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2021: Dietary change and food demand in urbanizing Bangladesh

Olivier Ecker and Andrew R. Comstock

2021: The impacts of rural outmigration on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nepal, Senegal, and Tajikistan

Vanya Slavchevska, Marya Hillesland, Erdgin Mane and Cheryl Doss

2021: Who claims the rights to livestock? Exploring gender patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda

Marya Hillesland, Cheryl Doss and Vanya Slavchevska

2021: Kin transfers as safety nets in response to idiosyncratic and correlated shocks

Sylvan Herskowitz, Marieke Kleemans and Cristhian Pulido

2021: Drivers and consequences of tenure insecurity and mechanisms for enhancing tenure security: A synthesis of CGIAR research on tenure security (2013-2020)

Rebecca McLain

2021: Impact of conflict-related violence and presence of armed groups on food security: Evidence from longitudinal analysis in Mali

Jean-Pierre Tranchant, Aulo Gelli and Edoardo Masset

2021: Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia

Daniel Gilligan, Melissa Hidrobo, Jessica Leight and Heleene Tambet

2021: Gender, demand for agricultural credit and digital technology: Survey evidence from Odisha

Berber Kramer, Subhransu Pattnaik and Patrick S. Ward

2021: Digital tools and agricultural market transformation in Africa: Why are they not at scale yet, and what will it take to get there?

Kibrom A. Abay, Gashaw T. Abate, Jordan Chamberlin, Yumna Kassim and David Spielman

2021: Norms, gender, and payment method affect extraction behavior in a framed field experiment on community forestry in India

Wei Zhang, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Sanoop Valappanandi, Raksha Balakrishna, Hemalatha Reddy, Marco A. Janssen, Liya Thomas, Pratiti Priyadarshini, Sandeep Kandikuppa, Rahul Chaturvedi and Rucha Ghate

2021: Post-program impacts of transfer programs on child development: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh

Akhter Ahmed, Jena Derakhshani Hamadani, Md. Zahidul Hassan, Melissa Hidrobo, John Hoddinott, Bastien Koch, Kalyani Raghunathan and Shalini Roy

2021: This land is her land: A comparative analysis of gender, institutions, and landownership

Helena Mika and Cheryl Doss

2021: The role of asymmetric information in multi-peril picture-based crop insurance: Field experiments in India

Francisco Ceballos and Berber Kramer

2021: Social protection and resilience: The case of the productive safety net program in Ethiopia

Kibrom A. Abay, Mehari Abay, Guush Berhane and Jordan Chamberlin

2021: China’s accession to the WTO and its impact on global agricultural trade

Joseph W. Glauber

2021: Gender, tenure security, and landscape governance: Synthesis of studies of PIM’s Governance of Natural Resources flagship program 2013-2020

Patricia Kristjanson

2021: International model for analysis of agricultural commodities and trade-standard IFPRI multimarket model (IMPACT-SIMM): Technical description for version 1

Sherman Robinson, Lillian Anderson, Shahnila Dunston, Sherwin Gabriel, Adam M. Komarek, Mason-D’Croz, Daniel and Timothy Sulser

2021: Conflict and child mortality in Mali: A synthetic control analysis

Edoardo Masset

2021: Climate change, agriculture, and potential crop yields in Central Asia

Timothy Thomas, Kamiljon T. Akramov, Richard Robertson, Vijay Nazareth and Jarilkasin Ilyasov

2021: Agricultural mechanisation and child labour in developing countries

Robert Vos and Hiroyuki Takeshima

2021: Review and synthesis of IFPRI’s PIM funded program of work on agricultural insurance, 2012-2020

Peter Hazell and Anne G. Timu

2021: Labor-related knowledge transfers from Chinese foreign direct investment in Ethiopia and Tanzania

Mia Ellis, Margaret McMillan and Manali Sovani

2021: Methodologies for researching feminisation of agriculture what do they tell us?

Cathy Rozel Farnworth, Els Lecoutere, Galiè, Alessandra, Bjorn Van Campenhout, Elias, Marlène, Markus Ihalainen, Lara Roeven, Preeti Bharati, Ana Maria Paez Valencia, Mary Crossland, Barbara Vinceti and Iliana Monterroso

2021: Effect of public investments on maize and cereal productivity

Samuel Benin, Paswel Marenya, Francis Smart, Jenny Smart and Hiroyuki Takeshima

2021: COVID-19 school closures and mental health of adolescent students: Evidence from rural Mozambique

Feliciano Chimbutane, Catalina Herrera-Almanza, Naureen Karachiwalla, Carlos Lauchande and Jessica Leight

2021: Women’s tenure security on collective lands: A conceptual framework

Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Cheryl Doss, Fiona E. Flintan, R. Knight, A.M. Larson and I. Monterroso

2021: Costing healthy diets and measuring deprivation: New indicators and modeling approaches

Karl Pauw, Olivier Ecker, James Thurlow and Andrew R. Comstock

2021: Understanding the role of different program components of a nutrition sensitive intervention in mediating impact: Applying causal mediation analysis to experimental evidence from Burkina Faso

Jessica Heckert, Jessica Leight, Awonon, Josué and Aulo Gelli

2021: Women and youth in Myanmar agriculture

Isabel Lambrecht, Kristi Mahrt and Ame Cho

2021: Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of a light-touch aspirations intervention in rural Ethiopia

Jessica Leight, Daniel Gilligan, Michael Mulford, Alemayehu Taffesse and Heleene Tambet

2021: Evaluating the impact of multi-intervention development projects: The case of Ethiopia’s community-based integrated natural resources management project

Gashaw T. Abate, Alan de Brauw, Nicholas Minot, Robert Vos, Solomon B. Wassie, Shijie Yang and James Warner

2021: Relative roles and limits of extension approaches in promoting sustainable agricultural management practices: Analysis of nationally representative panel data from Malawi

Catherine Ragasa, Diston Mzungu, Kenan Kalagho and Cynthia Kazembe

2021: Polycentricity and multi-stakeholder platforms: Governance of the commons in India

Hagar ElDidi, Shivanyaa Rawat, Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Rahul Chaturvedi

2021: Agricultural mechanization and gendered labor activities across sectors: Micro-evidence from multi-country farm household data

Hiroyuki Takeshima and Xinshen Diao

2021: Enumerator bias in yield measurement: A comparison of harvest versus allometric measurement of coffee yields

Vivian Hoffmann, Mike Murphy, Ezra Rwakazooba, Charles Angebault, Godfrey Kagezi and Giulia Zane

2021: Public-sector maize research locations and spatial heterogeneity in maize productivity: Insights from four African countries on the roles of agroclimatic similarity

Hiroyuki Takeshima

2021: Self-selection versus population-based sampling for evaluation of an agronomy training program in Uganda

Vivian Hoffmann, Miki Khanh Doan and Tomoko Harigaya

2021: drivers of Africa’s agriculture transformation: A CAADP biennial review account

Samuel Benin

2021: Migration and gender dynamics of irrigation governance in Nepal

Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Prachanda Pradhan and Wei Zhang

2021: How much are multisectoral programs worth? A new method with an application to school meals

Harold Alderman, Elisabetta Aurino, Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, Aulo Gelli, Festus Turkson and Brad Wong

2021: Have households’ livelihoods and food security rebounded from COVID-19 shocks in Nigeria? Results from a follow-up phone survey

Bedru Balana, Motunrayo Oyeyemi, Adebayo Ogunniyi, Adetunji Fasoranti, Hyacinth O. Edeh and Kwaw S. Andam

2021: Is agricultural insurance fulfilling its promise for the developing world?

Harold Alderman, Francisco Ceballos, Peter Hazell, Berber Kramer, Neha Kumar and Anne G. Timu

2021: Can restoration of the commons foster resilience? A quasi-experimental comparison of COVID-19 coping strategies among rural households in three Indian states

Krister Andersson, Tenzin Chorran, Nathan Cook, Atul Dogra, Karl Hughes, Sanoop Lissah, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Pratiti Priyadarshini and Himani Sharma

2021: Can survey design reduce anchoring bias in recall data? Evidence from Malawi

Susan Godlonton, Manuel Hernandez and Cynthia Paz

2021: Gendered perceptions in maize supply chains: Evidence from Uganda

Bjorn Van Campenhout and Anusha De

2021: Enabling environments for nutrition advocacy: A comparison of infant and young child feeding and food fortification in Nigeria

Danielle Resnick, Kola Anigo and Olufolakemi Mercy Anjorin

2021: Video-based behavioral change communication to change consumption patterns: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia

Gashaw T. Abate, Kaleab Baye, Alan de Brauw, Kalle Hirvonen and Abdulazize Wolle

2021: Public expenditure’s role in reducing poverty and improving food and nutrition security: Preliminary cross-country insights based on SPEED data

Hiroyuki Takeshima, Jenny Smart and Xinshen Diao

2021: Labor (mis?)measurement in agriculture

Kate Ambler, Sylvan Herskowitz and Mywish Maredia

2021: Reducing vulnerability to forced labor and trafficking of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers in the South Asia to Middle East corridor

Hagar ElDidi, Chloe van Biljon, Muzna Alvi, Claudia Ringler, Nazmun Ratna, Sawsan Abdulrahim, Patrick Kilby, Joyce Wu and Zahid ul Arefin Choudhury

