Jeffrey Bloem
@jeffbloem.bsky.social
Research Fellow at @IFPRI.org. Development economist with research interests in agriculture, conflict, and psychology. Views are my own.
Website: https://jeffbloem.com
Website: https://jeffbloem.com
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Did you hear the USDA plans to cease data collection for the CPS Food Security supplement? We have a blog post to give you more information. If you want to sign a letter asking for data collection to continue, see the threaded opportunities below. blog.popdata.org/food-securit...
Measuring Food Security with U.S. Federal Data – Use It for Good
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October 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Did you hear the USDA plans to cease data collection for the CPS Food Security supplement? We have a blog post to give you more information. If you want to sign a letter asking for data collection to continue, see the threaded opportunities below. blog.popdata.org/food-securit...
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Evidence from the same context + the same team (now adding @JeffBloem) that while depression ⬆️ among women in the perinatal period in S Africa, exposure to the grant during the perinatal period eliminates this increased risk
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October 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Evidence from the same context + the same team (now adding @JeffBloem) that while depression ⬆️ among women in the perinatal period in S Africa, exposure to the grant during the perinatal period eliminates this increased risk
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🆕 Intensification or expansion? A new approach to measuring agricultural change
Today on VoxDev, @jeffbloem.bsky.social (@ifpri.org) & Clark Lundberg (San Diego State University) discuss the impact of agricultural technology adoption on deforestation in Nigeria: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Today on VoxDev, @jeffbloem.bsky.social (@ifpri.org) & Clark Lundberg (San Diego State University) discuss the impact of agricultural technology adoption on deforestation in Nigeria: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Intensification or expansion? A new approach to measuring agricultural change
Drawing on a randomised controlled trial among rice farmers in Nigeria, we introduce a new method for linking village-level interventions with high-resolution earth observation data – which captures s...
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September 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🆕 Intensification or expansion? A new approach to measuring agricultural change
Today on VoxDev, @jeffbloem.bsky.social (@ifpri.org) & Clark Lundberg (San Diego State University) discuss the impact of agricultural technology adoption on deforestation in Nigeria: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Today on VoxDev, @jeffbloem.bsky.social (@ifpri.org) & Clark Lundberg (San Diego State University) discuss the impact of agricultural technology adoption on deforestation in Nigeria: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
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Icymi. . .@ifpri is on fire in the latest issue of JDE (well, soon-to-be the Jan 2026 issue of JDE) with six separate papers from 7 different researchers
September 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Icymi. . .@ifpri is on fire in the latest issue of JDE (well, soon-to-be the Jan 2026 issue of JDE) with six separate papers from 7 different researchers
Anyone who has studied development economics has learned about the structural transformation of national economies that occurs amid the development process. The traditional narrative emphasizes intersectoral labour reallocation out of agriculture and into manufacturing and services.
September 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Anyone who has studied development economics has learned about the structural transformation of national economies that occurs amid the development process. The traditional narrative emphasizes intersectoral labour reallocation out of agriculture and into manufacturing and services.
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🆕 #Blog Nature’s ‘double dividend’ from agricultural technology adoption
🖋️ By @jeffbloem.bsky.social.
🔗 Read the full story here: on.cgiar.org/4oR3GUA
@cgiar.org
🖋️ By @jeffbloem.bsky.social.
🔗 Read the full story here: on.cgiar.org/4oR3GUA
@cgiar.org
Nature’s ‘double dividend’ from agricultural technology adoption
A new form of fertilizer offers advantages.
on.cgiar.org
August 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🆕 #Blog Nature’s ‘double dividend’ from agricultural technology adoption
🖋️ By @jeffbloem.bsky.social.
🔗 Read the full story here: on.cgiar.org/4oR3GUA
@cgiar.org
🖋️ By @jeffbloem.bsky.social.
🔗 Read the full story here: on.cgiar.org/4oR3GUA
@cgiar.org
New on the @ifpri.org blog today: “Nature’s ‘double dividend’ from agricultural technology adoption” www.ifpri.org/blog/natures...
