Dil Bahadur Rahut
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 150845 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Dil Bahadur Rahut |
| NOMBRES | Dil Bahadur |
| APELLIDO | Rahut |
| FIRMA | RAHUT D B |
| AFILIACIONES | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7505-5271 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 60 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 144 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 60 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2008 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Medicine affordability and access in India
Background: High out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) on medicines continues to be a major driver of health-related financial hardship in India. The Jan Aushadhi Scheme (JAS), launched by the Government of India, seeks to improve affordability and access to essential medicines through generic substitution. However, systematic evidence on its pricing dynamics, affordability, and equity implications remains limited. Methods: We conducted an observation…
Far‐Reaching Impact of Microplastics on Agricultural Systems
Microplastics has emerged as a pervasive pollutant with far‐reaching implications for agriculture. This review paper evaluates existing research on microplastics in agricultural systems, exploring their impacts on land, crop growth, farm animals, and consumer health. Using the PRISMA framework and systematic review process, 811 papers were identified in the initial search, and only 164 papers were used for this study after following the inclusion…
Short-run impact of electricity on social capital
Access to electricity is increasing in developing nations, driven by the belief that it can enhance economic outcomes. However, beyond its economic impact, electricity availability can influence non-economic outcomes like social capital, especially in rural settings. Social capital plays a crucial role in promoting collective actions and improving the credibility of social contract, which can help alleviate market inefficiencies stemming from cha…
Do Ethnicity/Caste-Based Disparities Influence Childhood Anemia in India
Banking for Climate Change
Climate change and its associated risks are gaining attention from regulatory authorities in the banking sector. Climate‐related risks can significantly affect banks' lending behaviors, investment decisions, and operational practices, ultimately affecting their stability. As banks play a crucial role in fulfilling financing needs, including climate financing and confronting this global challenge, their actions make a significant difference. There…
Family structure, orphanhood, and adolescent sexual debut and motherhood
Remittances, sanitation and child malnutrition in middle-income countries
Does Biomass Fuel Use for Cooking Affect Early Childhood Development? A Case Study of Kiribati
Early childhood development sets the starting point for future health, learning, and wellbeing; hence, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise the importance of early childhood development in the global agenda. Therefore, we present evidence of the possible influence of prolonged biomass use for cooking on early childhood development at the household level using data from MICS 2018–19 for Kiribati. Results indicate a cle…
Does subsidizing seed help farmers? Nepal's rice seed subsidies
Do green trade and technology-oriented trade affect economic cycles? Evidence from the Chinese provinces
Assessing forest villagers’ livelihood vulnerability to the environmental changes in Buxa Tiger Reserve of sub-Himalayan India
The Himalayan forest communities historically lived in harmony with their environment; however, anthropogenic activities have disrupted this balance. Deforestation, climate change, and habitat degradation have heightened vulnerability, compounded by human-wildlife conflicts (HWCs) and limited access to crucial livelihood capitals. Addressing these challenges requires a deeper understanding of factors associated with household-level vulnerability,…
Human coexistence with leopards and elephants
Conflicts between humans and wildlife, particularly involving common leopards ( Panthera pardus ) and Asian elephants ( Elephas maximus ) in the Himalayan region, pose significant challenges for both communities and conservation efforts. This study fills crucial gaps in existing research, extending beyond landscape-level predictors of these conflicts. By examining patterns of losses due to leopard and elephant encounters and assessing the effecti…
Burden and causes of anemia in Vietnam
The study underscores that anemia remains a major health concern in Vietnam, marked by significant gender and age disparities. Despite a decrease in overall anemia rates and the effectiveness of specific interventions like iron-folic acid supplementation, females, particularly those of reproductive age and older adults, continue to face higher rates. Socio-economic improvements, including higher income and better human development, are linked to …
Energy intensity, renewable energy, and air quality
Continuum of maternal and new-natal health care
Maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity, particularly in developing countries, are high even in the twenty-first century, which is a cause for concern. Therefore, this paper examines the Continuum of Mother and Neonatal Health Care (MNH), i.e., at least four ante-natal care visits (ANC 4 +), skilled birth attendance at delivery (SBA), post-natal care (PNC), and its determinants in 10 developing countries in Asia. It uses Demographic and Hou…
Public Versus Private Health Financing Transition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Healthcare financing is crucial for sustainable development and has been gaining attention, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. Although ample studies have explored the determinants of healthcare spending, the current study examines the determinants of health financing transition in 124 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for 19 years, from 2000 to 2018. The study first estimates the elasticity of health expenditure (i.e., government, …
Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension among the adults in South Asia
