This paper examines the effects of shocks on temporal stability of risk and time preferences of rural households within a developing country context characterized by frequent droughts, chronic food...
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How do we prioritize agrifood system policies and investments? Insights from the RIAPA modeling system
Decisionmakers responsible for agrifood policy in developing countries face difficult choices every day.
Globally, the number of people facing crisis-level or worse acute food insecurity has more than doubled since 2017.
We have analyzed rice productivity and profitability data for the 2023 monsoon season from the Myanmar Agriculture Performance Survey (MAPS), conducted at the beginning of 2024. This survey encompassed...
Malawi is heading towards a severe food crisis later this year after an El Niño induced mid-season dry spell—the worst in the last hundred years—affected the harvest...
The impacts of our diets extend well beyond mealtime to affect our health and well-being. Unhealthy diets underpin many public health challenges, including all...
There is an international consensus that Africans consume less fruits and vegetables (FV), and animal products (AP) than they need for adequate nutrition, and that production and supply chains of these...
Highlights: The document presents a comprehensive overview of the need to shift towards healthier diets and the possible solutions. Rationale for this shift - A recent slowdown in progress in reducing hunger...
Food trade barriers in many countries are systematically adjusted to insulate domestic markets from world price changes—a response not predicted by traditional political economy...
Rice plays a central role in the diet in Bangladesh and as a source of income for farmers. Although Bangladesh has largely liberalized international trade in rice, it maintains a public...