There is an ongoing debate about how best to feed the growing world population in the long
run and associated implications for research and development. Some call for a new Green …

The Pacific food system has become progressively more integrated into global food regimes.
This integration has had impacts on availability and consumption of food, population health …

The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of the Pacific food system
to externalities and has had far-reaching impacts, despite the small number of COVID-19 …

This is the first comprehensive study in the context of EMDEs that covers, in one consistent
framework, the evolution and global and domestic drivers of inflation, the role of …

Background Unhealthy dietary patterns have in recent decades contributed to an endemic-
level burden from non-communicable disease (NCDs) in high-income countries. In low-and …

Background Since 2015, food insecurity has been a more serious threat than the previous
years with a record high observed from the year 2020 onwards, especially in developing …

The Pacific region is experiencing a non-communicable disease epidemic largely driven by
an ongoing nutrition transition from nutrient rich whole foods to imported staples and highly …

Analyzing available FAO data from 176 countries over 21 years, we observe an increase of
complexity in the international trade of maize, rice, soy, and wheat. A larger number of …

Income growth in emerging economies has been often cited as a key driver of the past
decade's commodity price boom—the longest and broadest boom since World War II. This …

In the event of large swings in world food prices, countries often intervene to dampen the
impact of international food price spikes on domestic prices and to lessen the burden of …