Browsing by Author "Qaim, Matin"
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Consumption Choices: The effects of food production, markets and preferences on diets in India
Ludwig, Till (2019-12-20)The choice of which food to consume is often an individual choice. Yet, food and nutrition insecurity presents a situation that those who suffer from it have rarely chosen consciously. Availability of foods, their accessibility ... -
Cost of Ending Hunger – Consequences of Complacency, and Financial Needs for SDG2 Achievement
Surendran-Padmaja, Subash; Parlasca, Martin C.; Qaim, Matin; Krishna, Vijesh V. (2024-05)This study follows from an earlier assessment carried out by ZEF and FAO in 2020, which identified policy actions and investments needed to achieve SDG2 by 2030. The 2020 study used a marginal abatement cost curve (MACC) ... -
Disseminating sustainable intensification practices: Empirical evidence from Ghana
Mellon Bedi, Shaibu (2022-06-02)Adoption of sustainable intensification (SI) of agricultural practices is essential for increasing food production in more sustainable way. Dis-adoption of agricultural technologies is pervasive among smallholder farmers ... -
Drought Shocks and Labor Reallocation in Rural Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia
Musungu, Arnold L.; Kubik, Zaneta; Qaim, Matin (2023-10)We study how rural households in Ethiopia adapt to droughts through labor reallocation. By using three waves of panel data and exploiting spatial-temporal variations in drought exposure, we find that households reduce ... -
E-commerce improves dietary quality of rural households in China
Shen, Jiexi; Zhu, Zhanguo; Qaim, Matin; Fan, Shenggen; Tian, Xu (2023-06)E-commerce is gaining importance in the food sector of many countries, and its potential influence on people’s access to food and dietary choices is yet to be thoroughly investigated. In this study, we analyze data from a ... -
Economics of Female Labor Force Participation: Overcoming Barriers in Pakistan
Amber, Hina (2024-05-28)The active participation of females in the labor force advances gender equality and empowers them to access economic opportunities. The thesis empirically investigates the dynamics of female labor force participation and ... -
Farmer-friendly delivery of veterinary services: Experimental insights from the Kenyan dairy sector
Maina, Kevin W.; Parlasca, Martin C.; Rao, Elizaphan J.O.; Qaim, Matin (2023-09)Poor health conditions of livestock cause sizeable losses for many farmers in the Global South. Veterinary services, including vaccinations, could help but often fail to reach farmers under typical smallholder conditions. ... -
Household food safety, dietary diversity and malnutrition in an urban context: Evidence from urban Ghana
Dzudzor, Makafui Isaac (2024-05-15)Food safety, dietary diversity and malnutrition are significant issues confronting urban households. A nutrition and epidemiological transition is occurring in developing countries, leading to a double burden of malnutrition ... -
How kinship and marriage customs influence nutritional outcomes among males and females
Elmira, Elza S.; Chichaibelu, Bezawit Beyene; Qaim, Matin (2024-04)Malnutrition in its various forms is a serious problem in many countries, contributing to human suffering, large healthcare costs, and hampered economic and human development. While various policies to reduce malnutrition ... -
Impacts of supermarkets on child nutrition in China
Liu, Zhen; Kornher, Lukas; Qaim, Matin (2023-06)In many developing countries, food environments are changing rapidly. One emblematic trend is the proliferation of supermarkets and other modern retailers. While changing food environments likely influence the types of ... -
Maternal employment in high-value agriculture and child nutrition: Evidence from the Ethiopian cut-flower industry
Melaku, Astewale Bimr; Qaim, Matin; Debela, Bethelhem Legesse (2023-12)In many countries of the Global South, agri-food supply chains are transforming rapidly. One important feature of this transformation is growth in certain high-value agricultural subsectors, such as horticulture and ... -
Personalized digital extension services, electronic marketplaces, and mobile phones: Implications of digital technology for rural development in India
Rajkhowa, Pallavi (2021-12-16)In developing countries, the cost of acquiring information is substantially high as information is limited, unevenly distributed, and inefficiently transmitted. Information problems have important consequences on how ... -
Private service provision contributes to widespread innovation adoption among smallholder farmers: Laser land levelling technology in northwestern India
Surendran-Padmaja, Subash; Parlasca, Martin C.; Qaim, Matin; Krishna, Vijesh V. (2024-05)This study investigates key institutional factors promoting the adoption of laser land levelling (LLL), a technology that has gained wide popularity among farmers in northwestern India despite being indivisible. The main ... -
Temporary migration decisions and effects on household income and diets in rural Bangladesh
Rana, Sohel; Faye, Amy; Qaim, Matin (2024-05)Temporary migration is a widely observed phenomenon among poor rural households, mostly related to agricultural seasonality. However, household preferences for temporary migration in comparison to longer-term migration, ... -
The evolving role of farm and off-farm jobs in rural Africa
Mutsami, Chrispinus; Parlasca, Martin C.; Qaim, Matin (2024-06)Livelihood sources in rural Africa are diverse and dynamic. Using recent primary data from four African countries — Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia — we consider regions with different conditions related to climate, ... -
Transgenic crops, production risk, and agrobiodiversity
Krishna, Vijesh; Qaim, Matin; Zilberman, David (2014-02)Do transgenic crops cause agrobiodiversity erosion? We hypothesize that they increase productivity and reduce production risk and may therefore reduce farmer demand for onfarm varietal diversity, especially when only a few ... -
Why do rural people temporarily migrate to other rural areas?: Insights from northern Bangladesh
Rana, Sohel; Qaim, Matin (2023-06)Migration from rural to urban areas is common in many low- and middle-income countries. However, temporary migration from rural to other rural areas also occurs and is not well understood. We explore what drives rural ...