Horticulture Helps: How Home Garden Interventions Alleviate Food Insecurity in Polycrises

Natural disasters, violent conflict and other adverse shocks severely disrupt food systems, causing or exacerbating food insecurity among many communities worldwide. This study examines the […]

The COVID-19 pandemic and food security: Micro-level evidence from Uganda, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Mozambique

The COVID-19 pandemic caused extensive food insecurity in low-income countries. However, most studies rely on aggregate-level exposure measures, overlooking individual-level heterogeneity and introducing measurement errors […]

Gendered effects of climate and conflict shocks on food security in Sudan and the mitigating role of social protection

Climate change and violent conflict are defining challenges of our time. However, it is not yet understood how they interact in shaping human welfare and […]

Building Resilience in Conflict Areas: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Borno State in North-east Nigeria

This paper provides novel evidence on the impacts of agricultural support programs in acute emergency settings, by studying resilience in mostly rural areas in the […]

Conducting (Long-term) Impact Evaluations in Humanitarian and Conflict Settings: Evidence from a complex agricultural intervention in Syria

The number of vulnerable people in humanitarian emergencies worldwide is increasing due to the rising frequency and intensity of risk exposure. At the same time, […]

Aid, Conflict and Gender: Heterogeneous Impacts of Agricultural Asset Transfers during the Syrian Civil War

Conflict is a significant driver of global food insecurity, and agricultural assistance is a key policy tool to improve food security in such settings. However, […]

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