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Food security and dietary quality are broadly supported development goals, yet few studies have addressed how agricultural subsidy policies and promotion of modern crop varieties impact smallholder farm production and household diet. Crop intensification through subsidies could have indirect impa...


Snapp, Sieglinde S.Fisher, M.[Filling the maize basket supports crop diversity and quality of household diet in Malawi]Filling the maize basket supports crop diversity and quality of household diet in Malawi

Development partners and public investors assume that spate irrigation reduces household poverty and malnutrition. This article examines whether the poverty profiles of smallholder farmers and the nutritional outcomes of their children have improved as a result of using spate irrigation. The stud...


Hagos, FitsumMulugeta, A.Langan, Simon J.Lefore, NicoleAbebe, Yenenesh[Poverty profiles and nutritional outcomes of using spate irrigation in Ethiopia]Poverty profiles and nutritional outcomes of using spate irrigation in Ethiopia
Muñoz López, M.M.Revelo, MCPachón, Helena[El consumo y la producción familiar de frijol, maíz, yuca, batata y arroz en un municipio rural en Colombia: evaluación de la posibilidad de implementar la biofortificación de cultivos]El consumo y la producción familiar de frijol, maíz, yuca, batata y arroz en un municipio rural en Colombia: evaluación de la posibilidad de implementar la biofortificación de cultivos

Integrated nutrition and agricultural interventions have the potential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of investments in food security and nutrition. This article aimed to estimate the costs of an integrated agriculture and health intervention (Mama SASHA) focused on the promotion of ...


Levin, C.Self, J.Kedera, E.Wamalwa, M.Hu, J.Grant, F.K.Girard, Amy W.Cole, D.C.Low, J.W.[What is the cost of integration? Evidence from an integrated health and agriculture project to improve nutrition outcomes in Western Kenya]What is the cost of integration? Evidence from an integrated health and agriculture project to improve nutrition outcomes in Western Kenya

Cassava is an important food crop, and equipment development for processing it in the developing world requires more research as industrial processing of cassava is still limited. Research efforts made by local engineers need scientific improvement to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),...


Kolawole, O.P.Agbetoye, L.A.S.[Engineering research to improve cassava processing technology]Engineering research to improve cassava processing technology

Zimmerer, Karl S.Haan, Stefan de[Agrobiodiversity and a sustainable food future]Agrobiodiversity and a sustainable food future

In The Gambia, climate change has affected, and continues to affect, the agriculture sector. Thus, there is a need to develop and understand effective agricultural adaptation policies. The present study used protection motivation theory to describe farmers’ adoption of climate change adaptation m...


Bagagnan, Abdoul RasmaneOuédraogo, IssaFonta, William M.Sowe, MusaWallis, Anne[Can Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia?]Can Protection Motivation Theory Explain Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change Decision Making in The Gambia?

During the past two centuries, the world has witnessed a remarkable increase in the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases (GHGs), namely carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), as a result of human activities after 1750 (preindustrial era). During 1750 the conce...


Jat, Mangi LalDagar, Jagdish ChanderSapkota, Tek B.Yadvinder-SinghGovaerts, BramLópez Ridaura, SantiagoSaharawat, YSSharma, Ramesh KumarTetarwal, J.P.Jat, Raj K.Hobbs, HuntingtonStirling, Clare M.[Climate Change and Agriculture: Adaptation Strategies and Mitigation Opportunities for Food Security in South Asia and Latin America]Climate Change and Agriculture: Adaptation Strategies and Mitigation Opportunities for Food Security in South Asia and Latin America

Gender integration across national policy processes is critical to ensure effective implementation of climate change adaptation interventions in agriculture. This is especially so for countries like Nepal, where climate vulnerability and women participation in agriculture is high, accompanied by ...


Paudyal, Bimala RaiChanana, NityaKhatri-Chhetri, ArunSherpa, LakpaKadariya, IshwariAggarwal, Pramod K.[Gender Integration in Climate Change and Agricultural Policies: The Case of Nepal]Gender Integration in Climate Change and Agricultural Policies: The Case of Nepal

Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) is an approach that has been used to date in 20 countries and benefited tens of thousands of households including over 5000 in Northern Ghana and 75,000 in Rwanda. PICSA involves trained field staff or community volunteers working ...


Clarkson, GrahamDorward, PeterOsbahr, HennyTorgbor, FrancisKankam-Boadu, Isaac[An investigation of the effects of PICSA on smallholder farmers’ decision-making and livelihoods when implemented at large scale – The case of Northern Ghana]An investigation of the effects of PICSA on smallholder farmers’ decision-making and livelihoods when implemented at large scale – The case of Northern Ghana

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