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Background Food insecurity and hunger are global concerns further exacerbated by the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. There is a need to understand the depth of this impact, especially among smallholder...

Placée sous les auspices des Commissions de la Communauté économique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) et de l’Union...

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns (people confined to home, with movement restrictions) presented an external shock to livelihoods and food systems worldwide, most severely affecting vulnerable...

WFP Indonesia conducted a study to identify factors that have had a positive and/or negative impact on the consumption of healthy diets by girls and boys ages 6–12 enrolled...

Public support for agriculture reached record levels as governments enacted measures to shield both consumers and producers from the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises. The OECD's Agricultural Policy...

The first report, Current Conditions & Policy Frameworks of Agri-Food Systems Transformation takes a systems view of the aforementioned challenges. It outlines the ecological, health and social...

To build sustainable, resilient, healthy, and just agri-food systems, we need to urgently rethink the way we produce, distribute, and consume food. The multiple crises of climate...

The 2023 Global Hunger Index shows that while some countries have made significant headway in reducing hunger little progress has been made on a global...

The customary practice of crop residue burning (CRB) is a major policy concern across several developing economies because of the associated increase in air pollution and reduction in soil...

Bangladesh’s post pandemic recovery faces continued headwinds in FY24. Economic conditions worsened in FY23 as inflation increased and the balance of payments deficit widened. The introduction of a multiple...