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Highlights: This study evaluates synergies and trade-offs between agricultural export promotion and domestic food security. Agro-export promotion markedly alters the composition of output...

Findings The prices of wheat in Mozambique have been affected by the Russia-Ukraine war. This was expected as Mozambique imports most of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine, and the scarcity created...

Findings Wheat prices appear to have been affected by the Russia-Ukraine war. This was expected because Zimbabwe imports 22% of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine, and...

Climate Change and Food Systems: Transforming Food Systems for Adaptation, Mitigation, and Resilience Many promising innovations and policy approaches show potential to address climate change...

KEY MESSAGES Centering food systems transformation within climate change action is critical to cutting emissions and delivering on the target to limit global warming to 1.5°C...

Vast amounts of resources are spent on support to agriculture, with questionable results for agriculture, for national incomes, for nutrition and for the environment. Is it possible to repurpose some of this support in ways...

Climate change interacts with food systems and food security in several ways Food availability Considerable evidence has emerged indicating that climate change is already...