Postharvest loss is a major challenge in food production and supply chains in developing countries.

To understand how Myanmar’s crop marketing system has been affected by the COVID-19 crisis, phone interviews were conducted with more than 100 agricultural commodity traders roughly every 30 days from late May until early August 2020.

Este documento se enfoca en la experiencia sobre leyes, políticas, regulaciones e instituciones en Chile, y las posibles lecciones para Venezuela.

Eggs have high potential for improving nutrition outcomes in low-income countries, yet very few children in such settings consume eggs on a regular basis despite widespread poultry ownership.

Rice prices in international markets rose sharply between December 2019 and May 2020, increasing, for example, by 25 percent in Thailand and 30 percent in Vietnam.

Myanmar has been fortunate in thus far having one of the lowest caseloads of COVID-19 per population globally, with under 400 confirmed cases as of early August.

Smallholder farmers in developing countries face substantial constraints that limit their ability to reach their production potential. Two constraints—risk exposure and limited access to liquidity—pose particular challenges.

This year’s report includes chapters focusing on intra-Africa trade integration for agricultural products, including the role of nontariff measures, and on the competitiveness of African value chains that are crucial for food security.

This chapter aims to propose an assessment of the reality of informal trade in Africa, particularly in agriculture: How is it defined? What are its determinants? What is its magnitude, both in terms of traded products and countries involved?

The 2020 AATM presented an overview of trade in agriculture products in Africa and highlighted the main impediments that affect intra- and extra-African trade.

This chapter examines agricultural trade integration in Southern Africa, focusing on SADC.

This chapter aims to shed light on those questions through the calculation of simple trade indicators, namely the export similarity index, trade complementarity index, and regional trade intensity index, as well as assessing the impact of tariffs

The objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of Africa’s trade structure and trade policy. We first analyze recent performance in different markets and identify changes in the composition and direction of trade.

In this chapter, we will provide more detailed statistics concerning the (un)competitiveness of African economies in these three value chains.

The objective of this first chapter is to provide an overview of recent issues related to agricultural trade in Africa.

While literature has noted the presence of a nutrition transition in terms of changing nutrition outcomes in Vietnam, very limited evidence linking changes in upstream food system factors to downstream diet and nutrition changes exists.

This paper assesses the impact of the spread of COVID-19 and the lockdown on wholesale prices and quantities traded in agricultural markets.

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented a unique challenge to governments across the globe, reinforcing the need to improve understanding of domestic and international trade trends to provide more informed options for policy response.