During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, several major rice exporting countries, grappling with rising economic uncertainties, suspended rice exports to ensure adequate domestic...

This e-book builds upon the lessons presented in our earlier volume, COVID-19 & Global Food Security (2020). In that book, we documented the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic...

The EU-funded programme focuses on three value chains of cocoa, vanilla and fisheries (aquaculture, riverine and in shore/reef) and aims to achieve an overall objective "To increase sustainable and inclusive...

The vanilla world market is a small niche market with an annual global demand of between 2 000 to 3 000 tonnes, of which 80% is normally produced in Madagascar...

As a whole, the cocoa VC in PNG is relatively simple and is characterized by two products (dry versus wet beans) and two export chains (bulk versus certified markets)...

VCA4D responds to the need for quantitative data and evidence-based indicators to inform decision-makers. These elements are often lacking. It provides a detailed assessment of a VC’s operation...