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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2014
    Africa, 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.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2014
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa

    This report is timely input into the ongoing development agenda for Africa South of the Sahara (SSA).

  3. Library Resource

    Evidence from an extension network experiment in Mozambique

    Reports & Research
    December, 2014
    Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Mozambique
  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2015
    Africa

    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.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    India

    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.

  6. Library Resource
    Urban open spaces for adolescent girls: An assessment for Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan cover image
    Reports & Research
    January, 2015
    Pakistan

    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.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2014
    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.

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2015
    Ethiopia, 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.

  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2015
    Zambia, 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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