Climate‐Smart Agricultural Assets and Household Coping Strategies in Times of Upheaval
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Transferring agricultural assets can be welfare‐improving for smallholders. Can agricultural assets also improve smallholders' ability to cope with unprecedented exogenous shocks? We investigate this question using the case of subsidized solar‐powered irrigation pumps (SIP) during the time of upheaval (COVID‐19 pandemic) in Nepal.
Kashi Kafle, Marie‐Charlotte Buisson
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Implementation and evaluation of a family planning intervention engaging mothers-in-law of young women in India: a mixed methods pilot study. [PDF]
Glob Health ActionGopalakrishnan L +8 more
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Iron‐Fortified Drinking Water in Anganwadi Centres in Rural India: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT To reduce anaemia prevalence among children, we tested the introduction of cast iron ingots to prepare iron‐enriched drinking water in pre‐schools (Anganwadi centres) in Bihar, India. We implemented a randomized controlled trial among 820 Anganwadi centres with one control and two treatment arms, one arm receiving more comprehensive training ...
Lisa Bogler +3 more
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The Evolution of Bees: Insights from 'Omic Studies. [PDF]
Genome Biol EvolBrenman-Suttner D, Zayed A.
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Pipe Water, Employment and Health: A Gendered Analysis in India
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of indoor piped drinking water (IPDW) on gender disparities in employment and health in India, using panel data from the India Human Development Survey (2005–2012). Employing a differences‐in‐differences (DID) model with heterogeneous treatment effects, the analysis reveals that IPDW access increases rural women ...
Ashish K. Sedai
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Epigenetic Mechanisms in <i>Apis melifera</i>: From Development to Environmental Adaptation. [PDF]
Curr Issues Mol BiolHu X, Xu J, Wang K.
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Social History and Stratification in the Ante-Bellum South [PDF]
, 1964 Taylor, Dean C.
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Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research examines the Hill‐Valley divide in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India, where Nepali‐speaking hill communities coexist with Bengali‐speaking valley populations. It argues that this division is a colonial construct, shaped by British policies that romanticised the hills as a ‘mini‐England’ while separating them from the valley
Yalember Dewan
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Seasonal timing in a changing world: the epigenetic link between environment and reproduction across taxa. [PDF]
Environ EpigenetViitaniemi HM, Stevensson TJ, Husby A.
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Patriline shifting leads to apparent genetic caste determination in harvester ants. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2010 Wiernasz DC, Cole BJ.
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