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Women’s decisionmaking indicators are widely used in social science research, though insufficient attention is given to measurement issues.
Despite the dissemination of climate information from national meteorological systems, arable farmers still have challenges of dealing with climate-related risks.
Meat, Milk & More: Policy Innovations to Shepherd Inclusive and Sustainable Livestock Systems in Africa highlights options for sustainably promoting growth in the livestock sector, drawing from what four African countries—Ethiopia, Mali, South
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Indigenous knowledge systems and indicators of rain: Evidence from Rwenzori Region, Western Uganda
This study investigated the abiotic and biotic environmental indicators used among pastoralists and arable farmers to predict the onset and cessation of rain as well as to make short-term and seasonal forecasts in the Rwenzori region of Western Ug
Bargaining power, decision making, and biofortification: The role of gender in adoption of orange sweet potato in Uganda
We examine the role of gender dimensions of intrahousehold bargaining power and decision making in the adoption and diffusion of orange sweet potato (OSP), a biofortified crop being promoted to increase dietary intakes of vitamin A in Uganda.
The Food Security Portal's COVID-19 Food Price Monitor serves as a temperature check of market conditions for staple and non-staple foods at the local level.
The effect of climate information in pastoralists’ adaptation to climate change: A case study of Rwenzori region, Western Uganda
This paper aims to investigate the effect of using indigenous forecasts (IFs) and scientific forecasts (SFs) on pastoralists’ adaptation methods in Rwenzori region, Western Uganda.
Food for education (FFE) programs that include school meals are widely used to improve school participation and performance, but evidence on nutritional benefits is limited.
The common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, and white- or yellow-fleshed sweet potatoes, Ipomoea batatas, are widely grown in Uganda as both food and cash crops.
Invisible heterogeneity in crop zinc concentration and child zinc intake in rural Uganda
Micronutrient deficiencies affect more than two billion individuals worldwide, with dire outcomes for human health and productivity.
Biofortification, crop adoption and health information: Impact pathways in Mozambique and Uganda
Biofortification is a promising strategy to combat micronutrient malnutrition by promoting the adoption of staple food crops bred to be dense sources of specific micronutrients.
The IFPRI-CCAFS Gender and Climate Change Survey data were collected in four sites in Africa south of the Sahara in early 2013 as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) under the project "Increa
Does ownership of improved dairy cow breeds improve child nutrition? A pathway analysis for Uganda
This dataset is composed of two 24-hour recall surveys conducted by HarvestPlus in 2007 as a baseline for its Reaching End Users (REU) project and by AED in 2008 in the context of the A2Z project.