Highlights: Policies and programs often aim to bring nutritious diets within reach of the poor. We use food prices and composition to compare least-cost diets around...
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a major supplier of grain to the Middle East and Africa, has triggered deep concerns over access to affordable food across the globe. The alarming...
Nutrition outcomes (undernutrition, overweight, and obesity) among women are growing concerns across the globe. Currently, the rate of undernutrition and overweight among women in Nigeria is ranked...
The empirical literature on the impacts of weather shocks on agricultural prices typically explores post-harvest price dynamics rather than pre-harvest ones. Inspired by the intra-annual competitive storage theory...
Governments around the world have taken drastic measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. Policy responses to the pandemic could affect local food prices in important ways...
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The Sahel and West Africa region is facing a serious food and nutrition security crisis with high rates of acute malnutrition, combined with high rates of malnourishment and...
The poultry and pig production subsectors are facing significant financial stress, primarily due to a combination of increasing production costs and declining consumer demand. Among the challenges...
To sell or store? Assessing smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for potato cold storage in Kenya
Storage of food commodities for some time after harvest can play an important role in alleviating the downside of price fluctuations in developing countries. While storage can...
We study price behavior of vegetables and fruits in Ethiopia over the 15 year period from 2005 to 2019 based on retail and producer price datasets. This is an important topic...
Cost and affordability of healthy diet (CoAHD) metrics developed in recent years have quickly become mainstream food security indicators among major development institutions...