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Highlights of IFPRI’s recent food policy research for the Asian Development Bank: Reducing poverty and hunger through food policy research

In the wake of the food crises of the early 1970s and the resulting World Food Conference of 1974, a group of innovators realized that food security depends not only on crop production, but also on the policies that affect food systems from farm to table.
International Food Policy Research Institute
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Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geopolitical risks and the spillover of food market risks: case analysis of the Chinese grain market. [PDF]

Front Nutr
Li J, Yang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways to agricultural carbon sequestration and emission reduction and food security synergy in Hunan China. [PDF]

iScience
Dou C, Liu X, Xiao H, Liu J, Xing Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

OVERVIEW OF CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL POLICY SYSTEMS [PDF]

Agricultural and Food Policy,
Barichello, Richard R.
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Not All Agreements Are Equal: Heterogeneous Effects of RTAs on Latin American Agri‐Food Exports, 1990–2019

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the final decade of the 20th century, Latin American countries have increasingly regarded the signing of regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a promising strategy for expanding their exports. Within this context, the main objective of this study is to assess the impact of RTAs on agri‐food exports in Latin America over the period 1990 ...
María‐Isabel Ayuda, Ignacio Belloc, Vicente Pinilla   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Change and African Agricultural Resilience: A 10-Year Comprehensive Review of Adaptive Capacity, Policy, and Environmental Stewardship. [PDF]

Plant Environ Interact
Okonkwo CO, Mawcha KT, Changwa R, Ndolo D, Babalola OO.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Vertical Price Transmission in Food Markets: New Evidence From Meta‐Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A growing body of empirical research has examined price dynamics along the food supply chain, yet findings remain heterogeneous and often conflicting. This study conducts a meta‐analysis of 140 studies, totaling 652 observations, to examine (1) the reported presence of asymmetric price transmission and (2) the reported direction of price ...
Sushan K C, Xiaoli Etienne, Andres Trujillo‐Barrera   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Highlights of recent IFPRI food policy research in India: Reducing poverty and hunger through food policy research

In the wake of the food crises of the early 1970s and the resulting World Food Conference of 1974, a group of innovators realized that food security depends not only on crop production, but also on the policies that affect food systems, from farm to ...
International Food Policy Research Institute
core   +1 more source