We investigate the effect of a modest food safety premium on semisubsistence farmers' investment in a food safety technology.
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The Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is the largest non-profit public agricultural research group globally.
WP3 intends to address the question: How can cross-food value chain and market services function better to increase employment and boost income of smallholders and SMEs?
The economy of Bangladesh is largely defined by the agricultural sector, which is reflected in its yearly GDP contribution of approximately 11% in the past few years (World Bank, 2022).
Financial services and logistics innovation within agri-food value chains: A conceptual framework
Finance and logistics services for agricultural value chains based on technological innovations exist in several LMICs, but they are not often extended to small holders or SMEs working in the agricultural midstream.
In developing countries, a substantial amount of perishable and often highly nutritious commodities, such as fruits and vegetables, are lost after harvest, mainly caused by the lack of key infrastructures, such as electricity and cold chain facili
Ethiopia’s rivers and streams (Figure 1) and its ground water potential of 2.6 billion m3 of groundwater potential (Awulachew et al., 2008) is estimated to have a potential to irrigate 5.3 million hectares of land.
Marketing fortified rice: Effects of aspirational messaging and association with free distribution
Fortification of staple foods is among the most cost-effective public health interventions.
Recent studies provide unequivocal evidence that current agricultural support policies are ineffective to achieve the multiple goals of food security, affordable healthy diets, remunerative livelihoods for farmers, and environmental protection.
Role of soil perception and soil variability by smallholder farmers in the low adoption rates of extension packages in Central America
Food systems are under pressure to produce more food of higher quality while reducing the pressure on natural resources. Currently, land degradation is widespread, especially in areas with smallholder farming.
2021 Annual Report
IFPRI’s 2021 Annual Report presents highlights from our research work around the world.
Is agricultural insurance fulfilling its promise for the developing world? A review of recent evidence
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Climate change and food systems: Transforming food systems for adaptation, mitigation, and resilience
Climate change is a growing threat to our food systems, with grim implications for food and nutrition security, livelihoods, and overall well-being, especially for poor and vulnerable people around the world.
Climate change and associated extreme weather events directly impact the functioning and sustainability of food systems.
The FAO-IFPRI study, focuses on the use of tractors because they are among the most versatile farm mechanization tools and are universal power sources for all other driven implements and equipment in agriculture, with significant potential to repl
Transforming African agricultural markets through digital innovations: What we (do not) know
This policy note synthesizes the key messages and lessons from existing evidence and trends in the development, deployment and scale up of ICT-enabled marketing tools.
Two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, food value chains have undergone some remarkable adjustments, evolving to meet rapidly changing conditions.
The FAO-IFPRI study, of which this policy brief is a summary, focuses on the use of tractors because they are among the most versatile farm mechanization tools and are universal power sources for all other driven implements and equipment in agricu