Increasing agricultural productivity while ensuring environmental sustainability are two
important targets in achieving the sustainable development goals under climatic shocks. In …

Formation of aspirations and ensuring food security are pivotal developmental concerns,
capturing the attention of development practitioners, researchers, and scholars. Although …

Despite increasing scholarly attention to individual aspirations, rural women's aspirations in
agriculture remain largely unexplored. With women increasingly central to agricultural work …

Rapid urbanisation in low-and middle-income countries, which has encroached on
agricultural lands but has not been consistently accompanied by corresponding …

Although it is increasingly recognized that aspirations drive economic behavior and
outcomes, it is not fully understood how aspirations are formed (or eroded). However, it has …

Aspirations defined as future‐oriented desires or ambitions, can determine agricultural
investments and rural development. Aspirations are shaped by people's social, cultural, and …

Africa has the youngest population in the world, but African economies are not creating
enough high-productivity jobs, and rates of youth unemployment thus remain a major …

In places with few casual or salaried employment opportunities, investments in farm or non-
farm assets may offer the main pathway to increased incomes locally, whereas others may …