AJAD Vol. 12 No. 1 features the following articles: (1) Poverty, Income Inequality, and Irrigation Development: Longitudinal Evidence from Palawan, Philippines; (2) Expert Elicitation for Assessing Agricultural Technology Adoption: The Case of Improved Rice Varieties in South Asian Countries; (3) Challenges and Opportunities for Giant Freshwater Prawn Culture through Participatory Learning and Fish Farmer Engagements; (4) Rural Labor Outmigration and Gender Dimension in an Assessment of Farm Technical Efficiency: A Case Study in Selected Rice Villages in the Philippines; (5) Economic Cost and Returns from Research and Development: The Case of Chili in Bangladesh; and (6) Field-Level Evidences of Climate Change and Coping Strategies of Smallholder Farmers in Molawin-Dampalit Sub-Watershed, Makiling Forest Reserve, Philippines
