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The Food Systems Integrated Program (FSIP), led by FAO and IFAD, will direct $252 million in project financing and $2.2 billion in co-financing to 32 countries. The FSIP...

CONTEXT High price volatility in agricultural commodities can be a major issue for value chain actors exposed to its adverse economic impacts. Price volatility...

CONTEXT The demand for beef in Indonesia has increased over the last decade; however, national production barely meets half of the domestic demand. This gap creates an...

This Initiative aims to use an end-to-end approach to increase fruit and vegetable intake and in turn improve diet quality, nutrition and health outcomes while also improving livelihoods...

Vulnerable populations in urban areas globally have been among the worst hit by the global COVID-19 crisis. In South and South-East Asia, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased...

Coastal communities in Indonesia are often prone to food insecurity because they are highly dependent on fisheries for income and subsistence. However, connections between fish...

Since 2000, the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) has been promoting vegetable grafting technologies to manage soil-borne diseases (e.g., bacterial wilt) and abiotic stresses (e.g...

Efforts to promote the development and agricultural value chains are a common element of strategies to stimulate economic growth in low-income countries. Since the world food price crisis in 2007-2008...

Smallholder farmers in developing countries face several different constraints limiting their ability to reach their production potential. One such constraint is access to formal...

Smallholder farmers in developing countries face substantial constraints that limit their ability to reach their production potential.Two constraints—risk exposure and limited access to liquidity—pose particular...