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Food Safety
Upside Risk, Consumption Value, And Market Returns To Food Safety
All CountriesVIVIAN HOFFMANN, SARAH KARIUKI, JANNEKE PIETERS AN...

We investigate the effect of a modest food safety premium on semisubsistence farmers' investment in a food safety technology. We demonstrate theoretically that in the face of production uncertainty, a market incentive below the marginal production co...

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Impact Of Information On Demand For Safe Food
All CountriesVIVIAN HOFFMANN, SARAH KARIUKI, MIKE MURPHY

Problems caused by eating unsafe food are a major health issue in many countries. Contamination by bacteria or toxins can cause these health risks, particularly for young children whose bodies are still developing. It can be difficult to know which f...

Food Safety
Trading Up - Policy Innovations To Expand Food And Agriculture Trade In Africa
All CountriesMalabo Montpellier Panel

The report highlights several key recommendations, including a focus on information across borders, digital opportunities for trading, learning from the experiences of the RECs and of market integration in other parts of the world, including Europe....

Food Safety
Interactive Typology Tool For Spatial Targeting Of Food And Nutrition Interventions
All CountriesWIM MARIVOET AND JOHN M. ULIMWENGU

In this interactive we develop a typology to help design and improve spatial targeting of food and nutrition security (FNS) interventions. Based on the efficiency estimation within a four-indicator diagram which represent the core segments of a food...

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Value Addition And farmers: Evidence From Coffee In Ethiopia
EthiopiaSENESHAW TAMRU AND BART MINTEN

Local value-addition in developing countries is often aimed at for upgrading of agricultural value chains, since it is assumed that doing so will make farmers better off. However, transmission of the added value through the value chain and constraint...

Food Safety
Assessing Food Security Among Young Farmers In Africa
All CountriesDOLAPO ADEYANJU, JOHN MBURU, WAINAINA GITURO, CHEP...

Food insecurity remains a serious challenge for many households in Africa and the situation is even more prevalent among young people. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on youth food security status in Africa. We assessed the level and...

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Dietary Inadequacy In Tanzania Is Linked To The Rising Cost Of Nutritious Foods And Consumption Of Food Away From Home
TanzaniaLiz Ignowski, Ben Belton, Nhuong Tran and Hannah A...

This study contributes to the growing literature on dietary quality and accessibility in the Global South. The nutrition implications of changing dietary patterns between 2008 and 2019 in one of Africa's largest and fastest-growing economies, Tanzani...

Food Safety
Catalysing The Sustainable And Inclusive Transformation Of Food Systems
All CountriesFAO, European Union and CIRAD.

The agriculture sector employs more than one-third of the population and accounts for approximately 23 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), comprising mainly smallholder farmers who tend to be highly dependent on rainfed agriculture. Given it...

Food Safety
Bootstrapping Urban Food Systems In African Economies With Digital Technologies
All CountriesMalabo Montpellier Panel

Here are some ideas on how we may bootstrap food systems in Africa’s urban areas by leveraging existing digital tools.

Food Safety
South Africa Needs A National Food Security Council To Fend Off Starvation
South AfricaMalabo Montpellier Panel

Decision-making in times of crisis is challenging. In the race to save lives, trade-offs have to be made. The sudden onset of the pandemic, its rapid evolution, and the enormous needs to be addressed may have led to Africa’s leaders failing to consid...

Food Safety
Assessing Food Security Among Young Farmers In Africa.
All CountriesDepartment of Agricultural Economics, University o...

Food insecurity remains a serious challenge for many households in Africa and the situation is even more prevalent among young people. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on youth food security status in Africa.

Food Safety
Safety And Quality Of Water Used With Fresh Fruits And Vegetables
All CountriesFAO, WHO

During fresh fruit and vegetables (FFV) production, water is used for a variety of purposes. Even the water was conventionally treated and disinfected, it may still potentially contain human pathogens, albeit at low concentrations. A risk assessment,...