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Developing countries often design programs that bundle poverty reduction and environment goals. One such program is the Ethiopian food-for-work program in which participants get food or cash in return
Over-extraction, and depletion of groundwater are among the most serious issues for small-holder coffee farming. Sustainable use of groundwater, a common-pool resource, requires cooperative behavior
Climate change is showing increasing impacts on people’s lives and livelihoods around the world. The impacts have been observed to be more severe for the rural poor and women. In the Mekong Delta
This project is starting in 2020, having as the primary goal to support gender sensitivity policy design and implementation by providing policymakers and project managers with sound evidence about
This research project has as main objective to provide scientific evidence on how empowering farmer's competences reduce their vulnerability to climate change. Around the world, many families
India’s female labor force participation rate (FLFPR) has remained low over the past decades, despite economic growth and demographic conditions such as fall in fertility and increase in female
Climate change in addition to food insecurity is among the key problems facing Nigeria. Scientific evidence shows that climate change is affecting grain yield in Nigeria. Also, Nigeria is currently
Floods are the most common environmental hazards in Kogi State, Nigeria. The state also has the highest number of people affected by floods in the country. Over 70% of inhabitants of Kogi State are
In this project, we will determine whether and how decentralized management of irrigation systems in India may help achieve efficient extraction and distribution of water in agriculture. Our goal in
Flooding and drought pose severe risks to Ethiopia’s economy and society. Recent analysis by EDRI in collaboration with Vivid Economics and the University of Oxford shows that even modest hydrological