Agricultural development

A bundled farm programme in western Kenya boosted yields and profits for smallholders by jointly tackling credit, information, and risk constraints.

New technologies in Brazil increased agricultural productivity, but also reduced economic opportunities for women and increased fertility rates.

Pastoral regions of Africa are witnessing a sharp increase in armed civil conflict. Research has identified ‘mismatched’ agricultural development projects as one major factor driving this violence by displacing local pastoral groups. However, the evi...

Immigration can foster agricultural development while accelerating, rather than delaying, structural transformation in developing economies.

The Green Revolution dramatically altered the agricultural and dietary landscape in India. While calorie availability increased, reduced dietary diversity had adverse long-term health impacts, meaning the overall impact is only now being understood.

Crop theft is an understudied risk faced by smallholder farmers that may impose pervasive costs on farmers. New evidence from Kenya reveals the different ways that theft, and the fear of theft, constrain agricultural development.

An irrigation expansion project in China serves as solid evidence for effective climate change adaptation

Technological improvements alone are unlikely to modernise agriculture if farmers are uncertain about the quality of new innovations

Subsidising land rentals in Kenya increased land access equity and efficiency persistently, highlighting the importance of land markets for agricultural development.