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Highlights: The food systems of Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are facing challenges in meeting the needs of both people and the environment. These challenges include providing sufficient...

Food consumption is responsible for most global water consumption and associated environmental consequences. Therefore, quantifying and monitoring the water footprint (WF) of food consumption patterns is relevant...

This Initiative aims to use an end-to-end approach to increase fruit and vegetable intake and in turn improve diet quality, nutrition and health outcomes while also improving livelihoods...

Working across South Asia, this Initiative aims to deliver a coordinated program of research and engagement across the food production–to–consumption continuum to support equitable access to sustainable healthy...

The publication looks at innovations happening at all stages of the food value chain: from production to manufacturing and retailing. This also includes the extended value chain, for example input supply...

Following its outbreak in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused multiple shocks to the Kenyan economy. The virus has affected the health and economic situation of the Kenyan population, due...

Latest research shows that consumers are embracing alternative proteins and that protein transformation is one of the best tools available to combat the climate crisis.

Highlights We find evidence of information asymmetries between dairy product manufacturers and downstream buyers in Mali. 70% of urban consumers have strong preference and...

Where CGIAR breeding programs rely on the private sector for the multiplication and distribution of improved cultivars, persistent challenges have dampened their impact on varietal adoption and turnover...

This literature review is one of a series of four sector-specific reviews aimed at informing the development of guidance notes for the integration of nutrition across the crops, fisheries and aquaculture, forestry and livestock...