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The quiet revolution in staple food value chains: Enter the dragon, the elephant, and the tiger
Reardon, Thomas (contributor); Chen, Kevin Z. (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Feeding nine billion people by 2050 is a top priority on the global agenda for sustainable and inclusive development. This task is especially formidable in Asia, where more than two-thirds of the world’s poor and malnourished people live. Food prices in Asia are projected to remain high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132827
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The impact of shocks on gender-differentiated asset dynamics in Bangladesh:
Rakib, Muntaha; Matz, Julia Anna - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
jointly by both of them in response to shocks in rural agricultural households in Bangladesh with the help of detailed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886775
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Resilience Programming among Nongovernmental Organizations: Lessons for Policymakers
Frankenberger, Timothy R.; Constas, Mark A.; Nelson, Suzanne - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This food policy report reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes by examining a number of case studies of initiatives by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance resilience capacity, and draws implications for policymakers and other stakeholders looking to strengthen resilience.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933124
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When expectations become aspirations: Reference-dependent preferences and liquidity constraints:
Kramer, Berber - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
A large body of literature suggests that consumers derive utility from gains and losses relative to a reference point. This paper shows that such reference dependence can affect savings in opposite directions depending on whether people face liquidity constraints. Existing models for wealth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272210
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Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects:
Johnson, Nancy L.; Kovarik, Chiara; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
Ownership of assets is important for poverty alleviation, and women’s control of assets is associated with positive development outcomes at the household and individual levels. This research was undertaken to provide guidance for agricultural development programs on how to incorporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272212
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Understanding men’s and women’s access to and control of assets and the implications for agricultural development projects: A case study in rice-farming households in eastern U...
Paris, Thelma; Pede, Valerien; Luis, Joyce; Sharma, Raman; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
assets of rice-farming households as well as the effects of technologies promoted by an Agricultural Research for Development … (AR4D) project in selected villages in eastern Uttar Pradesh (EUP), India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272214
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Gender, shocks, and resilience:
Kumar, Neha; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277422
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Droughts and floods in Malawi
Pauw, Karl; Thurlow, James; van Seventer, Dirk - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Malawi suffers frequent droughts and floods. In an economy that is heavily dependent on the agricultural sector, it is … severe impacts on the agricultural sector, but nonfarm and urban households are also vulnerable given the strong production … and price linkages between agriculture and the rest of the economy. This study uses a general equilibrium model to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505314
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Poverty status and the impact of social networks on smallholder technology adoption in rural Ethiopia
Liverpool, Lenis Saweda O.; Winter-Nelson, Alex - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
explored. We find evidence that although social learning occurs, it is more consistent for households not in poverty traps than … for those that are persistently asset poor. Social learning among rural households is stronger for more complex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505323
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Innovations in rural and agriculture finance: Overview
Kloeppinger-Todd, Renate; Sharma, Manohar - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
into one. In all these roles, small agricultural households constantly seek to use available financial instruments to …, their investment plans are stifled and it becomes harder for them to break out of poverty. If households have no access to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008523840