This year's report should dispel any lingering doubts that the world is moving backwards in
its efforts to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. We are now only …

Small island developing states in the Pacific face multiple development challenges driven by
rapid population growth and high transportation costs due to remoteness and isolation …

Abstract International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment openness are crucial for
economic growth and development. These are equally significant for developed and under …

Agricultural and rural development interventions can reduce global poverty by providing
growth-oriented tools, including access to finance, training, and markets. While such …

This study investigates the welfare implications of agri‐value chain participation utilizing
data collected from 423 smallholder vegetable farmers in northern Ghana. The endogenous …

Strengthening linkages with markets along the value chain is a promising pathway to
increase agricultural productivity, welfare, and food security of smallholder producers in …

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not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture …

Women play an important role in agriculture and rural economic development. Gender
access to farmland and its impact on agricultural productivity, as well as gender-based …

This paper estimates the impact of an inclusive agricultural value chain development project
on agricultural productivity and decomposes the impact by gender and ethnicity of …

Interventions to maximize food production and improve households' welfare and job creation
are key targets of governments' policies in implementing the national development plans of …