Nature’s ‘double dividend’ from agricultural technology adoption
A new form of fertilizer offers advantages.
www.ifpri.org
August 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New on the @ifpri.org blog today: “Nature’s ‘double dividend’ from agricultural technology adoption” www.ifpri.org/blog/natures...
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The #WEFIDEV #webinar series is back this fall!
We are looking for *preliminary or early-stage work* in #Finance and #Development to be presented
We also aim to have a session devoted to job candidates in finance and development on the market this fall
Submit:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We are looking for *preliminary or early-stage work* in #Finance and #Development to be presented
We also aim to have a session devoted to job candidates in finance and development on the market this fall
Submit:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Webinar in Finance and Development (WEFIDEV)
This form collects interest for presentations in the fall season of the Webinar series in Finance and Development (WEFIDEV) for junior scholars working on finance topics in developing countries. We ar...
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August 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The #WEFIDEV #webinar series is back this fall!
We are looking for *preliminary or early-stage work* in #Finance and #Development to be presented
We also aim to have a session devoted to job candidates in finance and development on the market this fall
Submit:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We are looking for *preliminary or early-stage work* in #Finance and #Development to be presented
We also aim to have a session devoted to job candidates in finance and development on the market this fall
Submit:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
New on the Engendering data blog: “Sources of bias when measuring women’s empowerment in fragile and conflict-affected settings: a story of four case studies”
gender.cgiar.org/news/sources...
gender.cgiar.org/news/sources...
Sources of bias when measuring women’s empowerment in fragile and conflict-affected settings: a story of four case studies
Accurately measuring women’s empowerment systematically across a variety of settings is critical to ensure equal access to market participation, control of the use of productive resources, opportuniti...
gender.cgiar.org
August 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New on the Engendering data blog: “Sources of bias when measuring women’s empowerment in fragile and conflict-affected settings: a story of four case studies”
gender.cgiar.org/news/sources...
gender.cgiar.org/news/sources...
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In low-income countries, most people work in farming; in richer countries, they work in services
August 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
In low-income countries, most people work in farming; in richer countries, they work in services
Really excited to have this paper published in the JDE! Available online today, blog post and more coming soon…
“Agricultural technology adoption and deforestation: Evidence from a randomized control trial” co-authored with Clark Lundberg
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“Agricultural technology adoption and deforestation: Evidence from a randomized control trial” co-authored with Clark Lundberg
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Agricultural technology adoption and deforestation: Evidence from a randomized control trial
We study the effect of the adoption of improved agricultural inputs on deforestation using a randomized control trial in Nigeria which introduced a mo…
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July 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Really excited to have this paper published in the JDE! Available online today, blog post and more coming soon…
“Agricultural technology adoption and deforestation: Evidence from a randomized control trial” co-authored with Clark Lundberg
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Agricultural technology adoption and deforestation: Evidence from a randomized control trial” co-authored with Clark Lundberg
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Literally joined this platform (finally) to share this AEDE blog. If you are not heartbroken at the scale of child suffering in Gaza, you are not paying attention. Call your federal rep — at the very least. u.osu.edu/aede/2025/07...
July 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Literally joined this platform (finally) to share this AEDE blog. If you are not heartbroken at the scale of child suffering in Gaza, you are not paying attention. Call your federal rep — at the very least. u.osu.edu/aede/2025/07...
Now available online at JESA: “Survey ordering and the measurement of welfare” with Wahed Rahman and Marc Bellemare
#openaccess link here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#openaccess link here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Survey ordering and the measurement of welfare | Journal of the Economic Science Association | Cambridge Core
Survey ordering and the measurement of welfare
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July 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Now available online at JESA: “Survey ordering and the measurement of welfare” with Wahed Rahman and Marc Bellemare
#openaccess link here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#openaccess link here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We summarized our findings on how farmer-herder conflict influences the labor allocation of agricultural households in this @voxdev.bsky.social piece.
Here is a link to a longer thread on the paper, recently published in the JDE: bsky.app/profile/jeff...
Here is a link to a longer thread on the paper, recently published in the JDE: bsky.app/profile/jeff...
