A5013772611- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- ICT in Developing Communities
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Advanced Battery Technologies Research
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
ETH Zurich
2022-2025
Mostly for survival rather than wellbeing or profit, seasonal migration is a deeply entrenched but burdensome coping strategy among the rural poor who face livelihood insecurity, trapping many in vicious cycle of chronic poverty and migration. Can agricultural development programs effectively transform these livelihoods places migration? Following mixed-methods approach, including survey 1,860 randomly sampled households states Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka India, we assess...
<title>Abstract</title> Decarbonizing road transport is crucial for global climate goals, especially in developing countries with rising motorization. This study assesses the economic cost and lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of low-carbon passenger Africa. Using Monte Carlo optimization models, we compare total ownership GHG battery-electric vehicles (BEV) powered by solar off-grid (SOG) systems synthetic fuel-fueled to that fossil-fueled ones, neglecting policy-induced distortions...
Abstract In face of today's alarming trend resource degradation and reversal poverty reduction, path‐breaking strategies are needed. However, there is limited evidence to inform the design policies. We scrutinized an agricultural development program that follows a holistic approach includes cultivation fruit trees, tackle this natural human vulnerability nexus. Can it transform so‐called wastelands lift marginalized smallholders out poverty? The geographic rollout produced experiment allowed...
Abstract There is a need for groundbreaking initiatives to come the rescue of world’s rain-fed regions, especially in face current climate and food crises associated reversal previous advances poverty reduction. However, there little evidence successful programs, which can inform development proactive policies meet these urgent challenges. Can sustainable agricultural intensification enable marginalized, smallholder farmers break out chronic poverty? In this study, we scrutinize Wadi...