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There is resurging interest in community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) as an approach for achieving global biodiversity conservation goals.
Sex-disaggregated agricultural extension and weather variability in Africa south of the Sahara
Climate and poverty in Africa South of the Sahara
Consumption-based household surveys are used to look at the impact of weather variabilities on welfare, food consumption, and poverty, finding disproportionate welfare impacts from floods.
Increasing crop diversity opens market opportunities for households while still contributing to self-consumption indicating that crop diversification may be more beneficial to farmers than specialization. (Ghana)
Women’s empowerment is a process that includes increases in intrinsic agency (power within); instrumental agency (power to); and collective agency (power with).
Evidence on heterogeneous learning patterns and hybrid rice adoption in Bihar, India
Agricultural investments and hunger in Africa modeling potential contributions to SDG2 – Zero Hunger
Examining developments in global agricultural production systems, climate change, and food security using IFPRI's IMPACT model.
Context and measurement: An analysis of the relationship between intrahousehold decision making and autonomy
Do men and women who report sole decision making in a particular domain experience stronger (or weaker) feelings of autonomous motivation? (Bangladesh & Ghana study)
New modalities for managing drought risk in rainfed agriculture: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Odisha, India
Scientists and policymakers have proposed various strategies for managing drought risks in agriculture. This study considers the effectiveness of two such strategies, specifically drought tolerant rice and weather index insurance in Odisha, India.
A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa
Playing games to save water: Collective action games for groundwater management in Andhra Pradesh, India
Groundwater is one of the most challenging common pool resources to govern, resulting in resource depletion in many areas.
Policies for a sustainable biomass energy sector in Malawi: enhancing energy and food security simultaneously
The strong linkages to food security and the environment place biomass energy at the heart of sustainable development.
Low emission development strategies in agriculture
Gender, assets, and agricultural development
Lessons from eight projects on individual and household assets in seven countries in Africa and South Asia