This study tests the hypothesis that differences in public spending explain interstate variations in land productivity, income, and rural poverty.

Small-Scale Irrigation (SSI) interventions, like other development interventions, need to take into account men’s and women’s context-specific roles in agriculture and their related gender-based preferences and challenges.

Chapter 3 gives a detailed description of pulse production dynamics across regions and over time.

This paper explores the impacts of a water right's allocative priority—as an indicator of farmers' risk-bearing ability—on land irrigation under water supply uncertainty.

This policy note explores priorities for investment in irriga-tion in Malawi, and examines the trade-offs between invest-ment in new irrigation infrastructure, versus rehabilitation and maintenance of existing irrigation infrastructure.

This paper complements the gender and technology adoption literature by shifting attention to what happens after adoption of a technology.

This paper discusses the challenges associated with collecting time-use data in developing countries.

While Asia has the world’s fastest-growing economy, 29 of 48 countries assessed by the Asian Water Development Outlook 2016 are water-insecure, posing a threat to the region’s continued growth.

This report offers specific policy and investment options articulated around two broad areas: (1) stimulating growth in agriculture and sustainable management of fisheries and (2) providing public infrastructure and services that strengthen the en

It is widely acknowledged that unmitigated risks provide a disincentive for otherwise optimal investments in modern farm inputs.

Agriculture enhances access to food and improves livelihoods, but in some cases, may also be linked with increased risks of disease transmission.

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