Training and technical support on adaptation to salinity intrusion could enhance food security

Submitted by Petra Hansson on

 

Research questions: How does salinity intrusion affect agricultural production and food security and how are male and female farmers different in those impacts?

Key Messages 

  • Climate change, extreme climate events, and recent salinity intrusion are growing concerns for the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. 

  • It is important to control soil salinity through drainage and water management practices to avoid loss of production. 

Agriculture, Gender, Policy Design

Gender differences in spending on information and communication technology and transport fuel intensity: Evidence from Ghana

Submitted by Vicentia Quartey on
EfD Authors:

This study estimated the effects of spending on information and communication technology (ICT) on transport fuel intensity and examined how the effects of gender on transport fuel intensity depend on spending on ICT in expanding economies. It applied restricted dependent binary logistic regression to the Ghana Living Standards Survey of 14,009 households disaggregated into 4366 women’s and 9643 men’s households, respectively.

Gender