More women in workforce means better food security
Study in semi-arid areas shows improved nutritional intake in households with working women.
EfD Chile researchers present research and policy priorities for the seafood industry
Seafood products from the Global South should be evaluated according to the particularities of the areas where they are captured and should be considered part of an integrated system. Those are some…
Paving roads can improve air quality
Recent research shows that paving roads is the most cost-effective policy to reduce air pollution in Bogota when compared with other alternatives such as fuel substitution in industry and heavy-duty
Stakeholders were informed on the acceptability status of green reforms
The Environment for Development Kenya carried out a population survey to find out whether green measures for plastics, forest loss, and fossil fuels are socially acceptable. To spread the findings and…
Soil Conservation Practices and Neighborhood Effects – How Sustained are the relationships?
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Key findings
Soil conservation activities (i.e., mixed cropping) in the south-south and northwest regions of the country in 2015 are influenced by a high prevalence of neighbours’ activities in 2012. Similarly, low prevalence of soil conservation activities in the middle belt of the country is correlated with similarly low activity levels of farmers’ neighbours in the preceding period.
Farmers with high (low) legumes cultivation in 2015 were surrounded by other farmers with similarly high (low) cultivation in 2012.
A green infrastructure pilot activity aims to restore riverbank forests in Costa Rica
A pilot activity that is part of the project called Diagnostic About the Possibilities to Develop the Green Infrastructure in the Caribbean and Pacific Coasts of Costa Rica, has been initiated in the…