Gender is an integral component of agriculture, nutrition, and health, yet not all women (nor all men) are the same. Agriculture for Nutrition and Health's (A4NH) Gender, Equity, and Empowerment (GEE) unit focuses on ensuring that gender and other aspects of equity – such as poverty,...
24 May 2019
24 May 2019
What is it worth trying to say in a few words? The ‘Green Revolutions’ (GR) colloquium provoked reminiscence and reflection. I realised how different but complementary our experiences and insights are. Mine are based on being one of the team who did field research in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu...
24 May 2019
I had the privilege of participating in a process led by the Japanese think tanks of the T20 (Think 20) to prepare policy briefs to feed into the deliberations of the G20 taking place in June. I was involved in producing the policy brief Deliberate Next Steps Toward a New globalism for Universal...
24 May 2019
24 May 2019
This is the question that we address in a new article published in the Journal of Rural Studies. Entitled 'Are African rural youth innovative? Claims, evidence and implications', the paper is open access and free to download. Our interest in this question is rooted in the fact that claims about...
22 May 2019
With trade wars between major economic powers lingering on, it comes as no surprise that countries are now looking elsewhere for strong and lucrative trade relationships. In the midst of this, South-South trade has received increasing attention. But could this potential realignment of trade be...
20 May 2019
Long gone are the days when academic institutions could claim a monopoly on good quality research on development. Many INGOs (international non-governmental organisations) who acquired their initial experience of research as an advocacy tool now have very significant and sophisticated research...
16 May 2019
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10 May 2019
Despite progress in the last decade, child poverty remains widespread. Almost 250 million children aged 0-5 in low- and middle-income countries are at risk of not reaching their developmental potential. Poverty reduction is vital for improving children’s chances in life, both now and into the...
10 May 2019
Moment 1: Learning about the Green Revolution in a small village I spent May-December 1965 in Kavathe village, Maharashtra. 15 per cent of cropland was irrigated, mostly by dug wells. The area is semi-arid, but the main crops, millet and sorghum, were little affected by that year’s drought....
8 May 2019
