Almost 22 percent of deaths worldwide can be attributed to unhealthy diets, according to the Global Burden of Disease study, making unhealthy diets the world’s biggest...

Market reforms affect the development of agribusiness and remain contentious in many developing countries. This study contributes to the debate and the lack of evidence on the impact of marketing reforms on the welfare of farmers...

The Sustainable Agrifood Systems Strategies (SASS) Project was financed by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), and it engaged a multidisciplinary team of biologists, agronomists, microbiologists...

This publication is intended to provide guidance to practitioners and policy makers on sustainable fruit and vegetable production, and value chain management, that is resilient to changes in the climate or in market demand. The...

Fruit and vegetable consumption is recommended in numerous food-based dietary guidelines and forms a key recommendation in many international statements related to healthy diets. There are thousands...

Vegetables and fruits are a vitally important source of micronutrients, vitamins and minerals and therefore essential components of balanced and healthy diets. Yet, production and demand are still...

Suboptimal diets are a major risk factor for avoidable death and disease in low- and middle-income countries. Evidence shows that some foods or food components (e.g., processed...

The United Nations has declared 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables. The Year aims to raise awareness of the nutritional and health benefits of consuming more fruits and vegetables...

We study price behavior of vegetables and fruits in Ethiopia over the 15 year period from 2005 to 2019 based on large-scale retail and producer price datasets. This is an important...

Considerable resources are allocated to agricultural extension around the world, with questionable cost effectiveness. An obvious question is whether information and communication technologies can be used...