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Context: The 2023 Global Report on Food Crises revealed that in 2022, nearly 258 million people in 58 countries and territories were in Crisis or worse acute food...

Highlights: The text emphasizes the urgent need for a transformation of food systems, highlighting the economic, environmental, and social benefits of such a transformation. It outlines the negative impacts of current...

Highlights: This report presents legume-centered agroecological strategies to drive policy transformation, research, and strategic partnerships in Africa. Contemporary scholarship underscores the widespread adoption of industrialized agriculture...

Agricultural production is inherently risky since it depends on natural resources and climate conditions, and is influenced by market developments. Adverse weather conditions, severe market imbalances, or the spread...

This study analyses how the CAP and state aid support farm competitiveness, including the role of young farmers and women. Challenges and drivers of EU farm competitiveness are...

Smallholder farmers in northeastern Nigeria face the triple threat of food insecurity, climate volatility, and conflict. Northeastern Nigeria has some of the highest levels of food insecurity...

In many countries in Southern and Eastern Africa, input subsidy programmes are common, often focussing on inorganic fertiliser. These programmes often do not achieve...

Highlights: Maximizing the “triple-wins” from the agri-food system (i.e., higher productivity and incomes, greater resilience and reducing its environmental footprint) is a complex and multi-faceted challenge, with potentially non-trivial...

Highlights on the agricultural sector: CHAPTER 2: Agricultural commercialization can drive structural transformation and support the transformation of the rural economy Malawi’s economy remains highly dependent...

Highlights: This study evaluates synergies and trade-offs between agricultural export promotion and domestic food security. Agro-export promotion markedly alters the composition of output...