The Results in Education for All Children (REACH) Trust Fund supports and disseminates research on the impact of results-based financing on learning outcomes. The Evidence series highlights REACH grants...
Type: BriefReport#: 147833Date: March 1, 2020Author:
Sabarwal,Shwetlena ;
Asaduzzaman,T. M. ;
Lnu,Deepika Ramachandran
Layer farming is an income-generating livelihood activity wherein egg-laying poultry birds are raised by a household for the purpose of egg production on a commercial scale. The few traditional rural producer...
Type: BriefReport#: 149101Date: March 1, 2020Author:
Newton-Lewis, Tom ;
Jha, Avadesh ;
Singh,Pratyush Ranjan ;
Nagpal, Phalasha ;
Bihari, Bipin
Urban projects hold extensive consultations and present a good opportunity to engage citizens equitably, and close additional gender gaps identified by women. This urban sector tool focuses on two priority...
The main design principle behind self help groups (SHGs) organizations of rural poor women at the village level was to empower women by mobilizing them into small groups, facilitating interactions and...
Small and marginal farmers in India struggle for access to good quality inputs in farming of crops (seeds, fertilizers, crop protection) and livestock (stock species, breed, density, feed consumption);...
Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 5). SDG7, which calls to ‘Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, modern energy...
Access to water is a key determinant of the productivity of women entrepreneurs in the informal sector. Men and women can have differing levels of access to water resources, and to land ownership and may...
Because of the growing economic costs associated with the coronavirus epidemic, many Governments announced a set of new policy measures aimed at mitigating the potential impacts. This note aims to support...
Type: BriefReport#: 148592Date: March 1, 2020Author:
Morisset,Jacques
JOHAR is a pioneer in enabling tribal communities to be an integral stakeholder in development by ensuring availability, accessibility and utilization of water resources for agricultural development. JOHAR...
Local benefit sharing in wind and solar projects is crucial to ensure that host and impacted communities receive value from industrial projects located on their lands, in the form of social, economic,...
The JOHAR project was initiated in 2017 to aid targeted rural producer households to diversify and enhance their household income, and achieve a significant increase in real income until 2023 in selected...
Type: BriefReport#: 149095Date: March 1, 2020Author:
Bihari, Bipin ;
Khanuja, Jasmeet ;
Kothari,Anand Kumar Yogen ;
Newton-Lewis, Tom
Jharkhand's livestock production is in the hands of marginal and landless farmers with women accounting for over 70 percent of the production. The JOHAR project aims to enhance and diversify household...
The global coronavirus crisis is a social issue that threatens the well-being of the world’s population, especially the elderly and those with underlying health conditions. This document aims to provide...
Type: BriefReport#: 162156Date: March 1, 2020Author:
Odaro,Esohe Denise ;
Mignano,Kathleen Gaertner ;
Peeters,Johanna Sophie
Jharkhand has a large proportion of marginal and small landholders (84 percent), who mainly practice rain-fed, single-crop subsistence farming, cultivating a low-yielding variety of paddy. A vast majority...
Farmers in India, especially smallholders, face a number of challenges that make their income streams low and unreliable. Start-up companies have entered the agriculture sector with a fee-based revenue...
Type: BriefReport#: 149100Date: March 1, 2020Author:
Krishnaswamy,Karunakaran
The main objective of this activity is to shed light on the transformative potential of smallholder irrigation in Mozambique. Irrigation is critical in ensuring sustainable livelihoods for farmers in the...
A study based on the analysis of 24 projects found that because of its emphasis on targeting and subsidizing the inclusion of specific groups, such as girls, the poor, or ethnic minorities, RBF has proved...
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