Distinctive signs enable a company to distinguish its products and services from those of other companies. Trademarks provide protection for these signs allowing companies to create visibility and build their brand image. This guide explains the trad...

In today’s knowledge economy, companies must constantly innovate and come up with new ideas and solutions to stay ahead. These innovative ideas and solutions may be protected by patent rights. This guide explains the patent system and how businesses...

Franchising is one of the fastest and most popular means of business expansion. At the core of franchising is the licensing of intellectual property rights. Packed with examples and tips, this practical guide for business people outlines different ty...

Attractive designs are a key factor in determining the success of products in the market. Industrial design rights protect the ornamental or aesthetic appearance of a product and help companies differentiate their products from those of their competi...

With the WIPO IP Diagnostics you can undertake a basic diagnostic of the intellectual property (IP) situation of your business. It is in the form of a questionnaire with several sections that will ask you questions on different IP topics (e.g. innova...

The AGRA Food Security Monitor reviews and discusses changes in selected variables and their implications on food trade and food and nutrition security. The discussions presented focus on selected countries of interest to the AGRA Regional Food Trad...

Food Systems are the people, places, and activities that bring us food. They make food available in diverse ways that influence and shape the choices we make about what to eat, when, and how.

GAIN and partners, including the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network (co-convened by the World Food Programme (WFP)), undertook a survey of food system SMEs in 14 countries in October/November 2020, aiming to assess the impacts of the COVID...

The Soybean Innovation Lab's Pan-African Soybean Variety Trial (PAT) program is currently underway in 24 countries across 113 locations. The PATs fast-track the introduction and testing of commercial soybean varieties sourced from across Africa, the...

The aim of this study is to identify how Africa may transform its potentials into realities and actually secure its supply of food for affordable and healthy diets from the sustainable use of resources. Africa’s food imports amount to about...

Food Trade and Food Security Zambia has been dealing with the nexus between food security and food trade since the 1991 food riots that threatened to put an end to Kaunda’s presidency. Since then, the country has been allocating about US$1 million t...

The Reset the Table essay series is published weekly, describing today’s challenges to global food security and proposing U.S. government responses. The viability of cities has become a newsworthy issue during the Covid-19 pandemic as cities have...