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The feasibility of picture-based crop insurance (PBI): Smartphone pictures for affordable crop insurance
This paper describes and tests the feasibility of Picture-Based Crop Insurance (PBI), a new way to deliver affordable and easy-to-understand insurance.
Introduction: Firm level analysis with administrative data
This special issue focuses on a collaborative effort between the National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to employ administrative record data from SARS for economic policy analysis.
The impact of reducing dietary aflatoxin exposure on child linear growth: A cluster randomised controlled trial in Kenya
Observational studies have documented an association between aflatoxin (AF) exposure and reduced linear growth in infants and young children.
Gender and social targeting in plant breeding
Enhancing adaptive capacity through climate-smart insurance: Theory and evidence from India
Bundling agricultural insurance with climate-smart technologies and practices (CSA) can help improve risk management for smallholder farmers. This paper analyzes how bundling affects demand for insurance and CSA.
Frontier analysis and agricultural typologies
PARI’s main goal is to contribute to sustainable agricultural growth and food security in Africa and India by supporting the scaling of proven innovations in the agri-food sector in collaboration with all relevant actors.
Effect of fertilization with zinc in an agronomic fortification strategy in two potato varieties (Solanum tuberosum) in soils from the coast and highlands
In this paper, scientific evidence to support the development of a larger scale project for fortified potato, as an alternative and sustainable solution in the medium and long term to combat the incidence of chronic malnutrition (hidden hunger) in
The reality of food losses: a new measurement methodology
Measuring food loss, identifying where in the food system it occurs, and developing effective policies along the value chain are essential first steps toward addressing the problem in developing countries
Women’s land tenure security: A conceptual framework
This paper develops a conceptual framework around women’s land tenure security and the factors that influence it.
Improving farmer trust and seller reciprocity in agricultural input markets: A lab-in-the-field experiment in Bangladesh
Improving the quality of agricultural inputs used by farmers is a potentially important instrument to improve productivity and food security.
This study investigated the effects of social networks on consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for two high-iron bean (HIB) varieties (HIB-A and HIB-B) using data collected from 572 farmers in rural Rwanda.
Habitual choice strategy, poverty and urban consumer demand for biofortified iron beans
Increasing urbanization in developing countries creates current and future challenges for the global food system to deliver high quality nutritious foods and provide equitable access for the urban poor.
Are we there yet? The rigorousness of impact evaluations of nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions
Several literature reviews have questioned the rigorousness of impact evaluations of nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions.
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.