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a). Working Papers/Manuscript under Review Security, Infrastructure, and Gender Gap in Rural Labor Markets: Evidence from Afghanistan's Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey. 2025CREDIT Research Paper, In progress.
b). Journal Articles (Peer-reviewed) Climate shocks, household food security and welfare in Afghanistan. 2025. With O. Morrissey.Food Policy, 134, 102910. 10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102910 Crop Diversification and Farm Household Welfare during Conflict: Afghanistan2011-2017.2025. With O. Morrissey.TheJournal of Development Studies, 61(3), 381-399.doi: 10.1080/00220388.2024.2404576 Tests for market failures and overcoming transaction costs barriers to market participation in Afghanistan. 2024.Journal of Social and Economic Development. doi: 10.1007/s40847-024-00364-2 Empirical Analysis of Impacts of Sand and Dust Storms on Agricultural Productivity in Mongolia. 2023. With A. Malhotra & S. Tutundjian.PLOS ONE 18(2): e0269271. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0269271 The Impact of Sand and Dust Storms on Agriculture Productivity in Iraq.2023.Middle Eastern Development Journal, 15(1), 50–65. doi:10.1080/17938120.2023.2166748 Polices for Sustainable Agriculture and Livelihood in Marginal Lands: A review. 2022. With S. Tutundjian & I. ElouafiSustainability, 13(16) 8692.doi:10.3390/su13168692 Orphan Crops: A Best Fit for Dietary Enrichment and Diversificationn Highly Deteriorated Marginal Environments.2022. With Talabi et al.Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:839704. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.839704 Hope for Change: Is Diversifying Production Portfolios an Ideal Strategy to Boost Farming Efficiency in Afghanistan?.2021.Progress in Development Studies, 21(3), 1-25. doi: 10.1177/14649934211031745 Development of quinoa value chain to improve food and nutritional security in rural communities in Rehamna, Morocco: lessons learned and perspectives.2021. With Hirich et al.Plants 10(2), 301. doi:10.3390/plants10020301 How is Off -farm Income Linked to On-farm Diversification? Evidence from Afghanistan.2020.Studies in Agricultural Economics, 122 (1), 1-12. doi.org/10.7896/j.2010. Trends in Quinoa Adoption in Marginal Areas, Economic Viability, and Policy Outlook2020.Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development 57 (3), 235–247. doi:10.17306/J.JARD.2020.01351
c). Book Chapters Marginal Areas and Indigenous People Priorities for Research and Action2023. With S. Azim-Ali et al. in: von Braun, J., Afsana, K., Fresco, L.O., Hassan, M.H.A. (Eds.), Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 261–279. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-15703-5_14 Impacts of sand and dust storms on agricultural production.2023. With N. Middleton. In: Sand and dust storms: A guide to mitigation, adaptation, policy and risk management measures in agriculture (pp. 33–49), edited by Middleton, N., Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. DOI:10.4060/cc8071en. From Desert Farm to Fork: Value Chain Development for Innovative Salicornia-based Food Products–A Case Study in the United Arab.2021. With A. Lyra et.In: Saline futures:state-of-the-art in saline agriculture.Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.1201/9781003112327-11
c). Policy Papers Marginal lands: potential for agricultural development, food security and poverty reduction.2022. With I. Elouafi et al.SOLAW21 Technical Background Report. Rome, FAO. doi.org/10.4060/cc2838en Agri-tech: A catalyst for treated wastewater deployment in high efficiency food production systems (pdf).2020. With K. Ammar.International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dubai, UAE. Marginal areas and indigenous people Priorities for research and action.2022. With S. Azim-Ali et al.Food Systems Summit Brief prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit 2021.doi.org/10.48565/fd4f-rk35 Addressing sand and dust storms in Northeast (China and Mongolia) and Western Asia(Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait), and North Africa (Algeria): An agricultural prospective.2022. FAO and International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)