Despite declining arable agricultural land, Bangladesh has made substantial progress in boosting domestic food production, improving access to food by increasing household income, and enhancing nutritional outcomes

Since Bangladesh’s independence in 1971, the country’s population has more than doubled to over 160 million in 2016.

As intervenções do InovAgro aumentam o uso de insumos agrícolas de alto rendimento por parte dos produtores. As intervenções do InovAgro melhoram o número de intervenções da cadeia de valores não facilitadas ou patrocinadas pelo InovAgro.

To understand the effects of the COVID-19 crisis and political instability on Myanmar’s rice sector, we conducted a telephone survey of 388 medium- and large-scale rice millers from major rice growing regions in September 2021.

Marking a shift away from a traditional focus on how gender analysis can contribute to improved productivity to ask, How does agricultural and environmental research and development contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment?

With the expansion of agricultural production for the global market, interest among research and development actors in developing more “inclusive” value chains has grown (Stoian et al. 2018a).

Driven by increased demand from both local and export markets and facilitated by far-reaching liberalization and privatization policies, the dairy sub-sector in Uganda has undergone significant changes in the last decade.

Rapid urbanization and rising income levels in developing countries, such as Pakistan, changing diet habits, information and communication technologies, structural transformation in retail markets as well as export market opportunities are catalyz

As Nigeria continues to face the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, CGIAR and partners have expanded access to quality seeds and improved crop varieties, strengthened capacity of women and youth, and informed national responses and policies with ev

In Myanmar, the COVID-19 pandemic and political upheaval have both had significant economic and social repercussions.

Malawi, like other southern African countries, has endured several waves of infection since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The disease has had severe effects on the economy, including the agriculture sector.

While Bangladesh has had reactionary responses to the newer waves of COVID-19, it is projected that the country could face severe consequences if the Delta variant detected in May 2021 spreads.

Women play important roles at different nodes of both agricultural and off-farm value chains, but in many countries their contributions are either underestimated or limited by prevailing societal norms or gender-specific barriers.

Amid concerns about the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guatemala, in January 2020 decreed travel bans from China, which were later expanded to other countries.

Studies on credit schemes for small-scale entrepreneurs have documented their potential to alleviate poverty and improve food security, nutrition, and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.

To understand the effects of recent economic and political disruptions on Myanmar’s rice sector, we conducted an additional round of a telephone survey of medium- and large-scale rice millers in June 2021.

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.

Smallholder farmers in developing countries face several different constraints limiting their ability to reach their production potential.