Some agricultural practices, such as irrigation, have the potential to buffer seasonal dietary gaps and through increased production and consumption improve diets, particularly of the rural poor relying on subsistence farming but also for rural an

Data from 3 irrigation schemes in Mozambique reveal patterns consistent with water inefficiency.  A feedback tool could visually communicate ways to conserve by varying water applications at each stage of the crop cycle.

Nepal has a long history of irrigation, including government and farmer-managed irrigation systems that are labor- and skill-intensive. Widespread male migration has important effects on Nepalese society.

This paper analyzes the correlation of irrigation investments among agricultural households across India’s 20 major states with irrigation governance and agricultural productivity.

Food is the most important basic need for sustenance and survival, and the right to food is among the fundamental human rights.

Securing Food for All in Bangladesh presents an array of research that collectively addresses four broad issues: (1) agricultural technology adoption; (2) input use and agricultural productivity; (3) food security and output markets; and (4) pover

Technology is the basis for sustainable agricultural growth. Enhanced agricultural productivity and growth depend, to a large extent, upon the widespread adoption of appropriate technologies by farmers.

In Bangladesh, the dry season of October to March is characterised by falling water tables, reduction in the discharge of major rivers, drying water channels, and salinity intrusion, particularly in the southwest coastal region.

Despite declining arable agricultural land, Bangladesh has made substantial progress in boosting domestic food production, improving access to food by increasing household income, and enhancing nutritional outcomes

Agricultural production in Bangladesh has undergone dramatic changes over the past several decades.

Using a household and plot-level survey conducted in Ethiopia, this study analyzes the difference in farmers’ adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) practices between their rainfed and irrigated plots.

Les promoteurs des technologies d’irrigation dans les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire ont souvent comme souci d’assurer aux hommes, aux femmes et aux différents groupes sociaux des chances égales dans le développement de l’irrigation et dans

Using data from six phone survey rounds between June 2020 and June 2021, we found that the impacts of the recent political unrest in Myanmar further compound the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, both on the farm as well as on the non-f

This data set contains GIS source data files showing breakeven installed costs for solar PV system (unit: US$/Wp) over Africa South of Sahara calculated in a study that compares the economic cost of groundwater pumping for irrigation powered by so

Using the project-Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Index (pro-WEAI) survey tool developed by GAAP2, this study aims to estimate the impact of a microfinance ‘plus’ programme on women’s economic empowerment in communities in Oromia and Afar, Eth

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.

Interest in the meaning and measurement of women’s empowerment has become a stated goal of many programs in international development.