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Ecosystem services are synonymous with nature’s benefit to people. Agro-food is synonymous with agri-food.
Smallholder mechanization induced by yield-enhancing biological technologies: Evidence from Nepal and Ghana
Recent agricultural transformation in Asia and Africa has witnessed the gradual spread of mechanization in agricultural areas that are still largely made up of smallholder farming.
In the past decade, Ghana has seen a significant reduction in stunting among children under five years of age.
The ever-increasing demand for water, food, and energy is putting unsustainable pressure on natural resources worldwide, often leading to environmental degradation that, in turn, affect water, food, and energy security.
Nutrient adequacy is low among both self-declared lacto-vegetarian and non-vegetarian pregnant women in Uttar Pradesh
Poor dietary intake during pregnancy remains a significant public health concern, affecting the health of the mother and fetus.
Globally, COVID-19 has exposed farmers to high levels of income insecurity, underlining the importance of building resilience among male and female farmers.
This is a value-added secondary dataset, derived from the third (2010/11) and fourth (2016/17) Malawi Integrated Household Survey (MIHS) datasets compiled by the National Statistical Office of Malawi with technical assistance from the World Bank.
Global agricultural trade has seen tremendous growth since creation of the WTO in 1995 and US agriculture has been a major beneficiary of the rules-based system that the United States and others helped create.
This report describes the present state of agricultural value chain finance in Viet Nam and suggests policies that could help expand its availability.
This report presents results from a comprehensive structured survey of medium and large-scale pig and poultry farms conducted in the peri-urban zone surrounding Yangon.
This report presents results from by far the most comprehensive survey of maize cultivators ever conducted in Myanmar.
Child stunting and linear growth faltering have declined over the past few decades and several countries have made exemplary progress.
The challenge to produce more food to meet the growing world demand requires a careful, integrated and global approach, to secure the efficient use of land, water and energy at the global level, aimed at increasing productivity and food supply wit
Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on household incomes and poverty in Myanmar: A microsimulation approach
With policy measures imposed by governments around the world to contain and prevent the spread of COVID 19, global and domestic economic activities and trade flows have been interrupted.
Impacts of the central South-to-North Water Diversion on groundwater storage recovery within the context of climate variability and other policies.
Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Mechanization service providers - July 2020 survey round
Mechanization service providers in Myanmar were originally interviewed by telephone in May 2020 and again in June 2020 to determine how their businesses were being affected by COVID-19 related restrictions.