Food networks present varying food safety concerns because of the complexity of interactions, production, and handling practices. We investigated total bacteria counts (TBCs) and total...

Without adaptation solutions now, millions of smallholder farmers will be unprepared for the severe consequences of increased temperature, drought, flooding, and other climate extremes. Building...

This background paper examines the linkages and interactions between women’s empowerment, food systems, and nutrition. It examines: How women’s empowerment and gender equality relate to...

Resilient Food Systems (RFS) promotes a holistic approach to enhancing agricultural productivity and restoring degraded landscapes in smallholder farming systems. This report showcases the achievements and...

Partnerships between producer organizations (POs) and enterprises are promoted as a model for structuring value chains to integrate small producers more equitably and sustainably. They offer...

Food and land use systems are intricately intertwined sub-Saharan Africa’s food security and development agenda. 70 per cent of livelihoods and close to one-quarter GDPs in the region...

The five schemes under investigation in this study are a typology of government- or donor-sponsored, integrated risk management mechanisms aimed specifically at de-risking finance and investment in agricultural and agro-industries...

There has been a surge in the attention to sustainable agricultural mechanization for Africa. The importance of supporting agricultural mechanization in the value chain in order to achieve agricultural and rural development...

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...

Studies on credit schemes for small-scale entrepreneurs have documented their potential to alleviate poverty and improve food security, nutrition, and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries...