The Adoption of Improved Agricultural Technologies - a Meta-Analysis for Africa
In: IFAD Research Series 63
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In: IFAD Research Series 63
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In: The journal of development studies, Band 48, Heft 8, S. 1156-1176
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 48, Heft 8, S. 1156-1177
ISSN: 0022-0388
In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Band 91, Heft 4, S. 956-972
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In: IFAD Research Series 69 (2022)
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In: Population and environment: a journal of interdisciplinary studies, Band 42, Heft 2, S. 219-254
ISSN: 1573-7810
In: Effective Rural Development: IFAD's Evidence-Based Approach to Managing for Results, 2018
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In: CEIS Working Paper No. 388
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In: Applied economic perspectives and policy, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 197-218
ISSN: 2040-5804
AbstractGender gaps in labor force participation in developing countries persist despite income growth or structural change. We assess this persistence across economic geographies within countries, focusing on youth employment in off‐farm wage jobs. We combine household survey data from 12 developing countries with geospatial data on population density. The gender gap increases with connectivity from rural to peri‐urban areas and disappears in high‐density urban areas. In non‐rural areas, child dependency does not constrain young women, and secondary education improves their access to off‐farm jobs. The gender gap persists for married young women independent of connectivity improvements, indicating social norm constraints.
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In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 135, S. 1-15
World Affairs Online
In: The journal of development studies, Band 57, Heft 4, S. 544-570
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, Band 15 No. 2
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In: The International Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Research, 2017
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In: Environment and development economics, Band 26, Heft 5-6, S. 582-604
ISSN: 1469-4395
AbstractThis paper aims at identifying whether and how sustainable land management practices and livelihood diversification strategies have contributed to moderating the impacts of the El Niño-related drought in Zambia. This is done using a specifically designed survey called the El Niño Impact Assessment Survey, which is combined with the Rural Agricultural Livelihoods Surveys, as well as high resolution rainfall data at the ward level over 34 years. This unique panel data set allows us to control for the time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity to understand the impacts of shocks like El Niño, which are expected to become more frequent and severe as a result of climate change. We find that maize yields were substantially reduced and that household incomes were only partially protected from the shock thanks to diversification strategies. Mechanical erosion control measures and livestock diversification emerge as the only strategies that provided yield and income benefits under weather shock.