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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) risks rolling back many of the efforts and global successes recorded in reducing poverty and food insecurity. We undertake a systematic search and review...

The prices of the main tropical commodities, which were generally up in 2021 against the backdrop of a post-Covid recovery and occasional labour shortages, have evolved in 2022 in a very disordered...

Trade in pineapples is estimated at some 8 million tonnes (Mt). More than a third of this volume is fresh fruit, the rest is processed pineapple trade. For both sub-sectors, 2022...

CONTEXT High price volatility in agricultural commodities can be a major issue for value chain actors exposed to its adverse economic impacts. Price volatility...

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...

We analyze paddy rice productivity and profitability data for the monsoon season of 2022 from the Myanmar Agriculture Performance Survey (MAPS), fielded in the beginning of 2023. The survey covered...

The European Commission has approved an approximately €1 billion Polish scheme to support the liquidity of agricultural producers in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine.

This Research Note presents the results from an assessment of farm commercialization in Myanmar after the monsoon of 2022, based on data from a phone survey – the Myanmar Agriculture Performance Survey...

Cost and affordability of healthy diet (CoAHD) metrics developed in recent years have quickly become mainstream food security indicators among major development institutions...

We assess changes in food prices and purchasing power of casual wage laborers based on large-scale surveys of food vendors (fielded from June 2020 until February...