This paper uses comprehensive and long time series monthly food price data and a panel dyadic regression framework to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated policy responses on spatial market integration across a diverse set o
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Increasing the adoption of conservation agriculture: A framed field experiment in Northern Ghana
Conservation agriculture techniques have the potential to increase agricultural production while decreasing CO2 emissions, yet adoption in the developing world remains low—in part because many years of continuous adoption may be required to realiz
Cluster farming is increasingly recognized as a viable means of improving smallholder economic integration and commercialization in many developing countries. However, little is known about its impact on smallholder welfare and livelihoods.
Gender gaps in land rights: Explaining different measures and why households differ in Myanmar
Measuring and understanding gender differences in property rights is key to informing policy decisions and guiding investments aimed at fostering gender equality. However, there are a myriad ways of assessing property rights.
A long history of empirical research has focused on testing whether and when household consumption and production decisions are separable. If markets were perfect, household consumption would be independent of production.
Aspirations influence future-oriented behavior and ensuing outcomes but they may also fail to do so when the aspired-to-status is far away from the current one.
Modern cooling technologies that utilize renewable energy sources have been increasingly recognized as promising tools to address various challenges emerging in progressively complex agrifood systems in developing countries.
Rural Bangladeshi consumers’ (un)willingness to pay for low-milled rice: Implications for zinc biofortification
Zinc deficiency is a severe public health problem in Bangladesh.
Price predictors in an extended hedonic regression framework: An application to wholesale cattle markets in Ethiopia
Livestock markets influence income generation for producers, but also accessibility and affordability of highly nutritious animal-sourced foods for consumers.
Impact of aquaculture training on farmers’ income: Cluster randomized controlled trial evidence in Ghana
Aquaculture in Ghana is experiencing tremendous growth, led mainly by large-scale commercial cage operators.
Plot size and sustainable input intensification in smallholder irrigated agriculture: Evidence from Egypt
Increasing population pressure and population density in many African countries are inducing land scarcity and land constraints.
In developing countries, incomplete and/or asymmetric information contributes to inefficiencies in food supply chains.
Subnational public expenditures, short-term household-level welfare, and economic flexibility: Evidence from Nigeria
Public expenditures (PEs) are critical for key public-sector functions that contribute to the development and welfare improvements.
COVID-19 in rural Africa: Food access disruptions, food insecurity and coping strategies in Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania
This study assesses the extent of COVID-19-related food insecurity in Kenya, Tanzania, and Namibia.
Household livelihood diversification in rural Africa
Diversification is a common livelihood strategy for rural households in developing countries, with diversification being either a choice or necessity depending on individual household contexts.
Can information drive demand for safer food? Impact of brand-specific recommendations and test results on product choice
As an unobservable attribute, food safety is likely to be under-provided by markets where regulatory enforcement is weak.
Mismatch between soil nutrient deficiencies and fertilizer applications: Implications for yield responses in Ethiopia
Lack of accurate information about soil nutrient deficiencies coupled with limited access to appropriate fertilizers could lead to mismatch between soil nutrient deficiencies (requirements) and fertilizer applications.
Since Amartya Sen's famous work on Poverty and Famines, economists have understood that the impacts of food market shocks on the poor depend much more on their impacts on households’ incomes and access to food than on overall food availability, an