Summary The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region faces a major diet‐related
health problem accompanied by enormous economic and social costs. The shifts in diet are …

Food losses and food waste (FLW) have become a global concern in recent years and
emerge as a priority in the global and national political agenda (eg, with Target 12.3 in the …

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 …

Mobile phones and the internet have significantly affected practically all sectors of the
economy and agriculture is no exception. Building on a recent World Bank flagship report …

The relationship between the global food system and the worldwide rapid increase of
obesity and related diseases is not yet well understood. A reason is that the full impact of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to take stock of the current state of
knowledge about inclusive value-chain development (VCD) in the context of international …

C hina's food consumption patterns and eating and cooking behaviours changed
dramatically between 1991 and 2011. Macronutrient composition has shifted towards fats …

For many of the developing world's poorest farmers and food‐insecure people, roots, tubers,
bananas and plantain crops (RTBs) serve as a critical source of food, nutrition and cash …

The entire food value chain and diet of low and middle income countries (LMICs) are rapidly
shifting. Many of the issues addressed by the nutrition community ignore some of the major …

In this paper, we analyze the impact of smallholder participation in a contract-farming
scheme in the rice sector in Benin. We use data from a cross-sectional farm-household …