Increased consumption of poultry products in Nigeria is occurring alongside rapid urbanization and growth in the industry. We use a panel data double-hurdle model to consistently identify key factors affecting engagement in the Nigerian subsector by...
This study investigates the critical role played by women in smallholder food production enhanced food security in Esan Central and Igueben Local government area of Edo State, Nigeria. Women constitute a significant proportion of the agricultural lab...
Willingness-to-pay (WTP) studies for traditional food products are plausibly affected by unobserved decisions and strategic collusion between the experimenter and respondents. Similarly, WTP estimates in developing countries using a one-time survey m...
The study employed the Phillips and Sul log-t convergence test to analyse the degree of convergence for the Niger Basin region (NBR) countries in terms of per capita carbon emission and food availability. We found that, between the years 1986 and 202...
The CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) combines high-quality nutritional and social science research capacity with development partnerships to generate innovative, robust solutions that...
The adoption of safe food production standards and the related certification systems by farmers play a crucial role in safeguarding public health, environmental integrity, and meeting regulatory requirements. Production standards consist of a system...
This paper analyzes the current uptake of small-scale irrigation (SSI), its profitability, and the constraints to its broader adoption in the Sahel using literature and survey data from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal.
Salt-affected soils, characterized by high soluble salts (saline) or exchangeable sodium (sodic), impact plant growth and occur globally, especially in arid and coastal regions.
This brief provides a snapshot of the policy and institutional processes aimed at accelerating the sustainable transformation of Uganda’s Agrifood systems.
This course uses a stepwise approach to identify critical entry points for actions within the agrifood systems to improve the availability, accessibility, affordability, and consumption of nutritious food as part of healthy diets. Explains the need t...
What should we be eating? Is there one right answer? Is it as simple as choosing to eat well? Food must be nutritious to grow, work and thrive.
The 2024 edition of The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO 2024) explores complex linkages between food trade and nutrition. It generates evidence to identify how trade affects dietary patterns and nutritional outcomes.