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The role of market concentration in the agrifood industry
The role of market concentration and potential market power exertion in the agri-food industry is a topic of longstanding interest and concern to policymakers, stakeholders, and researchers.
Nutrition as a basic need: A new method for utility-consistent and nutritionally adequate food poverty lines
In most countries and globally, malnutrition rates exceed poverty rates.
Review and synthesis of IFPRI’s PIM funded program of work on agricultural insurance, 2012-2020
This paper reviews and synthesizes IFPRI’s research program on agricultural insurance since 2009, a period that encompasses all the activities for which financial support from PIM was obtained during 2012-2020.
Agricultural insurance has attracted considerable interest in recent years.
Globalization and political economy of food policies: Insight from planting restrictions in colonial wine markets
Globalization transforms not just the economics of production and exchange in the world, but also the political economy of public policies.
Agricultural value chains, particularly in the developing world, have been going through drastic changes over the past decades.
Market power and the volatility of markups in the food value chain: The role of Italian cooperatives
Agricultural cooperatives have often been promoted as a way to increase their market power and to obtain stability of profit against uncertainty.
Nutrition sensitive food systems in conflict affected regions: A case study of Afghanistan
The food systems approach can contribute to food security and reduced malnutrition levels by identifying key investments and policies throughout the food system, including production, processing, marketing, and consumption of food.
Policy-making processes in developing countries often continue to operate devoid of evidence.
National extension policy and state-level implementation: The case of Cross River State, Nigeria
In this paper, we study the transformation process Indian agriculture exhibited in the recent past, studying its policy implications.
National extension policy and state level implementation: The case of Niger State in Nigeria
The aim of Nigeria’s extension reform and transformation agenda through its new national extension policy (NEP) is to put in place a legislated, pluralistic, farmer-responsive, and market-oriented extension system.
A bottom-up approach for a private fisheries extension system: A framework and action plan for an aqua-chamber of commerce in India
Aquaculture and fisheries continues to be a sector that has not received adequate attention for its contribution to food security goals across the globe. This sector is predicted to grow at a fast rate in the next 40 years.
This paper conducts a political economy analysis to understand the factors that affect provision of and access to reliable agricultural statistics and data systems in Niger.
This study analyzed the financing gaps relative to production frontier of rice farmers in Southwestern Nigeria.
Building a climate change-resilient food system in Korea: The case of extension and technology dissemination services
Strengthening institutional capacity for disaster management and risk reduction through climate-resilient agriculture
The frequency of natural disasters, especially storms and floods, has been increasing globally over the last several decades.
bEcon 4 Africa: An overview of the literature on the economic assessment of GE crops in the continent, 1996-2016
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) published the first method-focused assessment of the applied economic literature about the ex ante and ex post impacts of genetically engineered crops in developing countries in 2009.
Nutrition sensitive food system: Policy analysis and investment framework for Myanmar
Ending malnutrition in all forms is a global development priority.