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This report provides a quantitative, policy-oriented analysis of how scaling up production and consumption of 20 opportunity crops prioritized by the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) initiative could...

This sixth progress report marks a critical juncture between two European Union programming cycles: 2014-2020 and 2021-2027. The report provides an update on achievements with respect to the two...

Although women play a central role in African agriculture, women’s contributions to agricultural innovation and entrepreneurship remain under-researched and under-recognised. Structural gender disparities, which are...

Overview: This review paper analyses the landscape of research on orphan crops in Burkina Faso and Niger, providing an overview on both the bibliographical metrics and the topics addressed, including species...

Highlights: Panel-ARDL methodology examines climate-food-health relationships across 20 developing countries over 2000–2020. CO 2 emissions demonstrate strong negative association with food...

This article presents the results of the first stage of the TAFS project (Agroecological transitions for sustainable food systems: a case for public policies) coordinated by the Centre for International Cooperation in Agricultural...

Highlights: For the outlook period from June to October 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute f ood...

Highlights: This study evaluates the impact of climate change and two adaptation policies on gender equality, food security, and poverty. Future climate change would reduce food...

This paper determines the impact of the adoption of improved rice seeds on rural household food security, using farm-level data from 1925 rice-producing households in Burkina Faso. We...

Africa has great potential to improve food security and increase climate resilience through underutilized and neglected crops (UNCs). These crops are still underutilized...