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This brief looks at food system innovations and digital technologies as important drivers of productivity growth and improved food and nutrition security.
This brief summarizes the recent assessment of the implementation of the Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education Training for Women Program (ATVET4Women) that aims to support women and their families with vocational training and market lin
Inclusive agricultural value chains (VCs) are potential drivers for poverty reduction, food security, and women’s empowerment.
Quantification and benefits of reducing post-harvest losses: Evidence for vegetables in Senegal
This study examines on-farm post-harvest losses (PHL) for three vegetable crops (onion, tomato, and pimento) in Senegal and the potential economic benefits associated with reducing PHL for these three vegetables.
Ecosystem services are synonymous with nature’s benefit to people. Agro-food is synonymous with agri-food.
Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines
Women's participation and empowerment in value chains are goals of many development organizations, but there has been limited systematic, rigorous research to track these goals between and within value chains (VCs).
Ensuring that women’s contributions to food systems are recognized—by their families, communities, policymakers, and society more broadly—and that women can make strategic choices about their involvement in food systems has benefits for all of soc
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.
Economics of land degradation in Niger
Land degradation poses daunting challenges to Niger and the country has designed several policies and strategies for combatting it.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are rising globally at a rapid pace, on track to surpass 550 parts per million (ppm) by midcentury.
Garantir l’accès universel à la nutrition dans un contexte de variabilité et de changements climatiques
La présente note stratégique résume les recherches présentées dans un document de travail de l’Institut international de recherche sur les politiques alimentaires (Fanzo et al., 2017b) qui utilise l’approche des systèmes alimentaires pour analyser
This policy note summarizes research presented in an International Food Policy Research Institute discussion paper (Fanzo et al.
Climate change and variability: What are the risks for nutrition, diets, and food systems?
The paper uses a food systems approach to analyze the bidirectional relationships between climate change and food and nutrition along the entire food value chain.
In this assessment, the status and progress of Kenya on each of the metrics related to the Malabo goals and commitments is evaluated. The metrics defined here deal with goals and commitments at the continental level.
The economic value of seasonal forecasts stochastic economywide analysis for East Africa
There is growing interest within the climate change and development community in using seasonal forecast information to reduce the losses to agriculture resulting from climate variability, especially within food-insecure countries.