Many smallholder farmers in developing countries grow multiple crop species on their farms, maintaining de facto diversity. Rarely do agricultural development strategies consider this diversity as an entry point for fostering innovation. This paper presents a case study, from research-for-development project northern Ghana, which examines the relationship between and self-consumption of food crops, cash income crops sold by target areas. By testing presence direction these relationships, it...

To estimate the effects of weather conditions on welfare globally, cross-country comparisons need to rely international poverty lines and comparable data sources at micro-level. this end, nationally representative household surveys can offer a useful instrument, also sub-national level. This study seeks expand existing knowledge determinants in Africa south Sahara (SSA), examining how long-term climatic year-specific shocks affect expenditure per capita. We take advantage novel unique...

In many developing countries consumption of animal source foods (ASF) among the poor is still at a level where increasing its share in total caloric intake may have positive nutritional benefits. This paper explores whether ownership different livestock species increases ASF and helps improving child status, finding some evidence that both food patterns outcomes be affected by rural Uganda. Our results are suggestive promoting (small) has potential for affecting human nutrition Uganda, but...

A relatively large body of literature has documented the welfare effects smallholder farmers' participation in single-commodity output markets. However, limited empirical evidence is available when farmers participate multiple-commodities We tried to fill this gap by estimating impacts contemporaneous both maize and legume markets vis-à-vis only or using household-level data from Tanzania. Applying a multinomial endogenous switching regression model that allows controlling for observed...

This paper analyzes the household level impact of an increase in price major tradable staple foods a cross section developing countries, using nationally representative surveys. We find that, short term, poorer households and with limited asset endowments access to agricultural inputs will be hit hardest by shock. Given ample degree heterogeneity among poor, analysis emphasizes importance meaningful policy research go beyond average impacts look at how assets inputs, livelihood strategies...

Abstract Changing precipitation patterns caused by climate change are expected to have major impacts on food security and nutrition in agrarian areas developing countries. However, the linkages between duration severity of shocks their effects child household metrics remain underexplored. In this study, we used Feed Future datasets from Ghana Bangladesh examine impact extremes nutrition, measured children’s height-for-age weight-for-height Z-scores, security, Household Hunger Scale. We a...

Initiatives on the sustainable intensification of agriculture have introduced improved technologies tailored to farmers’ local conditions by trial demonstration with free provision seeds and fertilizers. It is not clear, though, whether smallholder farmers would be willing pay for these technologies, what factors determine their informed demand. Using a contingent valuation experiment, combined information at baseline among 400 households in Northern Tanzania, this study measured willingness...

This paper examines how resilience capacity mediates or moderates the relationship between weather shocks and household food security based on two waves of farm survey satellite-based data in northern Ghana applying econometric models. Results show that moderate negative effects heat stress drought security. However, mediating role shock-food nexus is more stable stronger than its moderating role. A standard deviation (SD) increase reduces consumption by 0.71 SD, but effectively this effect...

Climate change poses a greater threat for more exposed and vulnerable countries, communities social groups. People whose livelihood depends on the agriculture food sector, especially in low- middle-income countries (LMICs), face significant risk. In contexts with gendered roles agri-food systems or where structural constraints to gender equality underlie unequal access resources services constrain women’s agency, local climate hazards stressors, such as droughts, floods, shortened...

Since 1990, migration flows from Albania have been massive, relative to the size of country and its population, but they also fluctuated over time. In first section paper various descriptive trends are presented, mainly in graphical form, discussed. The data come 2005 Albanian Living Standards Measurement Survey, cover period 1990–2004. resulting observed reflect changing push pull factors two main host countries, Greece Italy. presents a hazard approach modelling emigration return...

Abstract Agronomic analyses of new technologies are often conducted under carefully controlled research station programs or trials managed by self‐selected farmers. Oftentimes, the then scaled up with minimal evaluation real‐world conditions. Yet, interim step between agronomic and large‐scale promotion is crucial to generate evidence on social economic impact that both internally valid generalizable. The article focuses a participatory action program in Malawi designed test identify...

This study combined bottom-up and top-down approaches to assess the ex-ante effects of conservation agriculture (CA)-based systems in Zambia considering both biophysical economic factors prevailing farm characteristics. For continuous maize cropping we compared a CA-based system no-tillage with crop residue retention control conventional tillage removal. First, simulated yield that were calibrated evaluated against multiple datasets, including on-farm agronomic trials from two seasons six...

In developing countries, poverty is generally measured with expenditure data, which are normally available only every three to five years. between surveys, there a clear need provide policy makers information for the monitoring of trends. This paper reviews several methods perform this and compares estimates trends resulting from their application panel data set Albania. The results broadly consistent across point an overall improvement in welfare conditions over time, concentrated urban...

Land degradation, population growth, and chronic poverty in Eastern Southern Africa challenge the sustainability of livelihoods for smallholder farmers. These farmers often manage soils depleted nutrients, apply limited amounts mineral fertilizer, take decisions about their cropping systems that involve multiple trade-offs. The rotation cereals with legumes bears agronomic ecological merit; however, socio-economic implications cereal-legume require a deeper understanding. This study explores...

We examine the association between on-farm production diversity on household dietary in Malawi using microdata collected as part of an environmentally sustainable agricultural intensification program. The program primarily focuses integration legumes into cropping system through maize-legume intercropping and legume-legume intercropping. Relative to staple cereals such maize, are rich micronutrients, contain better-quality protein, lead nitrogen fixation. Given systematic difference we...

Climate change and extreme weather shocks pose serious threats to a number of agricultural outcomes, including production, productivity, income, especially when households depend heavily on this activity. Agricultural extension rural advisory services are key instruments in promoting technical change, advancing productivity growth and, ultimately, improving farm livelihoods, expected mitigate the negative effects climate shocks. Their mitigation effects, however, may vary depending sex...

Most studies on Albanian migration have focused international migrants. This paper contributes to filling a gap in the literature by assessing impact of internal household well-being. The study draws Albania Living Standards Measurement Survey 2005, with focus migrant households oversampled peri-urban Tirana, who are compared nonmigrant rural households. Various statistical procedures used, yielding following results: Income improves through but consumption does not because higher living...

Climate change and weather variability pose serious threats to food nutrition security as well ecosystems, especially when livelihoods depend heavily on natural resources. This study examines the effect of (shock) occurring up three planting growing season prior per capita monthly household expenditure in rural Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana. The analyses combine temperature (1950–2013) precipitation (1981–2013) data with from several rounds surveys conducted between 1998 2013. Substantial spatial...