Zambia runs an agricultural input support program for 900,000 rural households, primarily targeting maize, the staple crop. A new delivery mode was introduced to the program, initially allowing…

Abstract This paper evaluates the impact of distributing high-cost LPG stoves to urban households through subsidy and on credit in a randomized controlled trial setup on charcoal consumption, CO2…

ABSTRACT This paper aims to introduce the decomposition of students' socioeconomic background into students' abilities and household characteristics, and, therefore, separately examine the…

Abstract Uganda is a secondary centre of diversity of sweetpotato with most farmers maintaining at least four varieties in their fields. However, most of these varieties are landraces, with the uptake…

Abstract We investigate how a group of women smallholder farmers built a food system alongside the industrial and the corporate-state-led global agri-food system. The paper shows how the adoption of…

Abstract We investigate how a group of women smallholder farmers built a food system alongside the industrial and the corporate-state-led global agri-food system. The paper shows how the adoption of…

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has dominated government and development partners’ boardrooms in the last two decades and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. Debate is ongoing as to…

Abstract This paper explores the effects of public works on soil and water conservation practices and labor participation in rural Ethiopia, aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Goals for life…

Abstract In developing nations, there are elevated levels of intimate partner violence (IPV) directed at women. The human capital model of health demand posits that if IPV impacts women's health, it…

Abstract The increasing frequency of climate-related shocks in arid and semi-arid regions has subjected local populations to cyclical livelihood disruptions and poverty traps. Humanitarian assistance…