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Summary of a productive partnership
For more than two decades, the United States has been an important player in a global partnership for agricultural research through its investments in the work of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a network of
Hidden harvest
This report spells out the benefits to the United States from its partnership with the CGIAR. Using wheat and rice to illustrate the gains from international research on important food crops, the report shows that U.S.
Strategic change in Indian irrigation
""Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India; International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.""; The book contains revised versions of many of the papers presented in the irrigation compone
Role of inputs, institutions, and technical innovations in stimulating growth in Chinese agriculture
Recent attempts to quantify the sources of growth in Chinese agriculture have attributed an exceptionally large share of this growth to the contemporary institutional and market reforms within China.
Welfare and vulnerability: Findings from the second round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (April – June 2022)
The second round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), a nationally and regionally representative phone survey, was implemented between April and June 2022.
Too many men, too-short lives: The effect of the male-biased sex ratio on mortality
Using a natural experiment in Taiwan, this paper shows that, for men, exposure to male-biased sex ratios at a marriageable age is associated with a greater likelihood of death in later life.
Understanding delays in the introduction of complementary foods in rural Ethiopia
Age-appropriate breastfeeding and introduction to complementary foods can shape child feeding practices, ensure adequate energy and nutrient intake and prevent linear growth faltering.
Child growth faltering dynamics in food insecure districts in rural Ethiopia
Child undernutrition disproportionally affects children in low- and middle-income countries. In Ethiopia, both wasting and stunting are serious public health concerns, with high human and economic costs.