Extreme weather causes substantial damage to livelihoods of smallholder farmers globally and are projected to become more frequent in the coming decades as a result of climate change.

In much of the developing world, climate change is expected to increase the risk from extreme weather events, and scaling insurance is vital to enhance agricultural risk management and adaptation among the rural poor.

Suzanne Thornsbury, chief of the Crops Branch in the Market and Trade Economics Division, U.S.

Insect pest problems are among the main causes of crop yield losses in global agriculture. Insecticides protect households from food-security and income shocks, but can induce human health and environmental risks.

In this paper, scientific evidence to support the development of a larger scale project for fortified potato, as an alternative and sustainable solution in the medium and long term to combat the incidence of chronic malnutrition (hidden hunger) in

Measuring food loss, identifying where in the food system it occurs, and developing effective policies along the value chain are essential first steps toward addressing the problem in developing countries

Washington, DC, June 25-26, 2018