Global discourses have advocated women's empowerment as a means to enhance food security. Our objective was to critically review the causal linkages between women's empowerment and food availability and access. We relied on mixed methods and a cross-country analysis, using household survey data f...
Clement, Floriane
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Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
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Leder, Stephanie
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Saikia, Panchali
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Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Karki, Emma
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis]
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From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis
The impact of shallow subsurface drainage was investigated as a pilot study on a 0.13 ha plot of a farmer's field located in Batiaghata, Khulna District, Bangladesh, in the floodplain of the Bay of Bengal. The drainage design differed from traditional subsurface tile drains in two respects: (i) t...
Okwany, Romulus O.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Mondal, Manoranjan K
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[Shallow Subsurface Drainage for Managing Seasonal Flooding in Ganges Floodplain, Bangladesh]
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Shallow Subsurface Drainage for Managing Seasonal Flooding in Ganges Floodplain, Bangladesh
Using biophysical and social analysis methods, this paper evaluated agricultural practices under changing climate in the Koshi Basin and assessed adaptation options. Agricultural trend analysis showed that in the recent three to four decades, the total cultivated area had declined in all parts of...
Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Bharati, Luna
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Bhattarai, Utsav
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Wahid, Shahriar M.
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[Agriculture under changing climate conditions and adaptation options in the Koshi Basin]
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Agriculture under changing climate conditions and adaptation options in the Koshi Basin
Smallholder agricultural systems, strongly dependent on water resources and investments in shared infrastructure, make a significant contribution to food security in developing countries. These communities are being increasingly integrated into the global economy and are exposed to new global cli...
Cárdenas, J.C.
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Janssen, Marco A.
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Ale, M.
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Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Bernal, A.
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Chalermphol, J.
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Gong, Y.
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Shin, H.
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Shivakoti, G.P.
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Wang, Y.
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Anderies, J.M.
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[Fragility of the provision of local public goods to private and collective risks]
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Fragility of the provision of local public goods to private and collective risks