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Farmer Field Schools (FFS) are helping rural women and men in Egypt’s newly cultivated lands to boost production, adapt to climate change and strengthen their...

The agricultural sector in the EU Southern Neighbourhood Partners (SNP) is struggling to respond to sustainability challenges. It needs stronger policies to deliver balanced sustainability outcomes in economic...

Highlights: Adopting modern irrigation techniques develops drought-resistant crops. Strategic crop cultivation strengthens local production and reduced imports. Combating Desertification and Urban Encroachment...

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...

Highlights: We analyze gender wage gaps in agriculture, AFS, and outside AFS in 14 LMICs. We assess the implications of structural transformation on gender wage gaps...

Food insecurity remains a critical global challenge, disproportionately affecting emerging economies due to persistent undernourishment, population growth, and resource constraints. Motivated by rising global...

Understanding the economic costs attributable to unhealthy diets is essential for advocating health and agrifood investments in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) experiencing nutrition transitions. These costs...

KEY MESSAGES: Aquaculture plays an essential role in feeding a growing population, fuelling economic growth, and reducing the food sector’s greenhouse emissions. It is the fastest-growing food...

This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of Middle East and North Africa...

Highlights: Jointly prepared by the World Bank, the World Food Programme of the United Nations (WFP), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), this report examines how...