Browsing by Author "Haddad, Lawrence"

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    A collective call to strengthen monitoring and evaluation efforts to support healthy and sustainable food systems: 'The Accountability Pact'
    Garton, Kelly; Kraak, Vivica; Fanzo, Jessica; Sacks, Gary; Vandevijvere, Stefanie; Haddad, Lawrence; Brinsden, Hannah; Laar, Amos; Karupaiah, Tilakavati; Omidvar, Nasrin; Masters, William; Kauer, Inge; Swinburn, Boyd (Cambridge University Press, 2022-05-16)
    There is widespread agreement among experts that a fundamental reorientation of global, regional, national and local food systems is needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals Agenda and address the linked challenges of undernutrition, obesity and climate change described as the Global Syndemic. Recognising the urgency of this imperative, a wide range of global stakeholders - governments, civil society, academia, agri-food industry, business leaders and donors - convened at the September 2021 UN Food Systems Summit to coordinate numerous statements, commitments and declarations for action to transform food systems. As the dust settles, how will they be pieced together, how will governments and food corporations be held to account and by whom? New data, analytical methods and global coalitions have created an opportunity and a need for those working in food systems monitoring to scale up and connect their efforts in order to inform and strengthen accountability actions for food systems. To this end, we present - and encourage stakeholders to join or support - an Accountability Pact to catalyse an evidence-informed transformation of current food systems to promote human and ecological health and wellbeing, social equity and economic prosperity.
  • Gender differentials in farm productivity: Implications for household efficiency and agricultural policy
    Alderman, Harold; Hoddinott, John; Haddad, Lawrence; Udry, Christopher (Elsevier Science Ltd, 1995)
    This article illustrates how current allocating features within some African household farms could be negatively affecting their resource output. One of their main objectives is to conclude whether gendered authority and control are potential variables in determining the quantity of product. Using an agronomic data set from the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and econometric techniques, they tested for productive efficiency and estimates, while accounting for gender. The results concluded that by restructuring currently used methods of production, farmers can increase their yield by 10 to 20 percent. They suggest that in order to develop successful agricultural policies, household models needs to be studied from a unified perspective, as well as a multifaceted perspective.
  • Intrahousehold resource allocation in developing countries: Models, methods and policies
    Haddad, Lawrence; Hoddinott, John; Alderman, Harold (International Food Policy Research Institute, 1997)
    This book examines the complexity of household decision-making and resource allocation, and the need for policies to consider the identity and bargaining power of individuals within a household in order to successfully address issues and impact people. Nineteen contributors from various disciplines analyze the factors that impact decisions at the household level, and argue that the alleviation of individual and household poverty cannot occur without policies that address both levels of decision-making. They suggest that even policies that do take intrahousehold behavior into account may fail, but there are serious consequences of neglecting those processes completely.
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    Science and Poverty: An Interdisciplinary Assessment of the Impact of Agricultural Research
    Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.; Adato, Michelle; Haddad, Lawrence; Hazell, Peter (Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004)
    In the past, agricultural research has tended to focus on increasing food yields in irrigated and high-potential agricultural areas. However, many poor people live in marginal agricultural areas or do not have access to the resources such as land, water, and capital that would enable them to utilize new agricultural technologies. Adoption of agricultural innovations by indigent farmers also is often influenced by various social and cultural factors. To help the poor, future agricultural research should focus on crops that the poor utilize most and take into account the social, cultural, and economic factors that will determine whether an agricultural innovation will be adopted by the target group. This report examines seven case studies of linkages between agricultural research and poverty from different areas in the developing world, and presents the lessons learned.