Empowering women is crucial for a country's development because it leads to greater economic growth, increased productivity, and improved social outcomes.

Restoration of degraded land is key to enhancing land productivity and farmers' wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa.

Research on the gender dimensions of resilience highlights differences in the ways that men and women experience disturbances, their resilience capacities, and their preferred responses.

Agrifood value chains in the world’s low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have expanded rapidly over the past decade, supplying an increasing volume and diversity of food products.

In 2022, the world faced multiple crises.

Gender inequality exists everywhere, but it is particularly stark in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS).

Agricultural advisory services are generally biased towards men, with information targeted mainly to male members within the household, and in formats that often reinforce male dominance in agricultural decision-making.

This article analyzes two longitudinal datasets (October – December 2020; April 2021) of 1,000 and 900 women in Kenya and Nigeria, respectively, alongside in-depth qualitative interviews with women at risk of changes to time use, to study two pand

Background: The long-term association between preconception maternal hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations and child health and development is unclear.

Digital financial services (DFS), particularly mobile banking, have the potential to extend financial services to unbanked populations.[1] Specifically, DFS reduce direct and indirect transaction costs.

Conflicts such as the Boko Haram insurgency, herder–farmer conflicts, and armed banditry attacks are major concerns affecting the livelihoods and food security of households in Nigeria.

Many development agencies design and implement interventions that aim to reach, benefit, and empower rural women across the value chain in activities ranging from production, to processing, to marketing.

Food insecurity remains a serious challenge for many households in Africa and the situation is even more prevalent among young people. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on youth food security status in Africa.

In this Series paper, we examine how mother and baby attributes at the individual level interact with breastfeeding determinants at other levels, how these interactions drive breastfeeding outcomes, and what policies and interventions are necessar

Paying resource users to preserve features of their environment could in theory better align production and conservation goals. We show, however, that across a range of conservation dilemmas, they might not.

Numerous approaches have been developed by researchers for measuring intra-household decision-making.

This country factsheet presents key agricultural R&D indicators in a highly accessible visual display.

This country factsheet presents key agricultural R&D indicators in a highly accessible visual display.

Optimal nutrition is crucial during the critical period of the first 1,000 days from conception to 2 years after birth.

Anaemia is a global public health problem affecting 800 million women and children globally.