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Climate and weather variability in sub-Saharan Africa disproportionately leave female-headed households food insecure. However, the extent and reasons for these gender differences are, thus far, not…
20 August 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | South AfricaThis study examines the role of gender of the head of household on the food security of small-scale subsistence farmers in urban and rural areas of South Africa, using the exogenous switching…
16 July 2015 | Discussion Paper | South AfricaIn developing countries such as Ethiopia, rural households spend a considerable part of their time in agriculture as well as resource collection. However, rigorous empirical studies on the impacts of…
18 June 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | EthiopiaIn Sub-Saharan Africa, climate change is set to hit the agricultural sector the most severely and cause suffering, particularly for smallholder farmers. To cushion themselves against potential welfare…
18 June 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | TanzaniaThis paper uses the water-reallocation scheme created within the National Water Act (1998) to analyze the impacts of water policy on farm livelihoods in South Africa. Based on one of the most water…
27 February 2015 | Peer Reviewed | South AfricaThe study presented here considers the relative efficiency of planting tobacco and maize in the tobacco-producing Tabora region of Tanzania. The study used a 2013 survey that was conducted among…
17 February 2015 | Peer Reviewed | TanzaniaAccording to advocates, eco-certification can improve developing country farmers’ environmental and economic performance. However, these notional benefits can be undercut by self-selection: the…
8 February 2015 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaThis article investigates the role of institutional isolation on the adoption of soil conservation technologies in Kenya. The study is based on the theory of induced technical and institutional…
31 January 2015 | Peer Reviewed | KenyaThis paper provides a holistic literature review of climate change and variability in Ghana by examining the impact and projections of climate change and variability in various sectors (agricultural…
18 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Global HubEthiopia is one of the African countries facing problems of environmental degradation. In particular, the problem is severe in the Tigray region of Northern Ethiopia highlands where, environmental…
24 March 2017 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia