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To address challenges associated with climate change, population growth and decline in international trade linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, determining whether national crop production can meet...

This paper begins with a survey of recent commodity price developments that highlights the magnitude of this price surge and identifies the rapid rise in wheat prices as a key element. The analysis in this paper...

Highlights Addition of crop residue benefits soil under future climate scenarios. Minimum tillage with added residue helps in building soil carbon sink. Crop...

Highlights This study assessed impact of projected climate change on maize and explored management options. Anthesis date, maturity date, grain and aboveground biomass yields...

Highlights The Bangladesh maize production need attention. Risk perceptions and attitudes play a crucial role. The Probit model was used. Socio-economic factors play important...

The participation of smallholder farmers in high-value and profitable value chains as well as contract farming remains low in Africa. This paper aims to identify observable and unobservable constraints that explain...

This study investigates the financial cost of increasing the diversity of cereal grains in livestock feed rations. We first develop a nonlinear mathematical programming model that determines the least-cost...

Highlights Due to armed conflict, wheat exports from Russia and Ukraine have reduced drastically. Analysis shows that a 1% decrease in global wheat trade can...

Warming temperatures tend to damage crop yields, yet the influence of water supply on global yields and its relation to temperature stress remains unclear. Here we...

Production of cereals (maize, sorghum, millet) in southern Mali is challenged by several hazards that affect yield and yield variability. The research aims to inform decision making towards...