scispace - formally typeset
A

Akhter Ali

Researcher at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

Publications -  86
Citations -  2430

Akhter Ali is an academic researcher from International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Household income & Poverty. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 72 publications receiving 1632 citations. Previous affiliations of Akhter Ali include National Agricultural Research Centre & Southeast University.

Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Assessing farmer use of climate change adaptation practices and impacts on food security and poverty in Pakistan

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the factors influencing farmers' choice of climate change adaptation practices and associated impacts on household food security and poverty in Pakistan using comprehensive data from 950 farmers from its major provinces.
Journal ArticleDOI

The Adoption of Genetically Modified Cotton and Poverty Reduction in Pakistan

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors employed a propensity score-matching approach to examine the direct effects of adoption of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton on yields, pesticide demand, household income and poverty.
Journal ArticleDOI

Household energy choice and consumption intensity: Empirical evidence from Bhutan

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the trends and patterns of household energy consumption, and identified and analyzed the factors that influence household energy choices, consumption intensity and the per capita household expenditure on energy sources in Bhutan.
Journal ArticleDOI

Household collection and use of biomass energy sources in South Asia

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the pattern of household energy uses and identified and analyzed the factors influencing household choices of energy, sources of fuelwood collection, and family members involved in fuel wood collection.
Journal ArticleDOI

Patterns and determinants of household use of fuels for cooking: Empirical evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the World Bank's comprehensive living standard survey measurement data from Ethiopia, Malawi and Tanzania to analyze cooking fuel use patterns and their determinants and found that a significant number of households use solid fuels for cooking and only a small fraction use clean fuels such as electricity, liquid petroleum gas.