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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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Integrated land systems for sustainable food production and biodiversity conservation in the semi-arid to moist tropics: Stakeholder perspectives from Andhra Pradesh, India

2025
Berger, Iris; Bhan, Manan; Bhangaonkar, Rekha; Chaudhary, Abhishek; Mallapu, Gopinath R.; Nair, Tanaya; Ramireddy, Eswarayya; Raj, Rengalakshmi; Ramprasad, Vijay; Sankararaman, Vishnupriya
…more Singh, Vartika; Hareesha, A. S.; Basu, Parthiba; Bheemappa, Boraiah; Biradar, Chandrashekhar; Chatterjee, Archana; Dagam, Ramdas; Devarathna, Israel Oliver King Edwin; Gergan, Reuben; Patibandla, Vinuthna; Paul, Benjamin; Pulluri, Vamshi Krishna; Rajamani, Nandini; Ramireddy, Mounika; Siddiqui, Imran; Ramachari, Sowmithri Vadaganambi; Tampal, Farida; Udayraj, Swati; Venkateswarlu, Tata; Dicks, Lynn V.
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Integrated land systems for sustainable food production and biodiversity conservation in the semi-arid to moist tropics: Stakeholder perspectives from Andhra Pradesh, India

Land systems must urgently be transformed for social and environmental sustainability, which necessitates a better integration of food system and biodiversity governance. This is particularly pronounced in the south-Indian state Andhra Pradesh, where one of the largest agroecological transitions globally, namely Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF), is currently underway, but involvement of conservation scientists and practitioners has been minimal and policy spheres are disjunct. Here, we report the results of a multi-stakeholder exercise to ascertain the multi-scalar and multi-institutional transformations needed for Andhra Pradesh ‘s landscapes to deliver both food and biodiversity targets. To achieve a vision of an equitable and sustainable food system and of multifunctional and nature-positive land systems, we advocate for an end to harmful subsidies, improvements in infrastructures and social organisations, dietary shifts, and creation of both supporting financial structures and sustainable and transparent value chains. We stress that approaches should be participatory and link across policy domains and scales, bridging bottom-up and top-down perspectives, and with spatial planning critical to balancing land system objectives. Specifically, we stress that the ZBNF transition needs to be better aligned with state-level conservation strategies to maximise biodiversity benefits. Top priority knowledge needs include quantifying the multidimensional performance and scaling-potential of agroecological systems, the effectiveness of different conservation interventions, and how different land system objectives trade off against each other. Our work highlights a lack of data and capacity sharing, which can be addressed through intersectoral partnerships and collaborative programmes to create effective, research-based policies and land management strategies.

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2025

Authors

Berger, Iris; Bhan, Manan; Bhangaonkar, Rekha; Chaudhary, Abhishek; Mallapu, Gopinath R.; Nair, Tanaya; Ramireddy, Eswarayya; Raj, Rengalakshmi; Ramprasad, Vijay; Sankararaman, Vishnupriya; Singh, Vartika; Hareesha, A. S.; Basu, Parthiba; Bheemappa, Boraiah; Biradar, Chandrashekhar; Chatterjee, Archana; Dagam, Ramdas; Devarathna, Israel Oliver King Edwin; Gergan, Reuben; Patibandla, Vinuthna; Paul, Benjamin; Pulluri, Vamshi Krishna; Rajamani, Nandini; Ramireddy, Mounika; Siddiqui, Imran; Ramachari, Sowmithri Vadaganambi; Tampal, Farida; Udayraj, Swati; Venkateswarlu, Tata; Dicks, Lynn V.

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Berger, Iris; Bhan, Manan; Bhangaonkar, Rekha; Chaudhary, Abhishek; Mallapu, Gopinath R.; Nair, Tanaya; et al. 2025. Integrated land systems for sustainable food production and biodiversity conservation in the semi-arid to moist tropics: Stakeholder perspectives from Andhra Pradesh, India. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 9: 2025. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1594356

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India

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Asia; Southern Asia; Biodiversity Conservation; Capacity Development; Food Production; Sustainability; Stakeholders

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1594356 Source record

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Designing and implementing experiments within local bureaucratic systems: A cautionary tale from an educator incentive program

2025Asad, Saher; Habib, Masooma; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Kosec, Katrina; Leaver, Clare; ur Rehman, Attique
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Designing and implementing experiments within local bureaucratic systems: A cautionary tale from an educator incentive program

Collaborating with governments to co-develop pilot programs and integrate them into local administrative systems is increasingly regarded as a key strategy for achieving scalability and sustainability. This study examines a pilot initiative designed in partnership with the Elementary and Secondary Education (E&SE) Department in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, offering important lessons for such collaborations. While the intent to operate within existing bureaucratic frameworks was commendable, it also limited the design and execution of a randomized controlled trial (RCT). This paper explores institutional factors that hindered the RCT’s implementation, resulting in missed opportunities to evaluate critical design elements. The pilot centered on promotion-based incentives for educators and had null effects on a variety of educator and student outcomes. However, using unique video-based evidence, it objectively identifies the implementation challenges and describes the insights gained for more effective co-design and integration of future pilot programs within governmental systems.

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2025

Authors

Asad, Saher; Habib, Masooma; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Kosec, Katrina; Leaver, Clare; ur Rehman, Attique

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Asad, Saher; Habib, Masooma; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Kosec, Katrina; Leaver, Clare; and ur Rehman, Attique. 2025. Designing and implementing experiments within local bureaucratic systems: A cautionary tale from an educator incentive program. Education Finance and Policy 20(3): 433–456. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp_a_00435

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Pakistan

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Asia; Southern Asia; Economics; Implementation; Incentives; Teachers

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English

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Limited Access

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https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp_a_00435 Source record

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Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

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Intimate partner violence and women’s economic preferences

2025Anderberg, Dan; Cassidy, Rachel; Dam, Anaya; Hidrobo, Melissa; Leight, Jessica; Morsink, Karlijn
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Intimate partner violence and women’s economic preferences

One in three women globally experiences intimate partner violence (IPV), yet little is known about how such trauma affects economic decision-making. We provide causal evidence that IPV influences women’s time preferences – a key parameter in models of savings, investment, and labor supply. We combine two empirical strategies using four distinct datasets. First, in two randomized recall experiments in Ethiopia, we randomly assigned women to recall specific acts of abuse before eliciting their intertemporal choices. Women with IPV experiences prompted to recall IPV display significantly greater impatience than otherwise similar women who are not prompted. Second, we exploit exogenous reductions in IPV generated by two randomized interventions – one involving cash transfers, the other psychotherapy – and use treatment assignment as an instrument for IPV exposure. Women who experience reduced IPV as a result of treatment exhibit more patient time preferences. Together, these results provide consistent, novel causal evidence that exposure to IPV induces individuals to discount the future more heavily. This evidence suggests a psychological channel through which violence can perpetuate economic disadvantage and constrain women’s ability to take actions – such as saving, investing, or exiting abusive relationships – that require planning over time.

Year published

2025

Authors

Anderberg, Dan; Cassidy, Rachel; Dam, Anaya; Hidrobo, Melissa; Leight, Jessica; Morsink, Karlijn

Citation

Anderberg, Dan; Cassidy, Rachel; Dam, Anaya; Hidrobo, Melissa; Leight, Jessica; and Morsink, Karlijn. 2025. Intimate partner violence and women’s economic preferences. Preprint available online July 15, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.10416

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Ethiopia

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Africa; Eastern Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Decision Making; Domestic Violence; Economics; Women; Gender

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English

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Open Access

Links

https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2507.10416 Source record

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Preprint

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