The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), held in September of 2021, aimed to move food systems transformation to the top of the global policy agenda.
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Vast amounts of resources are spent on support to agriculture, with questionable results for agriculture, for national incomes, for nutrition and for the environment.
The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' access to seeds, productivity, and commercialization
Several factors contribute to the low level of improved variety use in Ethiopia.
On the origins of food loss
International humanitarian organizations have expressed substantial concern about the potential for increases in food insecurity resulting from the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Income variability, evolving diets, and elasticity estimation of demand for processed foods in Nigeria
Evidence from six rounds of household consumption data on income variability, evolving diets, and elasticity estimation of demand for processed foods in Nigeria.
Study finds consumers buy maize marked “aflatoxin-safe” during marketing campaigns, but don’t stick with it after campaign ends.
Cotton revolution and widow chastity in Ming and Qing China
Rural Chinese smallholders with an option to make delayed premium payments have higher levels of insurance uptake and investment in production than those without the option.
Biofortification, crop adoption and health information: Impact pathways in Mozambique and Uganda
Biofortification is a promising strategy to combat micronutrient malnutrition by promoting the adoption of staple food crops bred to be dense sources of specific micronutrients.
Election results are in: USDA reports that producers chose to enroll most of their corn, soybean, and wheat base acres in the new Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) program and most of their base acres for other program crops in the new Price Loss C
Grain price and volatility transmission from international to domestic markets in developing countries
Understanding the sources of domestic food price volatility in developing countries and the extent to which it is transmitted from international to domestic markets is critical to help design better global, regional, and domestic policies to cope