Organic agriculture (OA) is considered a strategy to make agriculture more sustainable.
Bhutan has embraced the ambitious goal of becoming the world's first 100% organic nation …

Seasonality is a salient feature of rural livelihoods and particularly within agriculture the
demand for labor varies with the seasons and weather. In low-income countries, agriculture …

With a growing global population, human-wildlife conflicts (HWCs) are intensifying and cost-
effective mitigation strategies to conserve biodiversity and support rural livelihoods become …

Reconciling economic development with forest conservation is a challenge, particularly for
high-forest cover, low-deforestation countries. Using Bhutan as an illustrative case, this …

Labour‐saving technologies are relevant for agricultural development. Yet, as this study
shows, they are poorly integrated into agricultural production functions of economy‐wide …

Using an economy-wide modelling approach, this dissertation investigates methodological
and empirical research questions related to seasonal labour markets and natural resource …

Concerns regarding the impact of climate change, food price volatility, and weather
uncertainty have motivated users of simulation models to consider uncertainty in their …

Pandemics attack the primary asset (labor) of peasant households and the rural poor.
Peasant households must simultaneously allocate labor between farm and household …

Outbreaks of infectious diseases in developing countries deplete the primary asset of the
poor–their labour–through premature deaths and increased morbidity. This study examines …

Outbreaks of infectious diseases are particularly devastating for developing countries and
the poor: they deplete, through premature death and morbidity the primary asset of the poor …