2021: Understanding the effects of agricultural R&D investments on poverty and undernourishment in sub-Saharan Africa: A causal mediation approach

Rui Benfica and Alejandro Nin-Pratt

2021: Solar-powered cold-storages and sustainable food system transformation: Evidence from horticulture markets interventions in northeast Nigeria

Hiroyuki Takeshima, Futoshi Yamauchi, Dauda Bawa, Salaudeen O. Kamaldeen, Hyacinth O. Edeh and Manuel Hernandez

2021: Promoting school readiness through a preschool feeding program: A nutritional nudge to improve at-risk preschooler’s cognitive development in Armenia

Heather A. Knauer, Sona Balasanyan, Elmira Bakhshinyan and Harold Alderman

2021: School meals as a market for smallholder agriculture: Experimental evidence from Ghana

Aulo Gelli, Edoardo Masset, Clement Adamba, Harold Alderman, Daniel K. Arhinful, Elisabetta Aurino, Gloria Folson, Isaac Osei-Akoto and Felix Ankomah Asante

2021: Nutrition-sensitive social protection programs within food systems

Deanna K. Olney, Aulo Gelli, Neha Kumar, Harold Alderman, Ara Go, Ahmed Raza, Jessica Owens, Alejandro Grinspun, Garima Bhalla and Omar Benammour

2021: Building back fairer from the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa: Some first step reforms in an era of fiscal constraints

Channing Arndt, Robert J. Davies, Sherwin Gabriel, Laurence Harris, Michael Sachs and Dirk Ernst van Seventer

2021: Gimme shelter: Social distancing and income support in times of pandemic

Ulugbek Aminjonov, Olivier Bargain and Tanguy Bernard

2021: Staying afloat in the milk business: Borrowing and selling on credit among informal milk vendors in Nairobi

E. Myers, Jessica Heckert, Galiè, Alessandra, Nelly Njiru and Silvia Alonso

2021: Transitioning to nutrition-sensitive food environments in Ghana: Triple sector strategies to reduce the triple burden of malnutrition

Jonathan Mockshell, Collins Asante-Addo, Kwaw S. Andam and Felix Ankomah Asante

2021: Did a microfinance ‘plus’ programme empower female farmers and pastoralists and improve intrahousehold equality in rural Ethiopia? Evidence from an impact evaluation using a Project-Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Index (pro-WEAI) survey tool

Marya Hillesland, Susan Kaaria, Erdgin Mane, Mihret Alemu and Vanya Slavchevska

2021: Hidden hunger: Understanding dietary adequacy in urban and rural food consumption in Senegal

Wim Marivoet, John Ulimwengu, Leysa Sall, Adama Gueye, Kimseyinga Savadogo and Khadim Dia

2021: Exploring women’s empowerment using a mixed methods approach

Cheryl Doss and Deborah Rubin

2021: A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems

Jemimah Njuki, Sarah Eissler, Hazel J. Malapit, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Elizabeth Bryan and Agnes Quisumbing

2021: Recovering from COVID-19: Economic scenarios for South Africa

Dirk Ernst van Seventer, Channing Arndt, Rob Davies, Sherwin Gabriel, Laurence Harris and Sherman Robinson

2021: Sharing tips for rice, chicken and vegetable production: Do voice messages and social learning complement extension services?

Miguel Almanzar, Alan de Brauw and Eduardo Nakasone

2021: Mismatch between soil nutrient requirements and fertilizer applications: Implications for yield responses in Ethiopia

Kibrom A. Abay, Mehari Abay, M. Amare, Guush Berhane and E. Aynekulu

2021: Regulatory Options to Improve Seed Systems for Vegetatively Propagated Crops in Developing Countries

David Spielman, M. Gatto, Tesfamicheal Wossen, M. McEwan, Tahirou Abdoulaye, Mywish Maredia and Guy Hareau

2021: Papua New Guinea agri-food trade trends: Dietary change and obesity

Emily Schmidt and Peixun Fang

2021: Women and small-scale irrigation: A review of the factors influencing gendered patterns of participation and benefits

Elizabeth Bryan and Nicole Lefore

2021: Improving coffee productivity in Ethiopia: The impact of a coffee tree rejuvenation training program on stumping

Gashaw T. Abate, Tanguy Bernard, Mekdim Regassa and Bart Minten

2021: Effects of COVID-19 restrictions on mechanization service providers and mechanization Equipment retailers: Insights from phone surveys in Myanmar

Hiroyuki Takeshima, Ian Masias, Myat Thida Win and Phoo Pye Zone

2021: Africa’s manufacturing puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian firms

