Food security – Status and determinants – During the COVID-19 lockdown: Evidence from primary survey in eastern India
Lockdowns induced by COVID-19 have threatened food security in most developing countries.
Lockdowns induced by COVID-19 have threatened food security in most developing countries.
Zinc deficiency is a severe public health issue in Bangladesh.
Since Amartya Sen's famous work on Poverty and Famines, economists have understood that the impacts of food market shocks on the poor depend much more on their impacts on households’ incomes and access to food than on overall food availability, an
The food system, and those who depend on it, have been strongly but unevenly affected by COVID‐19.
This article examines the short‐term effects of the COVID‐19 lockdown on food security and nutrition in rural Guatemala.
It is widely feared that the shock of the COVID‐19 pandemic will lead to a significant worsening of the food security situation in low and middle‐income countries.
How can decisionmakers resolve the tension between optimal long-run policies and short-run initiatives to address food security concerns?
This paper describes and tests the feasibility of Picture-Based Crop Insurance (PBI), a new way to deliver affordable and easy-to-understand insurance.
Bundling agricultural insurance with climate-smart technologies and practices (CSA) can help improve risk management for smallholder farmers. This paper analyzes how bundling affects demand for insurance and CSA.