Hypertension has been the most common non-communicable disease in low and middle-income countries for the past two decades, increasing cardiovascular and renal disease risk. Urbanization, aging, dietary and lifestyle changes, high illiteracy rates, poor access to health facilities, poverty, high costs of drugs, and social stress have contributed to an increase in the prevalence of hypertension in developing countries. Nonetheless, little is known…
Do ex-ante and ex-post strategies to manage drought differ at the farm household level? A case of sub-Saharan Africa
Can farmers with higher capabilities fend off falling into future Poverty? Empirical evidence from a tribal region in eastern India
Security risks from climate change and environmental degradation
Climate change and environmental degradation remain the most complex challenges that present and future generations of humankind face and raise several security risks that have received relatively little attention in the literature. This paper aims to review the evidence of security risks arising from these challenges in the Global South and to provide forward-looking perspectives on how to increase the resilience of affected individuals and comm…
Female leadership, internet use, and performance of agricultural cooperatives in Vietnam
Supporting agricultural cooperatives might contribute to the livelihood improvement of many small‐scale farmers in developing countries. This research examines the factors affecting the internet use of agricultural cooperatives with a focus on female leadership, its effects on cooperatives’ economic, social, and innovative performance, and the distributional effects of internet use on economic performance. Our analysis relied on the data of 3,512…
Does agricultural cooperative membership influence off‐farm work decisions of farm couples
Membership in agricultural cooperatives may influence intra‐household decisions regarding the division of household labor. However, the linkages between cooperative membership and labor allocation remain unexplored. To fill this gap, we examine the impact of cooperative membership on off‐farm work decisions of couples engaged in farming, using data collected from 595 banana farmers in China. The recursive bivariate probit model and endogenous‐tre…
Well-being costs of unpaid care
Using a contextualized primary time-use survey (TUS) data, we examine the gendered effects of unpaid care work on care providers’ well-being outcomes– labor supply, time allocation, life satisfaction, happiness, and health in India. A reduced form weighted composite score of health conditions and assistance need within household, and presence of care centers in the community is used as an instrument for caregiving. Using two-stage least squared i…
Accelerating Progress towards Universal Water Sanitation and Hygiene (Wash)
Access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) continues to be a universal challenge that affects human health and well-being. The latest global reports from the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have highlighted the global scale of WASH issues, particularly in the least developed countries (LDCs). In 2020, it wa…
Improved maize technology adoption and its intensity among male- and female-headed households in Dawuro zone, Southwestern Ethiopia
Both male- and female-headed farm households grow maize in Ethiopia. However, little is known about the difference between male- and female-headed households in the adoption of high-yielding technologies for maize. This study examines the difference between male- and female-headed households in their decision to adopt and the intensity of adoption of improved maize technologies in Dawuro zone, Southwestern Ethiopia. The study uses primary data co…
Determinants of household collection of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and alternative livelihood activities in Similipal Tiger Reserve, India
Gender differences in agricultural productivity
This study examines the impact of gender differences on maize productivity in Dawuro Zone, southern Ethiopia. Our study addressed the limitations of the previous studies in two ways. First, the study separately assessed gender differences in productivity between de facto female-headed households and de jure female-headed households and revealed that female-headed households are not homogenous. Second, the study separately examined the impacts of …
Gender differences in the adoption of agricultural technology
This study explores the role of gender-based decision-making in the adoption of improved maize varieties. The primary data were collected in 2018 from 560 farm households in Dawuro Zone, Ethiopia, and were comparatively analyzed across gender categories of households: male decision-making, female decision-making and joint decision-making, using a double-hurdle model. The results show that the intensity of improved maize varieties adopted on plots…
Security risks from climate change and environmental degradation
Climate change and environmental degradation remain the most complex challenges that present and future generations of humankind face and raise several security risks that have received relatively little attention in the literature. This paper aims to review the evidence of security risks arising from these challenges in the Global South and to provide forward-looking perspectives on how to increase the resilience of affected individuals and comm…
What Explains Gender Gaps in Household Food Security? Evidence from Maize Farm Households in Southern Ethiopia
Using primary data collected from 560 farm households in Dawuro zone, southern Ethiopia, this study analyzes the gender gaps in food security among male, female, and joint decision-making farm households. It examines the factors inducing gender gaps among the households of those three categories. The results show that female decision-making households have a lower probability of ensuring food-security and a higher probability of being transitiona…
Household participation and effects of community forest management on income and poverty levels
Does agricultural cooperative membership influence off‐farm work decisions of farm couples
Membership in agricultural cooperatives may influence intra‐household decisions regarding the division of household labor. However, the linkages between cooperative membership and labor allocation remain unexplored. To fill this gap, we examine the impact of cooperative membership on off‐farm work decisions of couples engaged in farming, using data collected from 595 banana farmers in China. The recursive bivariate probit model and endogenous‐tre…
