About 1.5 billion people, most of the world’s poor, live on small farms in developing countries.

There are few wage-earning opportunities for the 223 million unemployed or underemployed youth in developing and emerging economies. Many of those young people are in rural areas where the local economy is largely agricultural.

By mid-2022, the magnitude and severity of acute food insecurity in countries with available data reached alarming levels, but data gaps continued to obscure the full picture.

The FAO-IFPRI study, of which this policy brief is a summary, focuses on the use of tractors because they are among the most versatile farm mechanization tools and are universal power sources for all other driven implements and equipment in agricu

Destination-based business cash-flow taxes have received a great deal of attention and are being widely considered as a replacement for traditional, origin-based, corporate taxes.

African exports of high-value agricultural products, such as processed agricultural goods and horticultural products have been growing rapidly.

The irony facing many developing countries today is that increased food trade and the implications of globalization has created a situation where certain segments of the population are simply put, eating too much, while just in their proximity lie

In the developing world, regional integration is frequently seen as an opportunity to promote development.

The brief presents several policy recommendations to help prevent conflict and to address some of the underlying causes of forced migration: