To alleviate impacts of novel coronavirus lockdowns on food security and agri-food value chains, governments implemented various policy responses, yet there is limited evidence as to their...
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Prepared for the 15th meeting of System Council held on March 8-9, 2022, this report proposes an external review of the second set of 12 CGIAR Initiatives proposals.
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Senegal declared a state of emergency on March 23, 2020, followed by a range of policy measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus: Transport was significantly...
Households and individuals that experience moderate or severe food insecurity may have poorer diets, in quantity or in quality, than their food secure counterparts. Much of the evidence highlighting...
We study production practices of larger and more capital-intensive farmers (“horti-preneurs”) in horticultural commercial clusters in the central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Attracted by profitable vegetable markets...
Food loss and waste (FLW) in developing countries is often high at postharvest stages due to technical and infrastructural constraints, while supermarket expansion has induced organizational...
This chapter focuses on protected cultivation (PC), defined as the protection of crops against adverse climatic and biological factors using physical means. As natural resources become scarcer...
This study examines on-farm post-harvest losses (PHL) for three vegetable crops (onion, tomato, and pimento) in Senegal and the potential economic benefits associated with reducing PHL for these...
The unsustainability of food systems around the globe is one of the greatest current threats to human and planetary health. Not only does it lead to malnourishment and hence poor...