Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

Highlights: This study uses data from 4 representative household surveys in Kenya over 21 years. Liberalization had only limited effect on private sector market...

Credit allows borrowers to access funds required to make an investment before returns materialize. For smallholder farmers, who must invest in agricultural inputs (i.e., seeds, chemicals...

Food insecurity remains a persistent policy issue in many developing countries. While socio-political, epidemiological, climatic, and productivity-related factors have received attention regarding food...

This paper combines panel data from nationally representative household-level surveys in Nigeria with long-term satellite-based spatial data on temperature and precipitation using geo-referenced information related to households...

Highlights There is an operational agricultural cooperative in every tenth community in Malawi, but they are not well utilized to access markets or services. Almost no farmers...

Rapid demographic ageing substantially affects socioeconomic development and presents considerable challenges for food security and agricultural sustainability, which have so far not been...

How does agroecology influence household food security? While previous studies have found that adopting agroecological practices can have a positive effect on smallholder...

This study examines how farm households' decision to use modern agricultural inputs is influenced by the weather variability using a household panel survey merged with long-term historical...

Adoption of non-labor agricultural inputs, including pesticides and mineral fertilizers, remains low among small-scale farmers in many low-income countries. Accurate measurement of the quality of these...