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Legume seed systems in many developing countries are characterized by low availability of certified seeds because the private sector is often absent, and the public sector has...

Studying successful country-level food systems transformations, this report identifies repeatable actions, investments, and collaborations that can accelerate the transition to more resilient, inclusive, sustainable, and healthy...

A high-performing, resilient, and competitive processing sector can create remunerative employment opportunities, link producers to growing and lucrative urban markets, and help to ensure that consumers have...

The Hand-in-Hand Initiative focuses in the Dry Corridor on these thematic areas: Micro-, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Digital Ecosystems for Access to Markets Technological Innovation: Water...

This yearly update of the nova-Institute’s report (commissioned by BIC) into Europe’s bio-based industries reveals that, despite significant changes in this year’s assessment due to Brexit, the bio-based industries...

Highlights Small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises (agriSMEs) are facing unprecedented pressure due to rising prices for food, fertilizer and fuel, with many scaling back their...

Food systems are made up of a cluster of different value chains, including output, lateral, and research and development. This paper explores the rise of SMEs in transforming food systems—from...

IFAD’s Near East, North Africa and Europe (NEN) Division operates across 21 countries spread across three continents. The economies, agricultural ecosystems, climates...

Most support programs targeted at small firms in low- and middle-income countries fail to generate transformative effects at a large scale due to poor targeting, too little...

Recent Macroeconomic Developments and Outlook The economy had begun to recover from the COVID shock, but it is now faced with renewed uncertainty. Following economic contraction in 2020, growth...