Food quality and safety have been the central issues of food economics and are considered among the most important food attributes. However, evidence of the impact of food safety consciousness on consumers' food purchasing behavior is limited.

This report builds on prior work to provide a new, comprehensive, and balanced view of water security in Pakistan, stressing the importance of the diverse social, environmental, and economic outcomes from water.

This dataset is produced from the randomized controlled trial (RCT), which was conducted to test for a causal impact of aflatoxin exposure on child growth.

Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) investments are widely seen as essential for improving health in early childhood.

Food safety is an umbrella term that encompasses many facets of handling, preparation and storage of food to prevent illness and injury. Included under the umbrella are chemical, microphysical and microbiological aspects of food safety.

Based on an extensive survey, this study assesses the current conditions of all three types of government owned warehouses: the silos, Central Storage Depots (CSDs), and Local Supply Depots (LSDs).

Livestock farming is common in low-income settings as a source of income and animal-sourced food.

Consumer demand for food safety is likely to be an important driver of public policies and industry-led efforts to reduce information asymmetry on food attributes and improved food safety.

Empowered women show better WASH practices than nonempowered women in Nepal, which translates into better child nutrition outcomes.

Enabling the business environment for healthy and sustainable food. Bangkok, November 28, 2018

Traceability means it is possible to trace food back to its origin.

In this paper, we test the impact of a simulated market premium for food safety, and of bundling rainfall insurance with an aflatoxin-reducing technology (Aflasafe KE01), on smallholder farmers’ adoption of this technology.

The goal of this report is to identify best food safety practices that can inform policy makers in Bangladesh and other developing countries by examining and synthesizing experiences in food safety systems and regulation as well as producer and co

This paper characterizes consumer demand for food safety and the dynamic impact of a social marketing campaign to promote a tested, third party verified maize flour in Kenya, where dietary exposure to the fungal toxin aflatoxin is a major public h

Observational studies have documented an association between aflatoxin (AF) exposure and reduced linear growth in infants and young children.

Informal vendors are a critical source of food security in African cities and play a key role in food system transformation.