food business (49 Results)
Food Business
Growth and transformation of food systems in Africa: evidence from the poultry value chain in Nigeria
NigeriaLiverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O. Omonona, Bolarin...
Others

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...

Food Business
Assessing the Roles of Women in Smallholder Food Production in Edo State, Nigeria
NigeriaEnwa, S. Ikenga, V. U. Oyita, G. E. Edoja, P. E. N...
Processed Foods

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...

Food Business
Improving willingness-to-pay studies for traditional food products in developing countries: Evidence using repeated experiments
All CountriesAnimashaun, Jubril Awogbemi, Kofoworola A Karim, R...
Processed Foods

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...

Food Business
Carbon (CO2) emission and food availability convergence in the Niger Basin region: Insight from a club clustering algorithm
NigerMessiah Abaka John, Walter Okwudili Ugwuoke & Jose...
Others

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...

Food Business
Leveraging the role of MSMEs for healthier diets and nutrition: Insights from fruit and vegetable value chain studies across five countries
BeninNguyen, Trang; Termeer, Emma; Berkhout, Ezra; Meko...
Fruits and Vegetables

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...

Food Business
Insights into farmer group effectiveness for promoting the adoption of safe food production standards
All CountriesMaureen Njenga, Walter Hevi, Suz Neave, Lucy Karan...
Processed Foods

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...

Food Business
Small-Scale Irrigation in the Sahel: Adoption Trends, Profitability, and Challenges
Sub-Saharan AfricaA. Faye, J. von Braun
Others

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.

Food Business
Global status of salt-affected soils
All CountriesFAO
All

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.

Food Business
Policymaking for agrifood systems transformation in Uganda
UgandaFAO
All

This brief provides a snapshot of the policy and institutional processes aimed at accelerating the sustainable transformation of Uganda’s Agrifood systems.

Food Business
Agrifood system pathways to healthy diets: A stepwise approach
All CountriesFAO
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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...

Food Business
The quest for healthy diets
All CountriesFAO
All

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.

Food Business
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2024
All CountriesFAO
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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.