To understand how Myanmar’s crop marketing system has been affected by political instability, telephone interviews were conducted in March with 108 agricultural commodity traders.
Food systems hold the key not only to food security, but also to plant, animal and human health, as well as environmental sustainability.
The enactment of 18th Constitutional Amendment in 2010 was followed by devo-lution of most of the functions of the erstwhile Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Live-stock (MINFAL) to the Provinces and the MINFAL was formally abolished on June 30, 2
Groundnut is one of the significant sources of oil, food, and fodder in India. It is grown in marginal arid and semi-arid agro-ecosystems with wide yield fluctuations due to spatial variability of rainfall and soil.
As part of the work implemented by CGIAR on COVID-19, the COVID-19 Research Hub Working Group 4 “Address food systems’ fragility and build back better” was tasked with implementing a global assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on food systems and
Dans un contexte de grave perturbation de la structure du commerce mondial due à la pandémie de coronavirus, l’édition 2020 du Moniteur du commerce agricole en Afrique (Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor, AATM) analyse les tendances les plus marquan
Mark Twain once warned, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Yet statistics are a fundamental tool for economic policy and decision-making by governments, international institutions, and even the private sector.
As part of the work implemented by CGIAR on COVID-19, the COVID-19 Research Hub Working Group 4 “Address food systems’ fragility and build back better” was tasked with implementing a global assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on food systems and
The global Food Security Portal (FSP), facilitated by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), presents up-to-date data and information about dynamic developments in the world food system and increases policymakers’ ability to res
The papers and ideas on foresight and trade-off analysis presented in this issue are very timely.
Exchange rate policies can have important implications on incentives for export agriculture. However, their effects are often not well understood.
Climate change effects on agricultural yields will be uneven over the world. A few countries, mostly in high latitudes, may experience gains, while most will see average yield decrease.
Explores key emerging issues facing developing-country agriculture today, from rapid urbanization to rural transformation to climate change
Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World is the first comprehensive exploration of key emerging issues facing developing-country agriculture today, from rapid urbanization to rural transformation to climate change.
Climate change will be a major driver of change in the agricultural sector in the coming decades, along with changes in population, income, urbanization, dietary preferences, and technology.1 Agriculture is unique among economic sectors in its dep
Traditionally societies and their governments have pursued agricultural development to ensure adequate food is available and affordable and incomes of farm households keep pace with those of nonfarm households.
Chapter 1 reviewed dynamically changing global trends in agricultural development and identified emerging and diverse issues associated with the process of global agricultural development.