🆕 How climate-induced conflict is shaping rural Nigeria
Today on VoxDev, @jeffbloem.bsky.social @ifpri.org, Amy Damon (Macalester College), David Francis (World Bank), Harrison Mitchell @ucsandiego.bsky.social show how repeated exposure to violence shifts labour patterns: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
Today on VoxDev, @jeffbloem.bsky.social @ifpri.org, Amy Damon (Macalester College), David Francis (World Bank), Harrison Mitchell @ucsandiego.bsky.social show how repeated exposure to violence shifts labour patterns: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
How climate-induced conflict is shaping rural Nigeria
As climate change stretches Nigeria’s dry seasons and disrupts traditional grazing patterns, tensions between nomadic herders and settled farmers fuel violent conflict—most intensely just before the p...
voxdev.org
July 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We summarized our findings on how farmer-herder conflict influences the labor allocation of agricultural households in this @voxdev.bsky.social piece.
Here is a link to a longer thread on the paper, recently published in the JDE: bsky.app/profile/jeff...
Here is a link to a longer thread on the paper, recently published in the JDE: bsky.app/profile/jeff...
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🆕 How climate-induced conflict is shaping rural Nigeria
Today on VoxDev, @jeffbloem.bsky.social @ifpri.org, Amy Damon (Macalester College), David Francis (World Bank), Harrison Mitchell @ucsandiego.bsky.social show how repeated exposure to violence shifts labour patterns: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
Today on VoxDev, @jeffbloem.bsky.social @ifpri.org, Amy Damon (Macalester College), David Francis (World Bank), Harrison Mitchell @ucsandiego.bsky.social show how repeated exposure to violence shifts labour patterns: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
How climate-induced conflict is shaping rural Nigeria
As climate change stretches Nigeria’s dry seasons and disrupts traditional grazing patterns, tensions between nomadic herders and settled farmers fuel violent conflict—most intensely just before the p...
voxdev.org
July 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🆕 How climate-induced conflict is shaping rural Nigeria
Today on VoxDev, @jeffbloem.bsky.social @ifpri.org, Amy Damon (Macalester College), David Francis (World Bank), Harrison Mitchell @ucsandiego.bsky.social show how repeated exposure to violence shifts labour patterns: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
Today on VoxDev, @jeffbloem.bsky.social @ifpri.org, Amy Damon (Macalester College), David Francis (World Bank), Harrison Mitchell @ucsandiego.bsky.social show how repeated exposure to violence shifts labour patterns: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
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🆕 🗞️ Income aspirations and migration: Evidence from rural #Tajikistan
🖊️ By @jeffbloem.bsky.social, Isabel Lambrecht, and Kamiljon Akromov.
🖱️ Learn more here: doi.org/10.1177/0197...
@cgiar.org
🖊️ By @jeffbloem.bsky.social, Isabel Lambrecht, and Kamiljon Akromov.
🖱️ Learn more here: doi.org/10.1177/0197...
@cgiar.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🆕 🗞️ Income aspirations and migration: Evidence from rural #Tajikistan
🖊️ By @jeffbloem.bsky.social, Isabel Lambrecht, and Kamiljon Akromov.
🖱️ Learn more here: doi.org/10.1177/0197...
@cgiar.org
🖊️ By @jeffbloem.bsky.social, Isabel Lambrecht, and Kamiljon Akromov.
🖱️ Learn more here: doi.org/10.1177/0197...
@cgiar.org
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It's blog week around here. Here's a piece on work with @kateambler.bsky.social @jeffbloem.bsky.social @mehrabbakhtiar.bsky.social & Eduardo Maruyama on financial innovation in agrifood systems, part of the new @ifpri.org series on Financing Food Systems Transformation www.ifpri.org/blog/four-le...
Four lessons for financial innovation in agrifood systems
Digital apps and other approaches for modernizing value chains.
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July 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It's blog week around here. Here's a piece on work with @kateambler.bsky.social @jeffbloem.bsky.social @mehrabbakhtiar.bsky.social & Eduardo Maruyama on financial innovation in agrifood systems, part of the new @ifpri.org series on Financing Food Systems Transformation www.ifpri.org/blog/four-le...
