• Beyond access Exploring gender-transformative approaches to financial inclusion 

  Vossenberg, Saskia; Rappoldt, Anne; D'Anjou, Jesse (International Development Research Centre, 2018)

  A range of current policies and programs target greater inclusion of the poor and marginalized–including women–in financial systems and services. Debate and effort have largely focused on widening access to products and ...
• A picture book of best practices for subsistence farmers Sub Saharan African and Caribbean version 

  Raizada, Manish N. (2016-09)
• Poverty and inequality : Latin American Report, 2017 No territory left behind - summary 

  Grez, Francisco (Rimsip - Latin American Center for Rural Development, 2018-02)

  In this fourth edition, the Latin American Report on Poverty and Inequality discusses territorial inequality from the perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), considering indicators at the subnational level ...
• Pobreza y desigualdad Informe latinoamericano 2017 No deja a ningun territorio atras 

  Grez, Francisco (Centro Lationamericano para el desarrollo rural, 2018-02)

  Esta cuarta edición del Informe Latinoamericano sobre Pobreza y Desigualdad propone una mirada innovadora respecto de las ediciones anteriores, pues pone en discusión la desigualdad territorial desde la mirada de los ...
• Digital economies at global margins 

  Graham, Mark (MIT Press, a copublication with International Development Research Centre, 2019-01)

  This book brings together new scholarship that addresses what increasing digital connectivity and the digitalization of the economy means for people and places at economic margins. As you read through the book, you might ...
• Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in the semi-arid regions of West Africa 

  Padgham, Jon; Abubakari, Ahmed; Ayivor, Jesse; Dietrich, Katie; Fosu-Mensah, Benidicta; Gordon, Chris; Habtezion, Senay; Lawson, Elaine; Mensah, Adelina; Nukpezah, Dan; Ofori, Ben; Piltz, Shayne; Sidibé, Amadou; Sissoko, Manda; Totin, Edmond; Traoré, Sibiry (2015)

  This report, which encompasses the findings of a Regional Diagnostic Study (RDS) for West Africa, was undertaken in 2014-15 to advance understanding of climate change in semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia. The RDS ...
• Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in the semi-arid regions of East Africa 

  Few, Roger; Satyal, Poshendra; McGahey, Daniel; Leavy, Jennifer; Budds, Jessica; Assen, Mohammed; Camfield, Laura; Loubser, Dave; Adnew, Mekonnen; Bewket, Wolde (ASSAR Working Paper, 2015)

  This report summarises key findings from the regional diagnostic study (RDS) of the ASSAR East Africa team, and identifies major gaps in the existing literature on areas of vulnerability and adaptation in East Africa. The ...
• Kito de activismo Sofia 

  Grupo Sufia (2018)
• Las mujeres saben - Grupo Sofía 

  Grupo Sofía (2018-11)
• Reducing anemia in women and children in India : scaling up production and consumption of double fortitied salt 

  Bhatia, Smit (2018-06)

  India has regions with some of the highest levels of anemia prevalence among women and children in the world - with no measurable improvement over the past 20 years despite a quadrupling of economic output. A staggering ...
• Seasonal and year-round intercropping systems for smallholder farmers : results from on-farm intercropping trials on terraces in Nepal on maize, millet, mustard, wheat and ginger 

  Chapagain, Tejendra; Ghimire, Bhawana; Pudasaini, Roshan; Gurung, Khem; Choi, Khem; Rai, Laxmi; Magar, Samjhana; Bk, Bishnu; Raizada, Manish N. (2018)

  Low yield and total land productivity are major challenges associated with smallholder terrace agriculture in developing countries. Crop intensification and diversification by introducing legumes as intercrop could help ...
• Transformation in adaptation : learning from ASSAR’s Regional diagnostic studies 

  Few, Roger; Bendapudi, Ramkumar; Mensah, Adelina; Spear, Dian (CARIAA Working Paper, 2016)

  This paper commences with a background discussion of the terms associated with transformation, draws on this to build a conceptual framework for comparing activities, highlights a range of activities from the regions that ...
• A picture book of best practices for subsistence farmers : South Asian version 

  Raizada, Manish N. (2016-06)

  This book contains training material to improve growing healthy plants and improve diet.
• Symbiotic nitrogen fixation, growth and yield response of common bean and cowpea for Rhizobia inoculation and micronutrients (B and Mo) application in mid-hill regions of Nepal 

  Thilakarathna, Malinda S.; Chapagain, Tejendra; Ghimire, Bhawana; Pudasaini, Roshan; Tamang, Bir Bhahadur; Gaire, Shankar; Raizada, Manish N. (2018-07)

  Challenges associated with legume production in Nepal include: lack of high yielding varieties and crop specific management (e.g., disease/pest management) practices, loss of soil fertility including micronutrients, poor ...
• Climbing legumes : an underutilized resource with significant potential to intensify farming on terrace walls (FTW) for smallhoder farmers 

  Clark, Jaclyn C.; Raizada, Manish N. (Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017-12)

  Millions of subsistence farmers cultivate crops on terraces. These farmers face unique challenges including severe shortages of arable land and remoteness leading to poor access to inputs including nitrogen fertilizer. ...
• Chapter 19 Challenges and solutions for subsistence farmers Annex 21 

  Raizada, Manish N. (Oxford University Press, 2018)

  Subsistence farming requires considerable human labor; however, smallhold families typically suffer from both undernutrition (not enough calories or protein) and malnutrition (not enough nutrients). In general, the diet ...
• Farmers’ seed networks and agrobiodiversity conservation for sustainable food security: a case from the mid-hills of Nepal 

  Devkota, Rachana; Khadka, Kamal; Gartaula, Hom; Shrestha, Asis; Upadhay, Deepak; Chaudhary, Pashupati; Patel, Kirit (2018-07)

  This paper evaluates the nature and functioning of seed networks for rice, maize and finger millet, and explores the effect of such networks on agrobiodiversity conservation and food security. Using snowball sampling, ...
• Yam on terrace walls valuing underutilised crops, Annex 16 

  Ghimire, Bhawana; Dhakal, Rajeev; Pudasaini, Roshan; Devkota, Rachana; Chaudhary, Pashupati (Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) India, 2016-06)

  A report of Nepal Chepang Association (NCA) suggests that 71% of the children are malnourished. Non-toxic wild yam of Nepal is recognized as ‘Health/ Functional food’ with high nutritional values. Rich in starch, yam is ...
• An endophytic fungus isolated from finger millet (Eleusine coracana) produces anti-fungal natural products Final Tech Annex 11 

  Mousa, Walak K.; Schwan, Adrian; Davidson, Jeffrey; Strange, Philip; Liu, Huaizhi; Zhou, Ting; Auzanneau, France-Isabelle; Raizada, Manish N. (Microbiology - Frontiers Media SA, 2015-10)

  Finger millet is an ancient African cereal crop,domesticated 7000 years ago in Ethiopia,reaching India at 3000 BC. Finger millet is reported to be resistant to various fungal pathogens including Fusariumsp. We hypothesized ...
• Growth in Turface clay permits root hair phenotyping along the entire crown root in cereal and demonstrates that root hair growth can extend well beyond the root hair zone Final tech report Annex 10 

  Goron, T.L.; Watts, S.; Shearer, C.; Raizada, M.N. (BioMed Central, 2015-04)

  In cereal crops, root hairs are reported to function within the root hair zone to carry out important roles in nutrient and water absorption. Nevertheless, these single cells remain understudied due to the practical ...

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