Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

Highlights Reducing harvest and postharvest losses contributes to greater food security. The principal–agent problem contributes to harvest losses. Farmers report combine operators’ training as...

Livestock production is the main source of income for thousands of rural families. Extreme climate events such as drought have a strong impact on their livelihoods. Therefore, efficient...

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has been since February 2022 undermining the latter’s capacity to harvest and export crops. A reduction in export capacity from Ukraine and Russia, and rising...

Smallholder farmers in low and middle income countries often sell the bulk of their marketable surplus immediately after the harvest, when prices are at their lowest...

Agriculture is the mainstay of livelihoods of the rural Bangladeshi population with the majority involved in the staple rice production which is subjected to seasonal variation. Rice production is invariably related to food...

Post-harvest losses are a significant problem worldwide, leading to a waste of resources when they are becoming scarcer. Rather than putting more energy into increasing production...

Maize is the main dietary cereal in Mexico and Central America, with annual per capita consumption between 25.5 and 116.34 kg. Unfortunately, maize is highly susceptible to fungal infestation...

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungi in a wide range of foods (cereals, peanut, tree nuts, dried fruits, coffee, cocoa, grapes, spices…) both...

This document presents information on selected dimensions of agricultural commercialization in Malawi – the production of crops for sale by farming households, the amount of harvested crops sold, and the consumption of purchased...

Measuring yield accurately is critical for evaluating the impact of interventions that aim to increase agricultural productivity but presents challenges in the case of coffee due to the long harvest period. An allometric...