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Characterizing farm households in Surkhet, Western Nepal, through a quantitative farming systems typology by Zepeda, Adair, Cheesman, Stephanie, Neupane, Nilhari, Shrestha, Nirman, Shrestha, Ram Narayan, Amjath-Babu, T. S., Karki, Saral, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Krupnik, Timothy J., López Ridaura, Santiago

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Bringing new focus on groundwater irrigation in Nepal’s irrigation policy: Potential policy opportunities and pathways by Chakraborty, Shreya, Neupane, Nilhari, Karki, Shanta, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…The last irrigation policy of Nepal (2003) acknowledged that the traditional focus of irrigation development in Nepal has been on run-off river-based surface water irrigation. …”
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Enabling positive tipping points in public support for food system transformation: The case of meat consumption by Fesenfeld, Lukas Paul, Sun, Yixian

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Women's empowerment, extended families and male migration in Nepal: Insights from mixed methods analysis by Doss, Cheryl R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Pereira, Audrey, Pradhan, Rajendra

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What is the intrinsic value of fertilizer? Experimental value elicitation and decomposition in the hill and terai regions of Nepal by Ward, Patrick S., Gupta, Shweta, Singh, Vartika, Ortega, David L., Gautam, Shriniwas

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Assessing food and nutrition security in Nepal: Evidence from diet diversity and food expenditure patterns by Kumar, Anjani, Thapa, Ganesh, Mishra, Ashok K., Joshi, Pramod Kumar

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Using priming experiments to understand gender attitudes: Lessons from Papua New Guinea and Nepal by Kosec, Katrina, Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung

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Enabling or enfeebling the private sector? Government policy responses and business initiatives during COVID-19 by Rosenbach, Gracie, Resnick, Danielle

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Not just a call away: Issues faced during phone surveys of women in India and Nepal by Gupta, Shweta, Saini, Smriti

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Women’s empowerment, extended families and male migration in Nepal: Insights from mixed methods analysis by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Pereira, Audrey, Pradhan, Rajendra, Doss, Cheryl R.

“…Women’s empowerment is dynamic across the life course, affected not only by age but also by women’s social position within the household. In Nepal, high rates of male outmigration have further compounded household dynamics, although the impact on women’s empowerment is not clear. …”
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Symposium policy note 1: Enabling farmers to lead food system transformation and resilience in Egypt by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This brief highlights the importance of enabling farmers so that they can contribute significantly to a broader transformation and to resilience of Egypt’s food system and rural economy. …”
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Enabling the uptake of livestock-water productivity interventions in the crop-livestock systems of sub-Saharan Africa by Amede, Tilahun, Geheb, Kim, Douthwaite, Boru

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Measuring community urbanicity and its influence on household food security across Nepal’s agroecological zones by Graham, Elizabeth, Thorne-Lyman, Andrew L., McGready, John, Mui, Yeeli, Manohar, Swetha, Neupane, Sumanta, Fanzo, Jessica, West, Keith P., Jr.

“…Objectives To develop a community urbanicity scale, to assess its associations with household food security, and to explore whether agricultural occupation modifies this relationship across the 3 agroecological zones (mountain, hill, Tarai) of Nepal. Methods Data came from a nationally and agroecologically representative, multistaged 2013 agri-food system survey of 4285 households with children <5 y in 63 communities (wards) in Nepal. …”
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What is the intrinsic value of fertilizer? Experimental value elicitation and decomposition in the hill and terai regions of Nepal by Ward, Patrick S., Gupta, Shweta, Singh, Vartika, Ortega, David L., Gautam, Shriniwas, Guerena, David, Shrestha, Rudra Bahadur

“…We use Becker-DeGroot-Marshak value elicitation methods to derive the intrinsic value that farmers in Nepal place on fertilizers. Eliciting values under three distinct procurement scenarios, we are able to decompose the total intrinsic value of fertilizer into a willingness-to-pay (WTP) to travel to procure fertilizer, a WTP for assured fertilizer supplies, and a WTP for the productivity benefits of fertilizer. …”
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A4NH flagship 4: Supporting policies, programs, and enabling action through research by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Research under this flagship, Supporting Policies, Programs and Enabling Action through Research, or SPEAR, explores why the disconnect persists, and more importantly, how we can turn agriculture into a powerful lever for raising people’s health and nutritional status, while at the same time contributing to addressing other development challenges, such as food security, poverty, equity, and sustainability.…”
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Does contract farming improve profits and food safety? Evidence from tomato cultivation in Nepal by Kumar, Anjani, Roy, Devesh, Tripathi, Gaurav, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Adhikari, Rajendra Prasad

“…Caste, occupation, farm size and cropping intensity significantly affected farmers’ participation in CF.The analysis based on cross-section data has limitations to consider unobserved farmer-level individual heterogeneity.This study will provide an empirical base to promote CF in Nepal. The study will also contribute to bridge the gap in literature on the drivers of CF and its impact on smallholders’ income and compliance with FSM in Nepal.…”
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Does greater food safety consciousness benefit smallholder dairy farmers? Evidence from Nepal by Thapa, Ganesh B., Kumar, Anjani, Roy, Devesh, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…This paper studies the impact of food safety consciousness on weekly milk expenditure, milk price paid, milk quantity purchased, and the probability of purchasing milk from modern market outlets in Nepal. We conducted dairy consumer survey in four selected districts of the country and employed an instrumental variable regression and quantile instrumental variable to estimate the heterogeneous treatment effects. …”
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Harnessing models and big data to enable climate-resilient agriculture in India: Kick-off workshop by Foster, Timothy, Kramer, Berber, Kannan, Samyuktha

“…The Picture-based Insurance (PBI) project in India, funded by 3ie, evaluates the impact of an innovative insurance scheme. …”
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Contracting by small farmers in commodities with export potential: Assessing farm profits of lentil growers in Nepal by Kumar, Anjani, Roy, Devesh, Tripathi, Gaurav, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Adhikari, Rajendra Prasad

“…The prospect for CF in a country like Nepal with accessibility issues, underdeveloped markets, and a lack of amenities remains ambiguous. …”
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Farm size and effects of chemical fertilizer price on farm households: Insights from Nepal Terai by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Shivakoti, Sabnam, Bhattarai, Binod, Karkee, Madhab, Pokhrel, Suroj, Kumar, Anjani

“…This research explores how inputs such as chemical fertilizer that are often complementary to labor can benefit smallholders in countries like Nepal. These and other inputs complement labor when a country experiences periods of increased labor scarcity due to rising wages in rural areas. …”
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