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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2014Eastern Asia, Asia, China
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2014Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
Ce document vise à contribuer au programme d’action en cours pour le développement de l’Afrique au sud du Sahara.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2014Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
This report is timely input into the ongoing development agenda for Africa South of the Sahara (SSA).
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Evidence from an extension network experiment in Mozambique
Reports & ResearchDecember, 2014Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Mozambique -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2015Africa
This study assesses the patterns of agricultural intensification in 40 African countries looking at the role fertilizer plays in the process. We propose a set of indicators that uses information on available agricultural land and land suitability to measure intensity of land use in agricultural production.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2014India
Advances in agricultural development have largely been a direct result of increased usage of new technologies. Among other important factors, farmers’ perceptions of risks associated with the new technology as well as their ability or willingness to take risks greatly influences their adoption decisions. In this paper we conduct a series of field experiments in rural India in order to measure preferences related to risk, potential loss, and ambiguity.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2015Pakistan
Urban open spaces are valued for their health, social, economic, and environmental benefits. Outdoor physical activity is important for the wellbeing of youth, while playfulness is crucial for creativity and innovation. It is observed that in Pakistan the access of adolescent girls to public open spaces and school playgrounds is restricted, but there has been no prior scientific study. This research has studied the impediments in four planned and un-planned localities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The restrictions on girls are pervasive and become more severe upon their attaining puberty.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2014Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
Ce document vise à contribuer au programme d’action en cours pour le développement de l’Afrique au sud du Sahara.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2015Ethiopia, Eastern Africa
This paper presents evidence on rural Ethiopian households’ time allocation to different activities, especially fuel collection work, and examines the effect of changes in the availability of firewood resources on households’ time allocation to fuel collection and on- and off-farm income generation.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2015Zambia, Nigeria, Rwanda
These theories of change were developed to help the HarvestPlus program deliver on its planned outcomes and impacts. HarvestPlus expects to contribute to the reduction in micronutrient deficiency among women and children in rural areas of developing countries through the breeding and dissemination of staple crop varieties with increased levels of key micronutrients.
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