts in the last three decades to increase agricultural productivity through modern input intensification and stimulate overall economic growth.
Climate change and women’s voice and agency beyond the household: Insights from India
Women’s Voice & Agency beyond the household (VABH) has increasingly been recognized as critical to strengthening resilience, increasing women’s access to important resources, improving women’s decision-making power, and facilitating broader so
Despite the potential importance of seed quality to agricultural productivity growth, many governments in sub-Saharan Africa lack the capacity to expand quality assurance systems even where there is expressed interest.
The 21st Century has been marked by increased volatility in food prices, with global price spikes in 2007-08, 2010-11, and again in 2021-22. The impact of food inflation on the risk of child undernutrition is not well understood, however.
A historical review of fertilizer policies in Nigeria
In its endeavor to improve agricultural productivity, food security, and livelihoods, Nigeria has pursued several approaches in fertilizer policy. Most of these approaches revolved around variants of government-financed subsidy programs.
Does Relative Deprivation Condition the Effects of Social Protection Programs on Political Support? Experimental Evidence from Pakistan
This paper is a revised version of the IFPRI Discussion Paper 1842
Innovation for Agribusiness (InovAgro): Household- and market-level impacts of value chain interventions
Agriculture, in Mozambique, is characterized by production systems that are based predominantly on rainfed conditions and on low use of yield enhancing agricultural inputs.
Revisiting poverty trends and the role of social protection systems in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic
Quantifying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty in Africa has been as difficult as predicting the path of the pandemic, mainly due to data limitations.
Food inflation, poverty, and urbanization
After a long secular decline in the 20th century, food prices spiked sharply in 2007-08, 2010-11 and again in 2021-22.
Faced with incomplete and imperfect information, economic actors rely predominantly on perceptions and often base decisions on heuristics prone to bias.
COVID-19 risks rolling back many of the efforts and global successes recorded in reducing poverty and food insecurity.
Nutrition as a basic need: A new method for utility-consistent and nutritionally adequate food poverty lines
In most countries and globally, malnutrition rates exceed poverty rates.