Purpose The purpose of this paper is to delve deeply into the challenges and opportunities of adopting climate-smart agriculture (CSA) as a way of dealing with the problems of climate change in the Eastern Africa region. Design/methodology/approach...
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This report assesses Kiribati’s agricultural sector and explores how enhanced food systems could provide alternative economic opportunities beyond copra production in the Outer Islands...
Kiribati’s copra subsidy is a major element of the government’s economic strategy that simultaneously accomplishes three key goals. First, it reduces poverty. Second, it incentivizes...
Water is a valuable resource for rice production, which is an integral component of food security in East Africa (EA). Rice farming is expanding in the region, with up to 90% produced on smallholder...
Highlights : The UN Global Methane Assessment (2021) shows that approximately 40 per cent of human-caused methane emissions come from the agriculture sector, mainly from livestock (32...
There is growing recognition that significant costs associated with food systems remain unaccounted for in market prices. Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world and the most traded...
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A research paper published in Sustainability (Sep 2024) addresses the need to contextualize sustainability standards and supply chain management in dairy value chains in East Africa, where...
In 2024, growth across PIC-11 economies is estimated to have slowed significantly to 3.6 percent, following a robust 5.8 percent expansion in 2023. This slowdown reflects the diminishing...
The food security outlook in the Southern African region remains a concern due to the large production deficits recorded. Overall, the current regional maize supply deficit is expected...