Data from 3 irrigation schemes in Mozambique reveal patterns consistent with water inefficiency. A feedback tool could visually communicate ways to conserve by varying water applications at each stage of the crop cycle.
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Low-cost and sustainable agricultural management practices are being promoted in many countries but continue to face low adoption among farmers.
project paper
Crop production and farm incomes in two areas of the central dry zone: Findings from June 2021
Using data from six phone survey rounds between June 2020 and June 2021, we found that the impacts of the recent political unrest in Myanmar further compound the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, both on the farm as well as on the non-f
Many smallholder farmers, especially women and other marginalized groups, face difficulty in accessing loans and other forms of credit.
project paper
Proposed Balochistan agriculture policy 2021
Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan comprising 44% of the country’s total land mass with a population of 12.34 million (5.9 percent of total population of the country), its southern border of Balochistan makes up two-thirds (770 KM) of
journal article
Water scarcity will constrain the formation of a world-class megalopolis in North China
The formation of world-class megalopolises has been a goal of urban development agencies around the world owing to their economic advantages.
discussion paper
Assessing the economic cost of depleting groundwater in Balochistan: A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier approach
Prolonged droughts and depleting groundwater resources have been a serious challenge to the economy of province of Balochistan, Pakistan.
This working paper takes stock of Pakistan's water resource availability, delineating water supply system and its sources including precipitation and river flows, and the impact of increasing climatic variability on the water supply system.
conference proceeding
Integrating institutions into a socio-hydrological model: An example for water quality management in Burkina Faso
The variety of demands that people place on water resources, coupled with the dynamics of the natural system, make water resource management highly complex.
Increasing population pressure and population density in many African countries are inducing land scarcity and land constraints.
We study production practices of larger and more capital-intensive farmers (“horti-preneurs”) in horticultural commercial clusters in the central Rift Valley of Ethiopia.
working paper
Land scarcity impedes sustainable input intensification in smallholder irrigated agriculture: Evidence from Egypt
Increasing population pressure and population density in many African countries are inducing land scarcity and land constraints.
The challenges posed by the water–food–energy nexus have been well documented.
The persistent and worsening effects of the COVID-19 crisis on rural household incomes are alarming. The onset of the second wave of infections and mitigation measures in Myanmar is continuing to depress household incomes.