Happy to see this paper finally published and available online today! More things coming soon that build on this project, so stay tuned…
with co-authors Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Andrew Dillon, and Serge Adjognon www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
with co-authors Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Andrew Dillon, and Serge Adjognon www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Private sector promotion of agricultural technologies: Experimental evidence from Nigeria
Private sector agricultural businesses are critical for scaling new and potentially environmentally-friendly technologies, though much attention has f…
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June 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Happy to see this paper finally published and available online today! More things coming soon that build on this project, so stay tuned…
with co-authors Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Andrew Dillon, and Serge Adjognon www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
with co-authors Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Andrew Dillon, and Serge Adjognon www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New paper just out today: “Income Aspirations and Migration: Evidence From Rural Tajikistan” with Isabel Lambrecht and Kamiljon Akromov journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Income Aspirations and Migration: Evidence From Rural Tajikistan - Jeffrey R. Bloem,
Isabel Lambrecht,
Kamiljon Akromov, 2025
In places with limited employment opportunities, households aspiring to increase their income are mainly left with two options: either (a) invest locally in the...
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June 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
New paper just out today: “Income Aspirations and Migration: Evidence From Rural Tajikistan” with Isabel Lambrecht and Kamiljon Akromov journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Did you know that your siblings can influence whether you vote?
Well, because of our new working paper you do!
@mike-bloem.bsky.social, @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social, sam imlay
Well, because of our new working paper you do!
@mike-bloem.bsky.social, @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social, sam imlay
June 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Did you know that your siblings can influence whether you vote?
Well, because of our new working paper you do!
@mike-bloem.bsky.social, @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social, sam imlay
Well, because of our new working paper you do!
@mike-bloem.bsky.social, @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social, sam imlay
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Five actions to prevent the devastating long-term effects of malnutrition www.cgdev.org/blog/malnutr... from @eeshani.bsky.social @cgdev.org
June 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Five actions to prevent the devastating long-term effects of malnutrition www.cgdev.org/blog/malnutr... from @eeshani.bsky.social @cgdev.org
Really excited to have our paper “Herder-related violence, labor allocation, and the gendered response of agricultural households” published in the JDE!!
June 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Really excited to have our paper “Herder-related violence, labor allocation, and the gendered response of agricultural households” published in the JDE!!
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Migrating to new economic opportunities in cities, rural Indian families don't mechanize, they downsize their farms. Their neighbors produce more as land and crops markets adjust, from @raamadhok.bsky.social, Noack, Mushfiq Mobarak, and Deschenes https://www.nber.org/papers/w33854
June 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Migrating to new economic opportunities in cities, rural Indian families don't mechanize, they downsize their farms. Their neighbors produce more as land and crops markets adjust, from @raamadhok.bsky.social, Noack, Mushfiq Mobarak, and Deschenes https://www.nber.org/papers/w33854
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How to design studies that scale up? 🤔
Michael Kremer (@devinnovationlab.bsky.social) presented this today at @ifpri.org: Among early projects at former USAID DIV, those that scaled successfully were usually:
💲 Cheaper: unit cost <$3USD
🚷 Did NOT sell to consumers
💻 Evaluated by RCT
Michael Kremer (@devinnovationlab.bsky.social) presented this today at @ifpri.org: Among early projects at former USAID DIV, those that scaled successfully were usually:
💲 Cheaper: unit cost <$3USD
🚷 Did NOT sell to consumers
💻 Evaluated by RCT
May 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
How to design studies that scale up? 🤔
Michael Kremer (@devinnovationlab.bsky.social) presented this today at @ifpri.org: Among early projects at former USAID DIV, those that scaled successfully were usually:
💲 Cheaper: unit cost <$3USD
🚷 Did NOT sell to consumers
💻 Evaluated by RCT
Michael Kremer (@devinnovationlab.bsky.social) presented this today at @ifpri.org: Among early projects at former USAID DIV, those that scaled successfully were usually:
💲 Cheaper: unit cost <$3USD
🚷 Did NOT sell to consumers
💻 Evaluated by RCT