The importance of women’s roles for nutrition-sensitive agricultural projects is increasingly recognized, yet little is known about whether such projects improve women’s empowerment and gender equality.
A look beyond the identity of household decisionmakers to the rationale behind who makes decisions and whether that rationale factors in household outcomes.
Increasing crop diversity opens market opportunities for households while still contributing to self-consumption indicating that crop diversification may be more beneficial to farmers than specialization. (Ghana)
Women’s empowerment is a process that includes increases in intrinsic agency (power within); instrumental agency (power to); and collective agency (power with).
Evidence on heterogeneous learning patterns and hybrid rice adoption in Bihar, India
Whether the sector of growth matters for the speed of poverty reduction, why, and how best to invest to maximize the poverty reducing effects of sectoral growth remain topics of intense debate.
What drives policy reform after long periods of policy inertia? What factors shape the effectiveness of policy implementation following reform decisions?
Examines the interplay between Malawi’s input subsidy and access to extension services, and the impact of both on farm productivity and food security.