The future of work in agri-food

L Christiaensen, Z Rutledge, JE Taylor - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
As countries develop, agriculture's role as domestic employer declines. But the broader agri-
food system also expands, and the scope for agriculture-related job creation shifts beyond …

The processed food revolution in African food systems and the double burden of malnutrition

T Reardon, D Tschirley, LSO Liverpool-Tasie… - Global food security, 2021 - Elsevier
African consumers have purchased increasing amounts of processed food over the past 50
years. The opportunity cost of time of women and men has increased as more of them work …

Agri-food value chain revolutions in low-and middle-income countries

CB Barrett, T Reardon, J Swinnen… - Journal of Economic …, 2022 - aeaweb.org
Agri-food value chains (AVCs) intermediate the flow of products between largely rural
farmers, fisherfolk, or herders and increasingly urban consumers. The theoretical models …

The dynamics of youth employment and empowerment in agriculture and rural development in South Africa: A scoping review

W Geza, MSC Ngidi, R Slotow, T Mabhaudhi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the years, South Africa has made significant investments aimed at transforming the
agricultural sector to deliver on rural economic development and job creation. These …

“Essential non‐essentials”: COVID‐19 policy missteps in N igeria rooted in persistent myths about A frican food supply chains

LSO Liverpool‐Tasie, T Reardon… - … Perspectives and Policy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Food supply chains are extremely important for food access and livelihoods across Africa,
but their role is often overlooked and underappreciated. Under normal conditions, the gap …

Quiet Revolution by SMEs in the midstream of value chains in developing regions: wholesale markets, wholesalers, logistics, and processing

T Reardon, LSO Liverpool-Tasie, B Minten - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the midstream (processors, wholesalers and
wholesale markets, and logistics) segments of transforming value chains have proliferated …

[图书][B] Socio-technical innovation bundles for agri-food systems transformation

CB Barrett, T Benton, J Fanzo, M Herrero, RJ Nelson… - 2022 - library.oapen.org
This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson
Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN …

COVID-19's impacts on incomes and food consumption in urban and rural areas are surprisingly similar: Evidence from five African countries

MK Maredia, A Adenikinju, B Belton, A Chapoto… - Global food security, 2022 - Elsevier
African governments imposed mobility restrictions to suppress the spread of COVID-19.
Many observers feared these measures would dramatically decrease incomes and increase …

[HTML][HTML] Complex climate change risk and emerging directions for vulnerability research in Africa

A Ayanlade, TA Smucker, M Nyasimi, H Sterly… - Climate Risk …, 2023 - Elsevier
This article explains the assessment and conceptual framing of the Vulnerability Synthesis in
the Africa chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 6th …

Producers, consumers, and value chains in low-and middle-income countries

MF Bellemare, JR Bloem, S Lim - Handbook of Agricultural Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
We present an overview of the literature on agri-food value chains in low-and middle-income
countries. Starting from farmers' decision of whether to move away from subsistence …