The measurement of resilience capacities through the integration of macrolevel and microlevel indicators
Resilience measurement can now be viewed as an established body of research with 15 years of empirical evidence.
Resilience measurement can now be viewed as an established body of research with 15 years of empirical evidence.
Agricultural insurance has attracted considerable interest in recent years.
There is a global consensus that the current food system, involving the production, processing, transport, and consumption of food, is failing—threatening our food security, nutritional security and health, social justice, and natural resources—an
In early 2020, African governments adopted a wide range of containment and confinement measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the continent.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all the countries in the world, transforming lives and economies. Many governments imposed containment measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Examing emerging data on impact of COVID-19 on African economies and food systems, reviewing the responses to the pandemic, and advances the discussion on methodologies to measure the impacts of and resilience to shocks.
Efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 have further exacerbated long-standing challenges within African food systems and exposed new sources of vulnerability in people’s livelihoods.
In the 2003 Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security, African heads of state and government resolved to urgently implement the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)—a continent wide framework for reducing povert
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted governments across the world to introduce unprecedented lockdowns and other restrictions on mobility to slow the spread of coronavirus and to avoid overwhelming healthcare systems.
Rice cultivation in the NLPR regions has moved to higher latitudes.
India has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the context of a larger quasi-experimental impact assessment, we assess the pandemic’s effects on coping behavior in 80 villages spread across four districts and three states (n=772).
Four years ago, a group of senior scientists from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), along with representatives from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the Afric
Les décideurs (notamment les personnes en charge de la mise en oeuvre de projets et programmes, les responsables de politiques et les organismes techniques) ont besoin d’informations exactes et de données probantes appropriées leur permettant de p
The prevalence of iron deficiency anemia is highest among low and middle-income countries. Millets, including sorghum, are a traditional staple in many of these countries and are known to be rich in iron.
Bihar, among the poorest and least industrialized states in India implemented the most far reaching agricultural market reforms in 2006 by removing law (APMC act) that restricted farmers to selling in government regulated markets.
We study the impact of preschool quality on off-farm work participation among women. We first develop a theoretical model that predicts higher qualities of preschools increase the likelihood of women’s off-farm labor force participation.
The anticipated failure of many countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 necessitates the assessment of science–policy engagement mechanisms for food systems transformation.
African seasonal price variability for cereals is two to three times higher than price variability on the international reference market.