A5077207720- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Economic Growth and Development
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Malaria Research and Control
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Water resources management and optimization
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management
- Higher Education and Employability
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- Career Development and Diversity
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Socioeconomic Development in MENA
New Mexico State University
2017-2023
University of Florida
2018-2022
Columbia University
2013-2016
Earth Island Institute
2011-2015
Texas A&M University
2009-2013
Mitchell Institute
2011
Agriculture is fundamental to all three pillars of sustainability, environment, society, and economy. However, the definition sustainable agriculture capacities measure it remain elusive. Independent transparent measurements national sustainability are needed gauge progress, encourage accountability, inform policy. Here, we developed a Sustainable Matrix (SAM) quantify performance indicators in investigate trade-offs synergies based on historical data for most countries world. The results...
Sustainable Intensification (SI) offers a means to balance the environmental, economic, and social objectives of agriculture. Agricultural intensification may be defined as increasing output per unit input time. A narrow definition sustainable is "production more food on same piece land while reducing negative environmental impacts at time contributions natural capital flow services" (Zurek et al., 2015). The SI has evolved include non-environmental dimensions such issues, economics, human...
Abstract Diversification is a common livelihood strategy for rural households in developing countries, with diversification being either choice or necessity depending on individual household contexts. Using two waves of data (from 2009 and 2011) 1773 from eight countries sub‐Saharan Africa, we examined its drivers. We by considering involvement three activities: crop, livestock, non‐farm. Results indicated that 40% conducted all activities, but there was heterogeneity diversity levels. used...
A semi-parametric econometric model is used to study the relationship between malaria cases and climatic factors in 25 African countries. Results show that a marginal change temperature precipitation levels would lead significant number of for most countries by end century. Consistent with existing biophysical results, projected effects climate are mixed. Our projects some will see an increase but others decrease. We estimate inpatient outpatient treatment costs as proportion annual 2000...
From grazing lands to meat packing, beef production systems in the United States are increasingly expected meet new global demand without compromising environmental quality. These challenges and opportunities manifest American Southwest Ogallala Aquifer region, neighboring regions connected ecologically socially through production. Each year most calves raised on extensive, arid Southwestern pastures exported region for finishing grains from Upper Midwest. Intensifying changes climate,...
Wild foods and other nonfood NTFPs are important for improving food security supplementing incomes in rural peoples' livelihoods. However, studies on the importance of to communities often limited a few select sites conducted areas that already known have high rates NTFP use. To address this, we examined role geographic household level variables determining whether would report collecting wild across 25 agro-ecological landscapes Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda Ghana. The aim this study was...
Concerns that additional supplies of U.S. farm-raised fish may compete with domestic wild has contributed to resistance and litigation slowed aquaculture development in the We employ a contingent choice experiment large seafood wholesalers suppliers investigate market potential new farmed finfish species from Gulf Mexico. estimate probabilities wholesale buyers prefer product over existing products using conditional logit model. The results indicate it is more probable will substitute for...
Abstract Using primary survey data, factors influencing preferences of international graduate students in the United States as to whether they prefer stay or go back their home country start careers are examined employing discrete choice analysis. Career opportunities and social climate critical factors. Students where have more better career opportunities, receive higher salaries, increased civil liberties. Differences between who sure those not noted. Keywords: economic developmenthuman...
The sustainable intensification indicator manual provides guidance on how scientists working in research for development projects can estimate the indicators and metrics listed Guide Sustainable Intensification Assessment. This most commonly used methods to an or metric and, where possible, one more alternative approaches.For each domain, we provide a summary table of indicators, metrics, measurement organized at four different spatial scales. tables are followed by detailed explanations...
A prominent agricultural adaptation to climate change consists in shifting crop mixes toward the poles or upward elevation. This paper examines extent which factors have shifted regional China and forecasts how future might under selected scenarios. Using a data set that provides planted area shares for each mainland Chinese province from 2001 2013, we employ fractional multinomial logit (FMLOGIT) model examine influence of on historical as well conditions. Results show temperature increases...
This article offers policymakers and researchers pragmatic sustainable approaches to identify mitigate conflict threats by looking beyond p-values plausible instruments. We argue that predicting successfully depends on the choice of algorithms, which, if chosen accurately, can reduce economic social instabilities caused post-conflict reconstruction. After collating data with variables linked conflict, we used a grid level dataset 5928 observations spanning 48 countries across sub-Saharan...
This article examines the transmission of world coffee prices to price received by Ugandan growers means Directed Acyclic Graphs which reveal flow information from spot indicator London futures and then growers' price. A positive shock in has respectively a negative effect on price, Forecast Error Variance Decomposition shows that uncertainty is attributable own rank order. The recommends Coffee Development Authority should provide both growers.
Remittances may influence household expenditures, poverty rates, development and investments in the receiving country. Using World Bank survey data from Ethiopia, Uganda Kenya, of remitters’ recipients’ characteristics on remittance amounts allocation is examined. Effects remitter–receiver are generally similar between countries. Such similarities imply a potential effect policies these Age, income, frequency communication, family relations with remitter country recipient resided allocation....
We examine the direct and indirect costs of malaria in children under five years benefit investing long lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets as a preventative policy strategy 18 African countries. The results indicate that use can induce 6.2 percent reduction outpatient costs, 6.6 inpatient treatment 6.3 productivity losses, 22.6 disability adjusted life (DALY), all on an annual basis.
Developing economies are affected by price and productivity changes this was evident during the 2007-2008 world food crisis 2010-2011 surge. For study, we use a heterogeneous-agent modelling approach to simulate production consumption responses of household producing bananas (matooke), beans maize; three top five staple crops per capita calorie intake in Uganda. Preliminary results focusing on maize households indicate substitution for other items when market prices increase. Please note...