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About Dil Rahut
Dil Rahut is vice-chair of research and a senior research fellow at ADBI.Revitalizing South Asia’s groundwater resources with direct-seeded rice
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Direct-seeded rice contributes to lower greenhouse gas emissions, benefiting the environment, and increasing farmers’ total income by reducing cultivation costs.
Uniting the G7 and G20 to tackle climate change
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The G7 and G20 recognize the paramount importance of innovation in steering economies toward a more sustainable future.
Fighting the trafficking of women and children in Asia
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Trafficking is often considered a gender-based harm, as women and children are more likely to face this form of exploitation.
Enhancing food supply chain governance with blockchain
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Blockchain can be a valuable tool for avoiding failures in the food supply chain by opening avenues for enhancing redistribution and accountability for both food producers and consumers.
Uncovering women’s burden of “unseen” work
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Unpaid contributions to production and consumption in households remain excluded from the narrow economic definition of work but are essential to welfare.
ChatGPT and structural change: Proceed with caution
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ChatGPT has the potential to lay the foundation for structural change and economywide productivity growth.
Managing water resources in agriculture can ensure food and water security
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The unsustainable use of water resources in agriculture will have severe implications for future food and water security.
Putting an end to the social disease of domestic violence
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Domestic abuse is not a minor problem but a public health disease that affects millions of women around the globe.
Understanding the multifunctionality of agriculture production for sustainable rural livelihoods
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Multifunctionality is associated with human activities that perform multiple functions and generate ecosystem services that can be positive or negative.
Hypertension, a ticking time bomb that can be stopped to save millions of lives
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Hypertension affects 25% of the world’s population and can be a silent killer with no warning signs.
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