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The multiple roles of crop structural change in productivity, nutrition and environment in China: A decomposition analysis

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
China’s crop structure has undergone significant changes in the last two decades since 2000, with an increase in the share of cereals, vegetables, and fruit, squeezing out other crops. As a result, land productivity, nutrient supply, and carbon emissions
Xiangyang Zhang, Yumei Zhang, Shenggen Fan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

IMPACT Projections of Food Production, Consumption, and Net Trade to 2050, With and Without Climate Change: Extended Country-level Results for 2019 GFPR Annex Table 6

, 2018
Policy makers, analysts, and civil society face increasing challenges to reducing hunger and improving food security in a sustainable way. Modeling alternative future scenarios and assessing their outcomes can help inform their choices. The International
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
core   +1 more source

The Effect of SNAP Purchasing Power on Diet Quality

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits millions of eligible low‐income Americans by increasing access to food, helping to reduce food insecurity. Previous studies have documented that the geographical variation in local food prices leads to significant differences in SNAP's purchasing power.
Farah Khan, Augustine Denteh
wiley   +1 more source

Where is the Italian agriculture heading?

Bio-based and Applied Economics
In early 2025, the European Union launched a new phase of dialogue on the future of agricultural and food policies, aiming to move beyond the sustainability-centred narratives of the Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy. The initiative, grounded in the “
Filippo Arfini, Fabio Bartolini, Anna Carbone, Tatiana Castellotti, Silvia Coderoni, Raffaele Cortignani, Raffaele D'Annolfo, Giovanni Dara Guccione, Michele Donati, Francesca Galli, Roberto Henke, Giampiero Mazzocchi, Alessandro Monteleone, Alessandra Pesce, Maria Rosaria Pupo D'Andrea, Benedetto Rocchi, Donato Romano, Roberta Sardone, Franco Sotte, Stefano Targetti, Catia Zumpano, Meri Raggi   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

IMPACT Projections of Food Production, Consumption, and Hunger to 2050, With and Without Climate Change: Extended Country-level Results for 2019 GFPR Annex Table 5

, 2018
Policy makers, analysts, and civil society face increasing challenges to reducing hunger and improving food security in a sustainable way. Modeling alternative future scenarios and assessing their outcomes can help inform policy choices.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
core   +1 more source

Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap, Becca B. R. Jablonski, John Bovay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

IMPACT Projections of Demand for Agricultural Products: Extended Country-level Results for 2017 GFPR Annex IMPACT Trend 1

, 2016
Policy makers, analysts, and civil society face increasing challenges to reducing hunger and improving food security in a sustainable way. Modeling alternative future scenarios and assessing their outcomes can help inform their choices. The International
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
core   +1 more source

Farmers' Preferences for Fossil‐Free Mineral Nitrogen Fertilizers: Role of Prices, Climate, Production Origin, and Identity

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disruptions in global fertilizer markets and climate targets have increased interest in fossil‐free mineral nitrogen fertilizers. This study examines farmers' preferences for conventional (fossil‐based) and fossil‐free fertilizers using a labeled discrete choice experiment with 211 Swedish farmers.
Nasir Adam, Hui Tao, Gordana Manevska‐Tasevska, Per‐Anders Hansson, Vivian Wei Huang, Helena Hansson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agronomic and Nutritional Perspectives on Vegetable Crops in Africa

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Vegetable production plays a key role in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods across Africa. Moreover, African indigenous vegetables emerge as underutilized yet highly valuable crops, rich in macro‐ and micronutrients, as well as bioactive compounds with an array of health benefits.
Đorđe Vojnović, Pamela Owusu Osei, Sina Siavash Moghaddam, Issiake Konate, Jelena Popović‐Đorđević   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source