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Higher education in India: beyond institutes of national importance
(2025-05)India’s higher-education system has expanded dramatically since Independence, yet enrol-ment gains remain modest and uneven. Drawing on the All India Survey of Higher Education 2021–22 and Union-State budget data, this ... -
Asymmetrische Abhängigkeit, exkludierende Inklusion, skalenfreie Netzwerke: theoretische Ressourcen zur Erklärung moderner Sklaverei; sexueller Knechtschaft und des Menschenhandels in der Weltgesellschaft
(2025-05)Nigerianische Sexhandelsnetzwerke sind durch komplexe Strukturen geprägt, die tief in der Weltgesellschaft verwurzelt sind und schwer zu durchdringen bleiben. Ungeachtet der zunehmenden Aufmerksamkeit für Phänomene wie ... -
Slavery and strong asymmetrical dependencies: escalating social controls and the dynamics of exclusion and inclusion
(2025-05)The paper looks for a general analytical perspective that allows to understand and compare slavery and its related institutions (serfdom, debt slavery, forced labour) in premodern and modern societies. The paper starts ... -
Mapping Present and Future Agroforestry in Africa
(2025-03)Agroforestry systems are vital for sustainable development in Africa, offering significant benefits such as enhanced agricultural productivity, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience. This study provides a ... -
Enhancing Agricultural Sustainability through Micro-Irrigation
(2025-03)This paper delves into the significant impact of micro-irrigation systems on agricultural sustainability in India. By analysing the evolution of micro-irrigation, government schemes promoting its adoption, case studies on ... -
Hotel Taselotzin: un espacio de trabajo femenino en Cuetzalan del Progreso: Entrevista con Emilia Arroyo, miembro del proyecto Masehual Sihuamej Mosenyolchicauanij (Puebla, México), realizado y redactado por Lizeth Salazar Del Villar
(2025-04)En el marco del desarrollo turístico del pueblo de Cuetzalan del Progreso (Sierra Norte de Puebla, México) se formó una cooperativa de mujeres nahua-hablantes, quienes fundaron el Hotel Taselotzin el cual progresivamente ... -
Women’s off-farm employment and dietary quality in rural Africa
(2025-03-24)Most households in rural Africa are involved in smallholder farming, but off-farm employment is an important additional income source for many. Previous research has analyzed links between off-farm employment and wellbeing, ... -
Internet como territorio de resistencia: Narrativas, feminismos y descolonialidad en Latinoamérica
(2025-02)Los entornos virtuales han ampliado las posibilidades de interacción social y han facilitado nuevas formas de relación y comunicación. Aunque estos espacios fueron concebidos como plataformas neutrales y abiertas a la ... -
Protecting the data of African agricultural producers: A review of national laws, compliance and perceptions
(2023-08-25)With the rapid spread of digital tools that collect large amounts of data from agricultural producers across Africa, there is a growing need to strike a balance between data protection and use. To inform this debate, this ... -
Agroecology and resilience of smallholder food security: A systematic review
(2023-10-18)Multiple covariate shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia–Ukraine conflict, and pre-existing climate shocks pose serious threats to smallholder livelihoods. The cascading effects of these multiple shocks, including ... -
Steady-State and Dynamic Simulation for Wastewater Treatment Plant Management: Case Study of Maghnia City, North-West Algeria
(2024-01-12)Given the critical importance of addressing effluent quality concerns, the present study was dedicated to developing a dynamic simulation model based on the Activated Sludge Model 1 (ASM1) of a wastewater treatment plant ... -
Effects of recurrent rainfall shocks on poverty and income distribution in rural Ecuador
(2025-02-14)Climate change is associated with an increasing frequency of extreme weather events, which can severely reduce people’s welfare, especially in the Global South. Here, we analyse the impacts of rainfall shocks – including ... -
Agrivoltaics increases public acceptance of solar energy production on agricultural land
(2025-02-14)Competition for land is a key challenge for decarbonized energy transitions. Open-space solar energy farms are gaining in importance but have large land requirements and displace agricultural production. Agrivoltaics offers ... -
Does the Absence of Men from the Household Increase Girls’ Shares in Education Expenditures?: Evidence from Rural Pakistan
(2023-05-07)This article investigates the impact of men’s migration on expenditure by left-behind households on children’s education, focusing on the gendered distribution of this expenditure. Using longitudinal survey data of rural ... -
The Contribution of Agronomic Management to Sustainably Intensify Egypt’s Wheat Production
(2023-04-28)In Egypt, recent shortfalls in the wheat supply from Russia and Ukraine have necessitated substantial increases in domestic production. As agricultural practices influence the yield of bread wheat, we assessed current ... -
Building flood-resilient cities by promoting SUDS adoption: A multi-sector analysis of barriers and benefits in Bogotá, Colombia
(2023-04-01)In light of rapid urbanization and climate change, managing urban flood risk by combining traditional pipe-bound infrastructure with sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) has recently gained significant attention. SUDS ... -
On a transformation of the Gini coefficient into a well-behaved social welfare function
(2025-01-31)Following Sen’s (1973) characterization of the Gini coefficient as a ratio between a measure of aggregate income-based stress (“depression” in Sen’s terminology) and aggregate income, we transform the Gini coefficient into ... -
Impact of Super Apps on the Nutrition Transition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from Indonesia
(2025-01-13)Many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are experiencing a nutrition transition from traditional diets to high-energy, processed foods, increasing non-communicable disease risks. Digitalization of food systems plays ... -
An inquiry into labor conditions across key rural sectors in Africa
(2025-01-06)While agriculture remains a key source of livelihoods in rural Africa, employment in other economic sectors is gaining in importance. However, details of the labor conditions are under-researched. Here, we examine labor ... -
Opportunity or necessity?: Youth agripreneurs in Benin, Ethiopia and Senegal
(2024-12)This report provides a descriptive analysis of youth entrepreneurs in agribusiness in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on primary data collected in Benin, Ethiopia and Senegal, it offers insights into the socio-demographic ...
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