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India: a drive towards self-sufficiency in food grains
Notwithstanding record production in India and other developing market economies, world grain supplies remain tight largely because of poor crops in the USSR and Eastern and Western Europe.
Benefit-cost analysis of increased funding for agricultural research and development in the global south
This paper conducts a benefit–cost analysis of expanding agricultural research and development (R&D) in the Global South.
Does access to improved grain storage technology increase farmers' welfare? Experimental evidence from maize farming in Ethiopia
Seasonal price variability for cereals is two to three times higher in Africa than on the international reference market. Seasonality is even more pronounced when access to appropriate storage and opportunities for price arbitrage are limited.
Welfare and vulnerability: Findings from the second round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (April – June 2022)
The second round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), a nationally and regionally representative phone survey, was implemented between April and June 2022.
Little is known about whether reductions in intimate partner violence (IPV) from transfer programs persist.
Child undernutrition disproportionally affects children in low- and middle-income countries. In Ethiopia, both wasting and stunting are serious public health concerns, with high human and economic costs.
Key findings of this report show that much progress has been made towards the goal of ending hunger.
An interactive visualization tool, developed in partnership with StatPlanet, to provide detailed information about a diversity of indicators, including subnational crop area and yields, national average calorie availability, and international trad