AMIS Market Monitor - No. 135 February 2026
Grains and oilseeds export prices edged slightly lower in January, with the IGC’s Grains and Oilseeds Index reflecting ample global supplies and year‑on‑year declines across most...
Curse or cure: China’s growing food demand and its impact on African agricultural exports and value-added
Highlights: China’s food demand boosts African agricultural exports but not value-added growth. Export growth shifts to high-value crops, yet value-added share declines...
Nutrition demand, subsistence farming, and agricultural productivity
Highlights: Products that Malawian farmers choose to eat and grow depend on farm scale. I develop a model in which farmers face explicit caloric needs and costly...