Ugandan smallholder farmers produce the nation's major food crop using numerous banana varieties with distinctive attributes, while coping with important biotic constraints and imperfect markets. This empirical context motivates a trait-based model of the agricultural household that establishes...

"Changing agricultural research and extension systems mean that informal mechanisms of information diffusion are often the primary source of information about improved seed and practices for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper investigates the interactions between gender, social capital...

This paper explores the reduction of food insecurity in Bolivia, adopting a supply side approach that analyzes the role of agricultural spending on vulnerability. Vulnerability to food insecurity is captured by a municipal level composite-developed locally within the framework of World Food...

A key constraint to meaningful gender inclusion in agriculture, forest and irrigation projects and productive grants is the lack of data and evidence on women’s roles in agricultural production. National statistics and labor market studies typically do not account for the contribution of rural...

Productive matching grants schemes are an important tool to modernize agricultural production. The World Bank has been supporting countries at the European Union (EU) pre-accession stage to increase their capacity and ability to administer grants according to the EU Pre-Accession Assistance for...