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Erick Boy

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Erick Boy

Erick Boy is the Chief Nutritionist in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. As head of nutrition for the HarvestPlus Program since 2008, he has led research that has generated scientific evidence on biofortified staple crops as efficacious and effective interventions to help address iron, vitamin A, and zinc deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.

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Pushkar Gaur

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Pushkar Gaur is a Research Analyst in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, based in New Delhi. He currently works on the Picture Based Crop Insurance project. Prior to joining IFPRI, he worked at Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) on crop area and yield forecasting and was involved in Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY). He completed his master’s degree in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems from the Remote Sensing Applications Centre, Utter Pradesh, after receiving his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from VBS Purvanchal University.

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A gender-responsive approach to designing agricultural risk management bundles

2023Adhikari, Roshan; Kramer, Berber; Ward, Patrick S.; Foster, Timothy; Sharma, Varun; Gaur, Pushkar; Pattnaik, Subhransu
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A gender-responsive approach to designing agricultural risk management bundles

– Bundling agricultural insurance with risk-reducing agricultural technologies can lower the cost of insurance for farmers, but before implementing bundled solutions, it is important to analyze how these bundles would impact men and women differently. –

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2023

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Adhikari, Roshan; Kramer, Berber; Ward, Patrick S.; Foster, Timothy; Sharma, Varun; Gaur, Pushkar; Pattnaik, Subhransu

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Adhikari, Roshan; Kramer, Berber; Ward, Patrick S.; Foster, Timothy; Sharma, Varun; Gaur, Pushkar; and Pattnaik, Subhransu. 2023. A gender-responsive approach to designing agricultural risk management bundles. IFPRI Project Note May 2023. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136692.

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Transplanting; Gender; Agricultural Technology; Policies; Direct Sowing; Farmers; Rice; Agricultural Insurance; Labour; Yields; Risk; Gender Equity; Women Farmers; Climate Change

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English

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Open Access

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