Previous literature has mostly used crop diversification indices to quantify the extent of crop diversification used by farmers. Indices are useful in assessing the number and proportion of crops in a farmer's portfolio. However, they often overlook the heterogeneity of the crops in their...

The paper examines whether bank diversification in multiple dimensions can protect bank lending from uncertainty shocks. We use a panel of Vietnamese commercial banks during 2007 - 2019 for empirical analysis and measure uncertainty in banking by the dispersion of bank-level shocks. Our results...

In Ethiopia, agriculture is the primary source of food and livelihood for many rural households, making it a dominant sector that seeks to reduce food/nutrition insecurity and poverty. Even if it is dominant, currently the sector is facing many challenges such as unexpected shock like drought...