Leveraging exogenous government irrigation investments and longitudinal household survey data over 15 years, we investigate how irrigation affects agricultural productivity under climate change. We find that the irrigation investment increased the share of irrigated farmland by 11.0%, which, in...

The importance of government-led coordinated efforts in livestock disaster management and the livestock emergency response to safeguard livelihoods and food security brought up the development of Livestock Emergency Management Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) in Nigeria. This study examined the...

Genetically modified (GM) crops are expected to reduce agricultural carbon emissions, which account for approximately 30\% of global carbon emissions, by reducing the use of high-emission production inputs. However, upon examining the gradual roll-out of GM crops across countries, we find that...

This article analyzes the territorial resilience of the Mananjary district in Madagascar in response to tropical cyclones, focusing on the communes of Tsaravary and Tsarahafatra. The study employs a multivariate Probit model to examine three hypotheses: the relevance of resilience policies, the...

Climate change poses major challenges to the global economy and society, requiring coordinated efforts to alleviate its impacts. Given the nature of climate change, the adoption of central bank policies offers a more holistic strategy for managing and mitigating climate risks, thereby bolstering...

This study examines the eco-efficiency performance of green energy transitions in 45 high-emission countries (1995–2022), focusing on convergence in policymaking. Using hybrid window data envelopment analysis (WDEA) models, eco-efficiency was evaluated for non-renewable energy (NRES),...

The paper investigates the co-integrating relationship between economic growth, energy and environment for India and China for the period 1970-2014 (using log transformed yearly data). Whereas GDP per capita is taken as the growth proxy , CO2 emissions per capita represents environmental...

This paper presents a brief review of the trends in foodgrain production in India, the determinants of its growth and domestic foodgrain supply projections to draw inferences about the future foodgrain production trends. The foodgrain supply forecasts are examined in relation to the likely...

Current analyses of pathways limiting global warming to well below 2°C, as called for in the Paris Agreement, do not consider the climate impacts already occurring below 2°C. Here we show that accounting for these damages significantly increases the near-term ambition of transformation...

The paper presents some of the main scientific results achieved in the framework of a recently completed NATO Science for Peace and Security research project. The project aimed to harmonize the different seismic hazard maps of Romania, Moldova and Bulgaria and to develop standard maps in...