The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound effects on livelihoods and food security across rural populations worldwide.

This paper examines the continuing effects of COVID-19 and exposure to weather extremes on income, dietary, and migration outcomes in rural Guatemala.

Engaging burgeoning youth populations in developing country agriculture is seen as an important strategy toward effective, efficient, and sustainable food system transformation.

El presente estudio, con el respaldo del Servicio Holandés de Cooperación al Desarrollo (SNV), obtuvo información sobre una serie de temas relativos a la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición, el género y el acceso al agua en ciertos caseríos espec

Farm size and land allocation are important factors in explaining lagging agricultural productivity in developing countries.

International migration has grown rapidly over the past two decades, at an annual rate of 2.4%, prompting increased interest in identifying the root causes of outmigration and the population groups more likely to emigrate.

This study, supported by the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), obtained information on a range of topics associated with food security and nutrition, gender, and water access in selected villages of Honduras.

Aflatoxins affect the health of close to 70 percent of the population of the world through contaminated food.

This paper explores the impact of climate change on agriculture in Nicaragua using biophysical models and a bioeconomic model. It also examines differences in projections of key climate models.

We use both biophysical and bioeconomic models to assess the impact of climate change on Honduran agriculture out to 2050.

This report finds that by 2050 the negative effect of climate change on agricultural productivity in El Salvador will be among the highest in the region.

This discussion paper evaluates the likely impact of climate change on agriculture in Costa Rica out to 2050.

Climate change will be a significant challenge to farmers in Guatemala.

This discussion paper introduces a series of studies on the effects of climate change on agriculture in Central America and the Andean region.

Does smuggling improve economic welfare? This paper provides a theoretical model of illegal trade and determines the impact of smuggling on economic welfare. We focus on Costa Rica's recent prohibition of avocados imported from Mexico.

An ex ante evaluation of the impacts of a potential global recession

Access to modern commercialization channels is key for smallholder farmers to be able to move away from subsistence farming and overcome poverty.

Understanding the magnitude and source of measurement biases in self-reported data is critical to effective economic policy research.

Development projects are generally subject to a potential tradeoff between sustainability and poverty reduction. Grants are also commonly assigned without a standardized criterion.

Durante los últimos tres años, la roya ha devastando la actividad cafetera en América Central. Se han producido grandes pérdidas en la producción de café en esta región a causa de la plaga.