The data are collected through a primary field survey of around 600 ginger-cultivating farm households in Nepal, using a structured questionnaire.
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Enhancing resilience throughout our food systems is essential to addressing the impacts of climate change on food supplies, food safety, and nutrition as well as the broader development impacts of food system disruptions.
Through this program, IFPRI will provide evidence-based policy assessments to make agri-food industries and food systems more inclusive in terms of employment and income opportunities, more efficient in meeting the food needs of the growing global
Informal vendors are a critical source of food security for urban residents in African cities.
discussion paper
Firm employment, exit, and growth in the food processing sector: Evidence from Ghana
This paper uses data from a sample of 679 food processing firms in Ghana to estimate changes in employment by the food processing sector from 2014 to 2017, to analyze the determinants of firm exit during the same period, and to analyze the determi
discussion paper
Water, sanitation and child health: Evidence from subnational panel data in 59 countries
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) investments are widely seen as essential for improving health in early childhood.
discussion paper
Improving food safety on the farm: Experimental evidence from Kenya on agricultural incentives and subsidies as public health investments
Evidence continues to mount that foodborne illness imposes a staggering health burden in developing countries.
conference proceeding
Food industries for people and planet: Toward a new research agenda
Washington, DC, June 25-26, 2018
Aflatoxins are fungal metabolites—mainly produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus living in soil—that contaminate crops throughout growth, harvest, storage, transportation, and processing.
Global growth in aquaculture is underway – a “blue revolution” featuring rapid increases in demand for fish and a corresponding surge in aquaculture production.
book chapter
Improving Food Availability for the Poor
project paper
Food safety in Kenya: Focus on dairy
This note goes beyond the rumors to summarize the scientific evidence on milk safety, and offers practical recommendations for improving milk safety in Kenya.
project paper
Food safety in Kenya: Focus on fruits and vegetables
Consumption of fruits and vegetables is important for maintaining good health and preventing chronic disease; Kenyans consume too little of these foods relative to dietary recommendations.
journal article
Does cooperative membership improve household welfare? Evidence from a panel data analysis of smallholder dairy farmers in Bihar, India
This paper examines the factors that influence dairy farmers’ decisions to become members of milk cooperative societies, and the impact of cooperative membership on milk yield, net returns per liter, and adoption of FSM.
journal article
Can integrated interventions create the conditions that support caregiving for better child growth?
Children born to healthy mothers who live in homes with piped water and improved sanitation, are fed adequate diets, and have appropriate health care have better growth outcomes.
In 2015, Viet Nam began transforming its agriculture extension and advisory services to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of its agricultural sector and thus improve the livelihoods of its farmers.