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View article: Assessing damage to agricultural fields from military actions in Ukraine: An integrated approach using statistical indicators and machine learning
Assessing damage to agricultural fields from military actions in Ukraine: An integrated approach using statistical indicators and machine learning Open
The ongoing full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to widespread damage of agricultural lands, jeopardizing global food security. Timely detection of impacted fields enables quantification of production losses, guiding recovery pol…
View article: Discussion of ‘Through the Maze of Land Right Laws’
Discussion of ‘Through the Maze of Land Right Laws’ Open
It is widely accepted that countries' institutions play a major role in their economic development. Yet, the way they affect, and are affected by, development, and how to reform them are still poorly understood. In this companion volume, S…
View article: Heterogenous climate impacts on crop yields: evidence from Ukraine
Heterogenous climate impacts on crop yields: evidence from Ukraine Open
Ukraine ranks among the largest global producers and exporters of a variety of agricultural commodities. Despite its importance, there is limited research on the effect of climate change on the future of Ukraine’s agricultural sector. We i…
View article: Impact of the Russian Invasion on Ukrainian Farmers' Productivity, Rural Welfare, and Food Security
Impact of the Russian Invasion on Ukrainian Farmers' Productivity, Rural Welfare, and Food Security Open
Data from 2,251 small and medium-size farms for 2021 and 2022 show that area reductions in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine remained limited. However, worsening terms of trade reduced farm profitability, implying that 46 percent…
View article: Land and Mortgage Markets in Ukraine: Pre-War Performance, War Effects, and Implications for Recovery
Land and Mortgage Markets in Ukraine: Pre-War Performance, War Effects, and Implications for Recovery Open
Almost throughout Ukraine's independent history, agricultural land sales were prohibited. Measures to allow them and make land governance more transparent in 2020/21 were expected to improve equity, investment, credit access, and decentral…
View article: Structural Transformation of the Agricultural Sector In Low- and Middle-Income Economies
Structural Transformation of the Agricultural Sector In Low- and Middle-Income Economies Open
Movement of labor from agriculture to nonagriculture and the associated increase in farm size through structural transformation are at the core of economic development. We conduct a comprehensive review of the literature exploring the caus…
View article: Biophysical Impact of Sunflower Crop Rotation on Agricultural Fields
Biophysical Impact of Sunflower Crop Rotation on Agricultural Fields Open
Crop rotation is an important determining factor of crop productivity. Sustainable agriculture requires correct rules of crop rotation. Failure to comply with these rules can lead to deterioration of soil biochemical characteristics and la…
View article: Addressing Declining Female Labor Force Participation in India: Does Political Empowerment Make a Difference?
Addressing Declining Female Labor Force Participation in India: Does Political Empowerment Make a Difference? Open
Despite income growth, fertility decline, and educational expansion, female labour force participation in rural India dropped precipitously over the last decade. Nation-wide individual-level data allow us to explore if random reservation o…
View article: Investment impacts of gendered land rights in customary tenure systems: Substantive and methodological insights from Malawi
Investment impacts of gendered land rights in customary tenure systems: Substantive and methodological insights from Malawi Open
Although most of the world's agricultural land is cultivated under customary tenure regimes that tend to change over time in response to exogenous factors, the impact of customary rights on productivity and investment remains under-researc…
View article: Investment Impacts of Gendered Land Rights in Customary Tenure Systems: Substantive and Methodological Insights from Malawi
Investment Impacts of Gendered Land Rights in Customary Tenure Systems: Substantive and Methodological Insights from Malawi Open
No AccessPolicy Research Working Papers4 Mar 2021Investment Impacts of Gendered Land Rights in Customary Tenure Systems: Substantive and Methodological Insights from MalawiAuthors/Editors: Klaus Deininger, Fang Xia, Talip Kilic, Heather Mo…
View article: Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India
Political Reservation and Female Labor Force Participation in Rural India Open
Despite income growth, fertility decline, and educational expansion, women's labor force participation in rural India dropped precipitously over the last decade. This paper uses nationwide, individual-level data allow to explore whether ra…
View article: Using Machine Learning to Assess Yield Impacts of Crop Rotation: Combining Satellite and Statistical Data for Ukraine
Using Machine Learning to Assess Yield Impacts of Crop Rotation: Combining Satellite and Statistical Data for Ukraine Open
To overcome the constraints for policy and practice posed by limited availability of data on crop rotation, this paper applies machine learning to freely available satellite imagery to identify the rotational practices of more than 7,000 v…
View article: Targeting and the impacts of India's MGNREGS
Targeting and the impacts of India's MGNREGS Open
MGNREGS has shown striking heterogeneity in pro-poor targeting across states. The declining demand for MGNREGS in recent years is due mainly to local imple-mentation failures that discourage workers. In Andhra Pradesh, MGNREGS significantl…
View article: Personality Traits, Technology Adoption, and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from Smallholder Rice Farms in Ghana
Personality Traits, Technology Adoption, and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from Smallholder Rice Farms in Ghana Open
Although a large literature highlights the impact of personality traits on key labour market outcomes, evidence of their impact on agricultural production decisions remains limited. Data from 1,200 Ghanaian rice farmers suggest that noncog…
View article: Property rights reform to support China’s rural ‐ urban integration: household‐level evidence from the Chengdu experiment
Property rights reform to support China’s rural ‐ urban integration: household‐level evidence from the Chengdu experiment Open
In 2008, as part of a national experiment, Chengdu prefecture implemented ambitious property rights reforms including complete registration of all land together with measures to ease transferability and eliminate migration restrictions. Re…
View article: Making Secure Land Tenure Count for Global Development Goals and National Policy: Evidence from Zambia
Making Secure Land Tenure Count for Global Development Goals and National Policy: Evidence from Zambia Open
Adding a module designed to measure land
\n tenure-related Sustainable Development Goals indicators to
\n the 2018 round of Zambia's labor force survey shows low
\n transferability and high levels of tenure insecurity. Having
\n a title is…
View article: Spillover Effects of Tobacco Farms on the Labor Supply, Education, and Health of Children: Evidence from Malawi
Spillover Effects of Tobacco Farms on the Labor Supply, Education, and Health of Children: Evidence from Malawi Open
Using data from the Living Standards Measurement Study in Malawi, we examine the spillover effects of tobacco farms on children's labor supply, education, and health. To address potential endogeneity, the share of tobacco farms in a commun…