impact on agriculture, industry and trade. However, to date for the whole of Africa, only South Africa has commercialized … genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Realizing the high transactions costs—particularly in trade that may underlie different … countries having varying policy stances on biotechnology, COMESA (COMESA—Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a …

Managing food price instability is a long standing policy challenge, which, with mixed experiences of agricultural … food price stability continues to be a formidable policy challenge. The objective of this paper is to examine the … price policy reforms, has re-emerged as a contemporary policy issue. This is particularly true for Ethiopia, where managing …

hoarding practice in Western region of Kenya. Data from Egerton University’s Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and …

, we derived important policy implications for breeding priority setting and cassava varieties adoption. …

The study was used by Plan International to formulate a common Nutrition Action Plan for its food and nutrition … security interventions in developing countries. The aim was to get insight into the food and nutrition security as well as … contribution made by Plan interventions to improve livelihoods, the food and nutrition security of households and communities, the …

child under-nutrition have concurrently been on the increase. The rise in obesity and child under-nutrition is attributed to …, among others, urbanization-driven shifts in eating habits and lifestyle, changes in purchasing power, food assistance and … under-nutrition with urban areas. In this paper we examine the prevalence of child under-nutrition and mother obesity in …

and efficiency in production. In Benin, new orientation of agricultural policy concerns the diversification of exported … nut, the second exported crop by Benin, becomes more interesting for government policy. The study quantified cashew nut …

Rapid economic growth has failed to significantly improve poverty and nutrition outcomes in Tanzania. This raises … concerns over a decoupling of growth, poverty, and nutrition. We link recent production trends to household incomes and caloric … availability using a dynamic computable general equilibrium and micro-level poverty and nutrition modules. Results indicate that …

stance on biofuels was finalized in December of 2007. During the policy development process various governmental departments …