Xinshen Diao, Mia Ellis, Margaret McMillan and Dani Rodrik

2021: Bragging, shirking, and hiding: Spousal disagreement among Ugandan maize farmers

Bjorn Van Campenhout, Els Lecoutere and David Spielman

2021: Assessing response fatigue in phone surveys: Experimental evidence on dietary diversity in Ethiopia

Kibrom A. Abay, Guush Berhane, John Hoddinott and Kibrom Tafere

2021: Covid-19 and lockdown policies: A structural simulation model of a bottom-up recession in four countries

Sherman Robinson, Stephanie Levy, Hernández, Victor, Rob Davies, Sherwin Gabriel, Channing Arndt, Dirk Ernst van Seventer and Marcelo Pleitez

2021: Explaining the gender gap in profits among entrepreneurs in Malawi

Dominique Duval-Diop, Jessica Heckert, Jean Lee, Greg Seymour and Katherine Vaughn

2021: Assessing the economic cost of depleting groundwater in Balochistan: A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier approach

Noormah Rizwan, Sania Haider Shikoh, Stephen Davies, Muhammad Saad Moeen, Abdul Wajid Rana and Zeeshan Haider

2021: When implementation goes wrong: Lessons from crop insurance in India

Rajalakshmi Nirmal and Suresh Chandra Babu

2021: Linked Economic and Animal Systems (LEAS) Model: Technical documentation

Emerta Aragie, Seneshaw Tamiru Beyene, Ermias Legesse and James Thurlow

2021: Drivers of youth engagement in agriculture: Insights from Guatemala, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda

Suresh Chandra Babu, Steven Franzel, Kristin Davis and Nandita Srivastava

2021: Large-scale school meal programs and student health: Evidence from rural China

Jingxi Wang, Manuel Hernandez and Guoying Deng

2021: Does market inclusion empower women? Evidence from Bangladesh

Kalyani Raghunathan, Gayathri V. Ramani, Deborah Rubin, Audrey Pereira, Akhter Ahmed, Hazel J. Malapit and Agnes Quisumbing

2021: Nutrition sensitive food systems in conflict affected regions: A case study of Afghanistan

Suresh Chandra Babu, Jamshed Looden, Mehnaz Ajmal, Abdul Wajid Rana and Nandita Srivastava

2021: It takes two: Women’s empowerment in agricultural value chains in Malawi

Catherine Ragasa, Hazel J. Malapit, Deborah Rubin, Emily Myers, Audrey Pereira, Elena Martinez, Jessica Heckert, Greg Seymour, Diston Mzungu, Kenan Kalagho, Cynthia Kazembe, Jack Thunde and Grace Mswero

2021: A qualitative assessment of a gender-sensitive agricultural training program in Benin: Findings on program experience and women’s empowerment across key agricultural value chains

Sarah Eissler, Ampa Dogui Diatta, Jessica Heckert and Caitlin Nordehn

2021: Effects of COVID-19 and other shocks on Papua New Guinea’s food economy: A multi-market simulation analysis

Xinshen Diao, Paul A. Dorosh, Peixun Fang and Emily Schmidt

2021: Exploring gendered experiences of time-use agency in Benin, Malawi, and Nigeria as a new concept to measure women’s empowerment

Sarah Eissler, Jessica Heckert, Emily Myers, Greg Seymour, Sheela Sinharoy and Kathryn M. Yount

2021: Consumer immobility predicts both macroeconomic contractions and household poverty during COVID-19

Derek Headey, Ame Cho, Isabel Lambrecht, Elisa Maria Maffioli and Russell Toth

2021: Estimating the economic impacts of the first wave of COVID-19 in Pakistan using a SAM Multiplier Model

Muhammad Saad Moeen, Zeeshan Haider, Sania Haider Shikoh, Noormah Rizwan, Amna Ejaz, Stephen Davies and Abdul Wajid Rana

2021: Forecasting commodity prices using long-short-term memory neural networks

Racine Ly, Traoré, Fousseini and Khadim Dia

2021: Constructing a nutrition deficiency index: Applications for the Democratic Republic of the Congo under a decade of humanitarian crises

Patrice L. Mirindi, Mousumi Das, Patrick N. Mirindi and Suresh Chandra Babu

2021: The impact of Ethiopia’s direct seed marketing approach on smallholders’ access to seeds, productivity, and commercialization

Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David Spielman and Frank Place

2021: Crop insurance and crop productivity: Evidence from rice farmers in eastern India

Anjani Kumar, Sunil Saroj and Ashok K. Mishra

2021: Games for triggering collective change in natural resource management: A conceptual framework and insights from four cases from India

Thomas Falk, Wei Zhang, Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Lara Bartels