Search Results - "Nepal"

Custom-hired tractor services and returns to scale in smallholder agriculture: a production function approach by Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…We fill this knowledge gap by testing whether hiring in tractor services has raised returns to scale in agriculture at the household level in Nepal Terai that has undergone rapid growth in the tractor use through custom‐hiring services. …”
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Building on our achievements to transform the WEFE nexus by McCartney, Matthew P., Ringler, Claudia

“…Elsewhere, we remained pioneers in gender equality and social inclusion in the WEFE nexus, with new research from Nepal demonstrating how women can access renewable energy in ways that strengthen their agency and entrepreneurship. …”
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Summary of the agro-ecological and socio-economic context for the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) by Pede, Valerien, Ward, Patrick S., Spielman, David J., Paris, Thelma R.

“…In all, the baseline household survey collected data on 2,628 households across the CSISA hub domains of Haryana, Punjab, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Tamil Nadu in India; Dinajpur and Gazipur in Bangladesh; and the Terai region of central Nepal.…”
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Regional analysis of ex-situ water harvesting: Potential for expansion in South Asia by Ag Water Solutions, Inc.

“…South Asia (SA), including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan, is one of the most populous regions in the world. …”
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The impact of the International Food Policy Research Institute's research program on rural finance policies for food security for the poor by Alwang, Jeffrey, Puhazhendhi, V.

“…Malawi, Bangladesh, Ghana and Nepal were selected for analysis of research impacts." -- taken from Authors' Abstract.…”
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Maize in Asia: Changing markets and Incentives by Gulati, Ashok, Dixon, John

“…This study covers seven Asian countries, namely China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Together, these countries generate over 90 per cent of Asia’s maize production, and a quarter of the world’s maize supply. …”
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Nutrition Situation and its Food Policy Links by Kumar, Shubh K.

“…There is little doubt that in "average" years, malnutrition in Africa is a smaller problem than it is in Asian countries such as Bangladesh, India, Nepal, or Sri Lanka. Another reason why nutritional problems do not receive much attention in Africa is that in recent years episodes of severe drought, famine, and starvation have been relatively frequent, and attention has focused more on the shorter-run alleviation of food problems than on longer-term underlying problems. …”
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The mungbean transformation diversifying crops, defeating malnutrition: Diversifying crops, defeating malnutrition by Shanmugasundaram, Subramanyam, Keatinge, J. D. H., Hughes, Jacqueline d’Arros

“…National partners in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Thailand collaborated with AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center, using an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to research and develop improved mungbean varieties and technologies. …”
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Rural diets under pressure: Food environments and their influence on food choice in South Asia by Chauhan, Alka, Scott, Samuel P., Joe, William, Maharjan, Nanda Kumar, Menon, Purnima, Chakrabarti, Suman

“…This study characterizes rural food environments in five districts across Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, focusing on how affordability, availability, accessibility, desirability, and convenience shape dietary choices and quality. …”
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A guide to investing in collectively held resources by Gnych, Sophia, Lawry, Steven, Monterroso, Iliana, Adhikary, Anukram, McLain, Rebecca

“…The case countries are Guatemala, Mexico and Nepal, which have devolved forest rights to communities, and Namibia, which has devolved wildlife rights.…”
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Pay it forward: Impacts of a rural livelihoods program with built-in spillovers by Janzen, Sarah A., Magnan, Nicholas, Sharma, Sudhindra, Thompson, William M.

“…We evaluate 2.5-3.5 year impacts of a livelihoods program using an RCT in Nepal. The program targets women and employs self-help groups, livestock transfers, and trainings. …”
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Developing a regional cooperation strategy for scaling up climate-smart agriculture in South Asia by Sawhney, Aparna, Sma, Abdelkarim, Pradhan, Mamata, Kamar, Abul, Roy, Devesh

“…Some of these climate-vulnerable nations contribute less than 1 per cent of global GHG emissions, including Bhutan (0.0057%), Sri Lanka (0.072%), Nepal (0.105%), and Bangladesh (0.522%) in South Asia.…”
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Community Engagement and Capacity-Building needs in Technology Intervention by Rauniyar, A., Shrestha, Shisher

“…We used this principle to design a capacity-building workshop to support an innovative grid-connected solar irrigation pilot project in Nepal.…”
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Lessons learned from solar irrigation scaling in Asia and Africa by Bodach, Susanne, Al-Zu’bi, Maha, Tilahun, Seifu A.

“…This report summarizes lessons on scaling solar irrigation from IWMI-led country teams and partners working in Nepal, Pakistan, India, Ghana, Nigeria, and East and Southern Africa. …”
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Increasing forest benefits through the leasehold forestry and livestock programme: improving its implementation and effectiv eness by Albano, A., Regmi, B, Kumar, C., Belcher, B.

“…Nepal introduced various community based forest management (CBFM) programmesthat aim to improve forest management while improving the livelihoods of the forest dependent poor. …”
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The multiple-use water services (MUS) project by van Koppen, Barbara, Smits, S., Moriarty, P., Vries, F.P. de, Mikhail, M., Boelee, Eline

“…The CPWF-supported project ‘Models for implementing multiple-use water supply systems for enhanced land and water productivity, rural livelihoods and gender equity’ (‘CPWF-MUS’) innovated, tested, and documented homestead-scale and communityscale models for Multiple Use water Services in 30 rural and peri-urban sites in 8 countries: the Andes (Bolivia and Colombia), Indus-Ganges (India, Nepal), Limpopo (South Africa and Zimbabwe), Mekong (Thailand) and Nile (Ethiopia). …”
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The Multiple Functions and Services of Community Seedbanks by Vernooy, Ronnie, Sthapit, B.R., Galluzzi, Gea, Shrestha, P.

“…The framework’s utility is illustrated by three case studies of community seed banks in Bangladesh, Guatemala and Nepal.…”
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Seeds of resilience: novel strategies for using crop diversity in climate change adaptation by Vernooy, Ronnie, Kiwuka, C.

“…Countries where the strategy has been piloted include Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, India, Madagascar, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda.…”
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The importance and challenges of crop germplasm interdependence: the case of Bhutan by Ghimiray, M., Vernooy, Ronnie

“…Germplasm sources include CGIAR centres such as IRRI, CIMMYT, ICARDA, and AVRDC and countries such as Bangladesh, India, Japan, Korea, Nepal, and Thailand. Pedigree analysis of rice varieties indicated that 74% of the released varieties originated in other countries. …”
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Using farmer knowledge for participatory sweet-potato variety selection in Garut, West Java, Indonesia by Widyastuti, Caecilia Afra, Minantyorini

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