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Highlights: Using data from 8 countries, we study how diets change along the rural-urban continuum. To capture this continuum, we use data classifying 1-km...

This background paper to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023 analyses a key element of agrifood systems transformation: the change of patterns in food supply and demand. Several...

Micronutrient deficiencies, sometimes referred to as “hidden hunger,” are often less visible than other forms of undernutrition but nevertheless constitute a major cause of severe health issues...

The effectiveness of food aid in reducing household food insecurity in developing countries has been extensively examined in previous studies. This study explores this issue in the context of COVID-19...

Though fisheries can contribute to nutritional needs, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable natural resource management in many developing countries, their role in the achievement...

CONTEXT Fostering diversity within agricultural systems can substantially contribute to improved food security among smallholder farmers. Agroforestry parklands are diverse agricultural...

CONTEXT: Climate change and variability have been identified as major threats to key sectors such as agriculture that drive economic growth and sustainable development in developing countries...

We estimate the effects of increased exposure to agricultural technologies on farmers' adoption and economic well-being in Ghana, Mali, and Senegal using post-implementation data collected in 2019. The program...

Highlights We use rural & urban level representative phone survey data from 5 African countries. Impacts of COVID-19 were highly correlated...

Corruption is a worldwide phenomenon, but the crisis seems to have no bounds in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the absurdity has penetrated and continues to impair the public service sector. As long...