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Climate change is likely to worsen Iran's food security system if no domestic adaptation or mitigation options are implemented. The main objective of this study is to examine...

Highlights: Prediction of Yield Gap (YG) based on agroclimatological classification. Projection of global cereal production at the province level under different Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is expected to grow at 2.2% in 2024, yet the outlook remains subdued amid heightened uncertainty. In addition to examining the macroeconomic...

Background Food security is a function of food access and dietary diversity. Older age is a period when adequate and diverse dietary intake is a challenge. This study aimed to investigate...

Highlights: Survey-based analysis examined adaptation strategies' effect on small-scale farmers' food security. Positive relationship found between food security and adaptation components. Weed...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is expected to grow modestly in 2024, returning to the low growth that prevailed in the decade before the pandemic. In addition to examining the macroeconomic outlook...

Highlights: In 2021, UNICEF updated its guidance on the Procurement and Use of Breastmilk Substitutes (BMS) in Humanitarian Settings, which clarifies that where BMS procurement is warranted in humanitarian...

Food loss and waste (FLW) reduction is an important component in the transformation of the region’s agrifood systems. Addressing the drivers of FLW along value chains provides an opportunity to tackle...

This study aimed to investigate Aflatoxin-M1 (AFM1) contamination in pasteurized and raw milk samples consumed in Kerman and Rafsanjan in southeastern Iran. In this cross-sectional study, a total of 100 samples...

This policy brief presents an update on the state of food security and the gendergap in food insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during theCOVID-19 pandemic using...