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Tapping into the rising global demand for fruits, vegetables, and other horticulural products can help generate jobs and export earnings.

The Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference ended with virtually no progress, and hoped-for advances on food and agriculture failed to materialize. What now?

The Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires offers an opportunity to jump-start stalled international progress on trade and food security.

Research in Uganda shows certfication schemes have education and gender equity benefits, but results vary considerably by program.

U.S. agricultural trade policies contain many distortions that work against developing countries. What are the prospects for reform?

The rising use of smartphones holds promise in making crop insurance more accessible to farmers.

IFPRI researchers model what would happen if President Trump launched a trade war between the United States and China or Mexico.

Despite its flaws, the international trading system has many tools that can be applied to reduce hunger and malnutrition.

NAFTA has been a boon not just to commerce, but to the consumption of fruits and vegetables and to public health. New trade barriers could erase those gains.

As NAFTA negotiations get underway, a look at how punitive tariffs and other trade penalties could undermine efforts to improve nutrition.