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View article: Emerging outsource agricultural services enable farmer adaptation in agrifood value chains: A product cycle perspective
Emerging outsource agricultural services enable farmer adaptation in agrifood value chains: A product cycle perspective Open
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View article: African domestic supply booms in value chains of fruits, vegetables, and animal products fueled by spontaneous clusters of <scp>SMEs</scp>
African domestic supply booms in value chains of fruits, vegetables, and animal products fueled by spontaneous clusters of <span>SMEs</span> Open
There is an international consensus that Africans consume less fruits and vegetables (FV), and animal products (AP) than they need for adequate nutrition, and that production and supply chains of these products are constrained. Yet, in thi…
View article: International Collaboration in Times of Pandemics: An Urgent Need for Reforming our Global Financial System
International Collaboration in Times of Pandemics: An Urgent Need for Reforming our Global Financial System Open
Better, swifter and more responsive international coordination is needed within our global financial system for the containment of the pandemic and its effects. This requires better international tax coordination with a higher global minim…
View article: How resilience innovations in food supply chains are revolutionizing logistics, wholesale trade, and farm services in developing countries
How resilience innovations in food supply chains are revolutionizing logistics, wholesale trade, and farm services in developing countries Open
Developing country food supply chains have been pummeled by a series (and often a confluence) of shocks over the past several decades, including the Russia-Ukraine war, COVID-19, climate shocks from hurricanes to floods to droughts, animal…
View article: The UN Food Systems Summit 2021: Lessons of the gender and finance levers
The UN Food Systems Summit 2021: Lessons of the gender and finance levers Open
The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), held in September of 2021, aimed to move food systems transformation to the top of the global policy agenda. An important element of the UNFSS were “levers of change,” areas of work expected …
View article: Is food price inflation really subsiding?
Is food price inflation really subsiding? Open
Almost a year after the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, fears of a period of sustained high global food prices have subsided somewhat, but eight major concerns for food security remain.\nFirst, prices for food commodities remain…
View article: No end in sight yet for the global food price crisis
No end in sight yet for the global food price crisis Open
After the sharp rise in international prices of wheat and other staple foods in the wake of Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine, since May prices have fallen back to pre-war levels. Has the global food price crisis now come to an end? Un…
View article: The role of market concentration in the agrifood industry
The role of market concentration in the agrifood industry Open
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. This study provides a comprehensive overview of …
View article: The Russia-Ukraine war is exacerbating international food price volatility
The Russia-Ukraine war is exacerbating international food price volatility Open
The IFPRI Food Security Portal’s Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System is showing excessive levels of price volatility in the four major food commodities: wheat, maize, rice, and soybeans, as well as cotton. Markets for har…
View article: The political economy of reforming agricultural support policies
The political economy of reforming agricultural support policies Open
Agricultural support policies cost more than US$800 billion per year in transfers to the farm sector worldwide. Support policies based on subsidies and trade barriers are highly distortive to markets and are also regressive as most support…
View article: Food crisis risk monitoring: Early warning for early action
Food crisis risk monitoring: Early warning for early action Open
Global and national agrifood systems are vulnerable to a variety of shocks that have caused major disruptions to food production, markets, and livelihoods over the past two decades, and have set back efforts to reduce poverty, food insecur…
View article: COVID-19 and Global Poverty and Food Security
COVID-19 and Global Poverty and Food Security Open
The impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on food systems, poverty, and nutrition have been caused by generalized economic recession and disruptions in agrifood supply chains. This article reviews a growing empirical literature as…
View article: Climate change and food systems: Transforming food systems for adaptation, mitigation, and resilience
Climate change and food systems: Transforming food systems for adaptation, mitigation, and resilience Open
Climate change is a growing threat to our food systems, with grim implications for food and nutrition security, livelihoods, and overall well-being, especially for poor and vulnerable people around the world. The imperative for urgent acti…
View article: COVID-19 and food inflation scares
COVID-19 and food inflation scares Open
Rising food prices during 2021 caused concern worldwide. In January, international prices for major food items climbed to a level near the heights of the global food price crises of 2007–2008 and 2010–2011, according to the FAO Food Price …
View article: COVID‐19 and impacts on global food systems and household welfare: Introduction to a special issue
COVID‐19 and impacts on global food systems and household welfare: Introduction to a special issue Open
The food system, and those who depend on it, have been strongly but unevenly affected by COVID‐19. Overall, the impacts on food systems, poverty, and nutrition have been caused by a combination of a generalized economic recession and disru…
View article: “Pivoting” by food industry firms to cope with COVID‐19 in developing regions: E‐commerce and “copivoting” delivery intermediaries
“Pivoting” by food industry firms to cope with COVID‐19 in developing regions: E‐commerce and “copivoting” delivery intermediaries Open
Coronavirus disease 2019 and related lockdown policies in 2020 shocked food industry firms’ supply chains in developing regions. Firms “pivoted” to e‐commerce to reach consumers and e‐procurement to reach processors and farmers. “Delivery …
View article: Impacts of COVID‐19 on global poverty, food security, and diets: Insights from global model scenario analysis
Impacts of COVID‐19 on global poverty, food security, and diets: Insights from global model scenario analysis Open
This study assesses the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) on poverty, food insecurity, and diets, accounting for the complex links between the crisis and the incomes and living costs of vulnerable households. Key elements are i…
View article: Food supply chains: Business resilience, innovation, and adaptation
Food supply chains: Business resilience, innovation, and adaptation Open
Private sector enterprises all along food supply chains must play a central role in food system resilience and transformation; the pandemic revealed some of the sector’s weaknesses and strengths that can help to build greater resilience …
View article: Evaluating the impact of multi-intervention development projects: The case of Ethiopia’s community-based integrated natural resources management project
Evaluating the impact of multi-intervention development projects: The case of Ethiopia’s community-based integrated natural resources management project Open
This paper provides a quantitative impact assessment of the community-based integrated natural resources management project (CBINReMP) in the Lake Tana region in Ethiopia during 2011-2019. By promoting greater community participation, the …
View article: Agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissions
Agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissions Open
Agricultural production is both strongly affected by climate change and a major contributor to climate change, with agriculture and land use change accounting for around a quarter of total global emissions of greenhouse gases. Agricultural…
View article: Agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissions
Agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissions Open
Agricultural production is both strongly affected by climate change and a major contributor to climate change, with agriculture and land use change accounting for around a quarter of total global emissions of greenhouse gases. Agricultural…
View article: COVID-19 risks to global food security
COVID-19 risks to global food security Open
Economic fallout and food supply chain disruptions require attention from policy-makers