Well-being costs of unpaid care
Using a contextualized primary time-use survey (TUS) data, we examine the gendered effects of unpaid care work on care providers’ well-being outcomes– labor supply, time allocation, life satisfaction, happiness, and health in India. A reduced form weighted composite score of health conditions and assistance need within household, and presence of care centers in the community is used as an instrument for caregiving. Using two-stage least squared i…
Sustainable intensification among smallholder maize farmers in Ethiopia
Understanding factors associated with agricultural mechanization
Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization
This paper analyzes smallholder farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for the purchase of scale-appropriate farm mechanization in the hill ecologies of Nepal using the case of mini-tiller technology: a small, 5–7 horsepower two-wheel tractor primarily used for agricultural land preparation. Using primary survey data from 628 randomly-selected households, we find that farm size, local wage rates, out-migration, access to credit services, and associati…
Forest-based livelihoods, income, and poverty
Gender Gaps in Market Participation Among Individual and Joint Decision-Making Farm Households
This paper analyzes market participation gaps among male, female, and joint decision-making households, and the factors influencing that gap, using data collected from 560 maize farm households in the Dawuro zone, southern Ethiopia. The results from the ordered probit analysis reveal that female and joint decision-making households were negatively associated with the probability of being a net seller, while being positively associated with being …
Analysis of household access to drinking water, sanitation, and waste disposal services in urban areas of Nepal
Mechanisation of small-scale farms in South Asia
In the agricultural sector, labour shortage, and increase in wages resulting from out-migration, and the necessity to employ sustainable intensification practices to minimise the use of inputs such as water, fertilizer, and energy, calls for investment in the mechanisation of small-scale farms in South Asia (SA). Therefore, this study investigates the mechanisation process undertaken in SA with a special reference to India, Nepal, and Bangladesh,…
Scale-appropriate mechanization impacts on productivity among smallholders
Smallholder farmers in the mid-hills of Nepal are facing an acute labor shortage due to out-migration which, in general, has affected the capacity to achieve timely crop establishment, harvest, and inter-cultural operations. These effects are more visible in the case of labor-intensive crops such as rice and promoting higher levels of rural mechanization has emerged as the primary policy response option. Nevertheless, quantitative evidence for th…
Spending privately for education in Nepal. Who spends more on it and why
Impacts of drought-tolerant maize varieties on productivity, risk, and resource use
Weather variability is an important source of production risk for rainfed agriculture in developing countries. This paper evaluates the impacts of the adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties on average maize yield, yield stability, risk exposure and resource use in rainfed smallholder maize farming. The study uses cross-sectional farm household-level data, collected from a sample of 840 farm households in Uganda. The adoption of drought-tole…
Laser-land leveling adoption and its impact on water use, crop yields and household income
Rural Livelihood Diversification Strategies and Household Welfare in Bhutan
Consumption of food away from home in Bangladesh
Rural Nonfarm Employment and Incomes in the Himalayas
Nonfarm activities generate, on average, about 60% of rural households’ incomes in the Himalayas. This article analyzes the determinants of participation in nonfarm activities and of nonfarm incomes across rural households. A unique data set collected in the Himalayan region of India allows us to deal with the heterogeneity of rural nonfarm activities by using aggregations into categories that are useful both analytically and for policy purposes.…
Remittances, sanitation and child malnutrition in middle-income countries
Gender differentiated small-scale farm mechanization in Nepal hills
Farm mechanization among smallholder farming systems in developing countries is emerging as a viable option to off-set the effects of labor out-migration and shortages that undermine agricultural productivity. However, there is limited empirical literature on gender and farm mechanization. This study assesses the impacts of the gender of household heads on mini-tiller adoption in the hills of Nepal, using an exogenous switching treatment regressi…
Wheat Production and Consumption Dynamics in an Asian Rice Economy
Rural Nonfarm Employment and Incomes in the Himalayas
Nonfarm activities generate, on average, about 60% of rural households’ incomes in the Himalayas. This article analyzes the determinants of participation in nonfarm activities and of nonfarm incomes across rural households. A unique data set collected in the Himalayan region of India allows us to deal with the heterogeneity of rural nonfarm activities by using aggregations into categories that are useful both analytically and for policy purposes.…
Household Welfare, Extreme and Chronic Poverty Between Indigenous Groups of Bolivia
This study examines the determinants of household welfare, extreme and chronic poverty among indigenous peoples among three different ethnic groups: Aymaras, Quechuas and Chipayas in rural Bolivia using primary panel data set collected in 2004 and 2005 from rural areas of La Paz, Oruro, Potosi and Chuquisaca departments. It was found that ethnicity and indigenous origins are closely associated with extreme and chronic poverty among rural communit…
Rural Livelihood Diversification Strategies in Nepal
This article constructs a rural livelihood strategy using the Nepal Living Standard Survey Measurement from 1996 and 2004 and explores the determinants of rural livelihood strategies. This study finds that education, ethnicity, and location play an important role in livelihood diversification outside agriculture, and suggests the importance of keeping children in school for non-farm livelihood diversification and poverty reduction. Important poli…
