Smallholder farmers are the stewards of more than 80 percent of the world's farms. These small family businesses produce about one-third of the world's food. In Africa and Asia, smallholders dominate the production of food crops, as well as export commodities such as cocoa, coffee, and cotton....

Supply chains have been disrupted and altered over the past years in an unprecedented way as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and megatrends such as emerging technologies, sustainability imperatives and the reconfiguration of globalization. Companies are now building on recent learnings to...

The purpose of Working with Smallholders handbook is to enable the development of more sustainable, resilient and productive supply chains for agribusinesses and to illustrate the substantial development impact. Smallholder farmers are both an opportunity and a challenge for food and...

The mapping of the production and export supply chain of cheese has been implemented within the framework of the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Armenia Investment Climate Reform Project, which is implemented by the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice of the World Bank Group...

Supply chain risk has become a major area of concern for companies in the agribusiness sector, as well as for their customers, financiers, and external stakeholders. The threats that environmental and social (E and S) risks pose to brand values and product quality are making those risks more...

Agribusinesses operate in a rapidly changing world. Demand for agricultural crops is expected to double as the world's population reaches 9.1 billion by 2050. Food production will need to provide sufficient carbohydrates, proteins, and fats for the estimated 870 million people who currently lack...