Mason-D’Croz, Daniel

Robertson, Richard D.

Wiebelt, Manfred

Breisinger, Clemens

Ringler, Claudia

Andersen, Lykke E.

Jemio, Luis Carlos

Verner, Dorte

This food policy report is a response to growing concerns about the impacts of climate change on Latin American economies, agriculture, and people. It assesses both local and global effects of changing agricultural yields on the economy, subnational regions, and different household types, including male- and female-headed households in Brazil, Mexico, and Peru. The three countries reflect economic and geographic diversity in Latin America and more than half of the region’s population. Climate change impacts tend to be relatively small at an economywide level in all three countries. However, sectoral and household-level economic impacts tend to be diverse across countries and subnational levels. They mainly depend on projected changes in agricultural yields, the share of agriculture in regional gross domestic product (GDP), crop-specific international trade balances, net food buyer/seller position, and income diversification of households. As for gender, results from this study suggest that female-headed households may be less vulnerable than male-headed households to the effects of climate change, highlighting the importance of considering women as a source for solutions for building resilience to climate change. Given the relatively small impacts of climate change and the degree of uncertainty associated with them, it is too early to define specific policy recommendations. All three countries should try to maximize the benefits that may come with higher agricultural world market prices and to minimize the losses from reductions in agricultural yields.

Prospects for 2050 in Brazil, Mexico, and Peru

Climate change Impacts and Household Resilience

Bryan, Elizabeth

Mawia, Harriet

Mane, Erdgin

Costa, Valentina

Ndoro, Rumbidzai

The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching impacts in every part of the world, including on vulnerable populations in rural areas of low- and middle-income countries. This report explores the ways in which men and women in rural areas of four countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)—Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, and Uganda—experienced the COVID-19 pandemic and associated income losses, as well as their responses to the crisis. To identify and monitor the differential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and men in rural households, IFPRI conducted phone surveys in selected regions of the four focal countries, with financial and technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The surveys traced gender differences in responses to the pandemic and associated restrictions, such as choice of coping strategies, access to public assistance, and changes in the care burden for men and women.

The gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, and Uganda: Evidence from phone surveys

Alvi, Muzna Fatima

Gupta, Shweta

Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela

Barooah, Prapti

Ensuring privacy of respondents in phone surveys is especially challenging compared to face-to-face interviews. While the use of phone surveys has become more common in development research, there is little information on how the conduct of phone surveys affects responses. Using phone survey data from India and Nepal, we test the impact of speakerphone use on bias in responses by women and men. We find that 65% of women respondents in India, and 61% of women and 59% of men respondents in Nepal had their phone on speaker during the survey. Speakerphone use is lower when women are matched with the same enumerators in the second round. Speaker use was associated with lower reported agency by women over their own income and the income of their spouse, while it is opposite for men. Our findings have important implication for the collection, design, and analysis of phone survey data.

Hello, can you hear me? Impact of speakerphones on phone survey responses

ElDidi, Hagar

Zhang, Wei

Swallow, Kimberly A.

Masuda, Yuta

Aldous, Allison

Apesar de ser um dos recursos mais importantes para toda a vida na Terra, a água doce representa somente 3% da provisão de água do planeta, mas somente 0,5% está prontamente acessível para os seres humanos. Além disso, os recursos de água doce (RAD) disponíveis estão distribuídos de maneira desigual pelo mundo, então muitas áreas e populações enfrentam problemas de escassez e qualidade da água. Os recursos de água doce estão sob imensa tensão devido aos sistemas agrícolas, à mudança climática e a outros fatores diretamente vinculados ao comportamento humano, incluindo o crescimento populacional e a industrialização. As instituições que deveriam gerenciar os recursos de água doce sob tensão podem não estar preparadas para fazer isso, principalmente no contexto de reivindicações múltiplas e concorrentes em relação aos recursos de água doce e de complexidade dos fluxos de água no tempo e espaço. A crescente consciência sobre esses desafios gerou um senso de urgência em chamar a atenção e direcionar a ação para a melhoria da gestão dos recursos de água doce, principalmente no nível local.

Gerenciamento de recursos de água doce baseado na comunidade: Um guia prático para aplicar a estrutura de Voz, Escolha e Ação da TNC

Collins, Julia

Cenacchi, Nicola

Rosegrant, Mark W.

Joshi, Pramod Kumar

Hoddinott, John F.

Kishore, Avinash

Makombe, Tsitsi

Torero, Maximo

Ecker, Olivier

Al-Riffai, Perrihan

Stads, Gert-Jan

Koo, Jawoo

Robertson, Richard

Fan, Shenggen

Polman, Paul

Fisher, Myles

Cox, Cindy

Perez, Nicostrato

Garrett, Karen

Beintema, Nienke

Gillespie, Stuart

Badiane, Ousmane

Saade, Maurice

Akramov, Kamiljon

Cohen-Cline, Noah

Chen, Kevin

Timmer, Peter

Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have contributed to or hindered progress in achieving food and nutrition security. It reviews what happened in food policy and why, examines key challenges and opportunities, shares new evidence and knowledge, and highlights emerging issues.

2013 Global Food Policy Report

Sulser, Timothy

Nelson, Gerald C.

Zhu, Tingju

Msangi, Siwa

Palazzo, Amanda

Batka, Miroslav

Magalhaes, Marilia

Valmonte-Santos, Rowena

Ewing, Mandy

Lee, David

This Food Policy Report presents research results that quantify the climate-change impacts mentioned above, assesses the consequences for food security, and estimates the investments that would offset the negative consequences for human well-being.

Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation

Climate Change

Ringler, Claudia

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