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The term ‘feminization of agriculture’ is generally used to indicate an expansion of women’s engagement in agricultural production, as labourers or decision-makers. Feminization of agriculture is often reported as a global trend. While...

Connections between labour migration and food security of left-behind households are still poorly understood. Using data from two waves of a longitudinal survey conducted among...

About 1.5 billion people, most of the world’s poor, live on small farms in developing countries. Improving livelihoods requires investing in their “agriculture human capital”...

Gender productivity gaps in agriculture are large around the world, even though women comprise 40–50 percent of the agricultural labor force in developing countries. Gender...

Labour and skills shortages are a major concern in the agro-food sector across OECD countries. This challenge is compounded by the relatively small, and declining, contribution of agriculture to GDP, and the negative...

A major review of the Future of Agriculture and its impact on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the EU was recently discussed at the European Parliament Agriculture Committee.

This yearly update of the nova-Institute’s report (commissioned by BIC) into Europe’s bio-based industries reveals that, despite significant changes in this year’s assessment due to Brexit, the bio-based industries...

Immigrants in rural areas have been extensively studied in case studies and from a variety of disciplines, but we currently lack a bird’s eye view of immigrants’ population and integration...

Highlights Labor market and urbanization dynamics are key and neglected food security drivers. Food prices reverse to an increase when accounting for plausible labor skill...

Effective policies and programs aiming to reduce poverty require a clear understanding of how people earn their livelihoods. While great gains have been made...