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Livestock plays a central economic role in Niger, but it is highly vulnerable due to the high inter-annual variability of rain and hence pasture production. This study aims to develop...

APHLIS is a unique resource providing estimates of postharvest cereal weight losses in Sub-Saharan Africa. An important feature of the system is that it is supported by a network of African agriculturalists who...

This paper presents a generic farm-household model for use in the context of low income economies in order to gain knowledge on food security and rural poverty alleviation. It is a static...

In 2012, the European Commission (EC) launched the Bioeconomy Strategy and Action Plan with the objective of establishing a resource efficient and competitive society that reconciles food security with the sustainable use...

Monitoring the start of the crop season in Sahel provides decision makers with valuable information for an early assessment of potential production and food security threats. Presently, the most common...

Contrairement aux années antérieures, le Comité Inter-Etats pour la Lutte contre la Sécheresse au Sahel (CILSS) n’a pas produit des...

Monitoring vegetation conditions is a critical activity for assessing food security in the Horn of Africa. Remote sensing from space offers a unique opportunity to obtain consistent and timely information...

Early warning monitoring systems in food-insecure countries aim to detect unfavourable crop and pasture conditions as early as possible during the growing season. This manuscript describes a procedure...

This paper presents a generic farm-household model for use in the context of developing countries to gain knowledge on food security and rural poverty alleviation under different policy options...

A technical workshop on 'The Challenges of Index-Based Insurance For Food Security in Developing Countries', organized by the JRC and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), was held...