Household participation and effects of community forest management on income and poverty levels
Determinants of household collection of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and alternative livelihood activities in Similipal Tiger Reserve, India
Response to climate risks among smallholder farmers in Malawi
Why do many smallholder farmers fail to adopt what appear to be relatively simple agronomic or management practices which can help them cope with climate-induced stressors? Using household and plot level data collected in 2011, we implement a multivariate probit model to assess the determinants of farmer adaptation behavior to climatic risks and the relative contribution of information, credit and education on the probability of adopting specific…
Maize Market Participation among Female- and Male-Headed Households in Ethiopia
This paper examines the market participation gaps and their causes between female-headed households (FHHs) and male-headed households (MHHs) in Ethiopia using an Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition approach. The results showed that structural/coefficient effects accounted for 74 per cent (65%) of the differences between FHH and MHH in the net buyer (net seller) maize market positions. The gap between FHH and MHHs regarding quantities of maize sold was l…
Enhancing Smallholder Access to Agricultural Machinery Services
Resource poor smallholders in developing countries often lack access to capital goods such as farm machinery. Enabling adequate access through machinery services can thereby significantly contribute to food security and farm incomes. At the core of the service provision model is the lead farmer, who makes the initial investment in agricultural machinery, and provides services to others on a fee-for-service basis. Profiling the lead farmers can th…
Rural Livelihood Diversification Strategies and Household Welfare in Bhutan
Wheat Production and Consumption Dynamics in an Asian Rice Economy
Forest-based livelihoods, income, and poverty
Consumption of food away from home in Bangladesh
Impacts of Improved Infrastructure on Labor Allocation and Livelihoods
Laser-land leveling adoption and its impact on water use, crop yields and household income
Understanding factors associated with agricultural mechanization
Effects of Pakistan's energy crisis on farm households
Analysis of household access to drinking water, sanitation, and waste disposal services in urban areas of Nepal
Spending privately for education in Nepal. Who spends more on it and why
Gender differences in agricultural productivity
This study examines the impact of gender differences on maize productivity in Dawuro Zone, southern Ethiopia. Our study addressed the limitations of the previous studies in two ways. First, the study separately assessed gender differences in productivity between de facto female-headed households and de jure female-headed households and revealed that female-headed households are not homogenous. Second, the study separately examined the impacts of …
Gender differences in the adoption of agricultural technology
This study explores the role of gender-based decision-making in the adoption of improved maize varieties. The primary data were collected in 2018 from 560 farm households in Dawuro Zone, Ethiopia, and were comparatively analyzed across gender categories of households: male decision-making, female decision-making and joint decision-making, using a double-hurdle model. The results show that the intensity of improved maize varieties adopted on plots…
Do market shocks generate gender-differentiated impacts? Policy implications from a quasi-natural experiment in Bangladesh
Using information collected from two rounds of household income and expenditure surveys (HIES 2005 and 2010) in Bangladesh, this study examines the gender-differentiated impacts of the commodity price hikes in 2008 on food and non-food consumption behavior based on the sex of the household head. Applying the difference-in-difference estimation method in a quasi-natural experiment setting, this study demonstrates that, in general, commodity price …
Impacts of drought-tolerant maize varieties on productivity, risk, and resource use
Weather variability is an important source of production risk for rainfed agriculture in developing countries. This paper evaluates the impacts of the adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties on average maize yield, yield stability, risk exposure and resource use in rainfed smallholder maize farming. The study uses cross-sectional farm household-level data, collected from a sample of 840 farm households in Uganda. The adoption of drought-tole…
Scale-appropriate mechanization impacts on productivity among smallholders
Smallholder farmers in the mid-hills of Nepal are facing an acute labor shortage due to out-migration which, in general, has affected the capacity to achieve timely crop establishment, harvest, and inter-cultural operations. These effects are more visible in the case of labor-intensive crops such as rice and promoting higher levels of rural mechanization has emerged as the primary policy response option. Nevertheless, quantitative evidence for th…
Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for scale-appropriate farm mechanization
This paper analyzes smallholder farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for the purchase of scale-appropriate farm mechanization in the hill ecologies of Nepal using the case of mini-tiller technology: a small, 5–7 horsepower two-wheel tractor primarily used for agricultural land preparation. Using primary survey data from 628 randomly-selected households, we find that farm size, local wage rates, out-migration, access to credit services, and associati…
Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia
Agriculture in South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change due to increasing variability in rainfall and rising temperatures leading to the incidence of extreme climatic events such as floods, droughts, heat/cold waves, and storms. Agriculture sector also contributes to the causes of climate change through the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). Hence, adaptation-led mitigation measures are required to sustain agricultural productivity, f…
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