Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

Senegal’s agriculture and food processing sectors significantly contribute to national poverty reduction and economic development efforts. In 2019, agriculture and food processing contributed 16.7 percent...

Increased agricultural production has assisted the expansion of food processing in Kenya. The country’s Agriculture Production Index per capita (2014-2016=100) averaged 102.1 from 2008 to 2022. This high...

Ghana’s economy, like many in Africa and around the world, has more recently been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war, and broad macroeconomic instability. Despite these...

Africa's rapid population growth, urbanization, and rising incomes have led to a growing demand for processed foods. The continent's economic growth has contributed to its rapid...

Myanmar has endured multiple crises in recent years — including COVID-19, global price instability, the 2021 coup, and widespread conflict — that have disrupted...

Highlights: Value chains and food processing are essential to transform food system outcomes towards achieving the SDGs. Reformulation to optimize nutrient composition and efficient processing...

The growing human population requires consistent access to nutritious and sustainable food to thrive. To this end, non-agricultural, closed-environment food production methods can complement agriculture while...

About 1 billion people worldwide suffer from hunger, so exploring new food sources is very tempting for achieving zero hunger in the world. Edible insects...

Ensuring food security in developing countries is highly challenging due to low productivity of the agriculture sector, degradation of natural resources, high post farming losses, less...

Fruits & vegetable value chains (F&V VC) in Nigeria hold significant potential to continue toward sustainable, inclusive food system transformation. Domestic food...