Climate change poses a greater threat for more exposed and vulnerable countries, communities and social groups.
The evidence on the potential for agricultural interventions to contribute to improved nutrition has grown considerably over the past decade.
Farmers, entrepreneurs, and businesses are already leading the way by expanding irrigation in response to climate variability and the growing demand for vegetables and fruit through supplemental and dry-season irrigated production.
Agricultural development projects increasingly aim to improve health and nutrition outcomes, often by engaging women.
Mechanization, digitalization, and rural youth engagement are central to African agricultural transformation.
Although migration remains crucial for economic development, financial constraints may limit individual ability to migrate.
Tremendous optimism prevails around bottomup accountability — a situation in which citizens effectively hold their government to account.
Irrigation is an important strategy to increase agricultural productivity, improve nutrition security and reduce climate-related risks in rural Africa, but adoption of this technology has been low.
Despite falling rates of poverty and child undernutrition in Africa over the last two decades, the absolute number of people living in poverty and the absolute number of undernourished children continue to rise due to population growth (Beegle et
En Afrique, malgré la baisse des taux de pauvreté et de sous-nutrition infantile au cours des deux dernières décennies, le nombre absolu de personnes vivant dans la pauvreté comme le nombre absolu d'enfants sous-nutris continuent d'augmenter en ra
Cash transfer programs primarily targeting women in Latin America and East Africa have been shown to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but knowledge gaps remain on how impacts differ by program features and context.
With the aim of contributing to this emerging literature, we investigated: (i) how MDD-W is linked to household food insecurity based on the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) and on the Household Hunger Scale (HHS); (ii) how MDD-W is
Mali's national cash transfer program (Jigisémèjiri), targeting household heads (primarily men), cause significant decreases in IPV in polygamous households.
Using a participatory rural appraisal approach, a series of qualitative studies were conducted in four countries facing negative impacts of climate change—Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali—in order to determine men’s and women’s perceptions of
LA VARIABILITÉ DE LA PRODUCTION DUE AUX CONDITIONS CLIMATIQUES EST UNE SOURCE IMPORTANTE DE risques pour la production agricole, et une contrainte majeure pour la croissance agricole et la sécurité alimentaire.
EN L’ABSENCE D’INSTITUTIONS FORMELLES, LES RÉSEAUX SOCIAUX SONT UN VÉHICULE primordial de l’information, notamment pour les agriculteurs des pays en développement.
LE CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE CONSTITUE UN DÉFI CONSIDÉRABLE POUR LES POPULATIONS RURALES PAUVRES des pays en développement, lesquelles dépendent souvent des ressources naturelles pour subvenir à leurs besoins tout en disposant de capacités d’adaptatio
This policy note summarizes research exploring the challenges and opportunities associated with building human, organizational, and institutional capacity to respond effectively to the adverse impacts of climate change as they relate to agricultur
This policy note summarizes research on the effect of social network characteristics and gender on the diffusion of information about an agricultural technology.