In Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy Challenges, Paul Dorosh and Shahidur Rashid, along with other … empirical evidence to shed light on the complexities of agricultural and food policy in today's Ethiopia, highlight major … policies and interventions of the past decade, and provide insights into building resilience to natural disasters and food …

This 2013 Global Food Policy Report is the third in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food … policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers … a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have contributed to or hindered progress in achieving food and …

Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa — Benin, Burkina … change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. West Africa’s population … pressure on the natural resources needed to produce food, and climate change makes the challenges greater. West Africa is …

"The primary goal of emergency food aid after an economic shock is often to bolster short-term food and nutrition … of small positive impacts of timely food aid disbursements after a shock on current food consumption and aggregate … into the future. We investigate this issue by exploring the presence of persistent impacts of two major food aid programs …

In MENA, household food insecurity, which is closely related to poverty and undernourishment, is most severe in rural … to increased national and household-level food security is pro-poor growth, driven by export-oriented, labor …-intensive sectors. Agricultural sector policies should be subordinate to the pro-poor growth goal and not to the goal of food self …

—remain central concerns in Africa. When food insecurity interacts with health and care problems it translates into nutrition …. This paper was commissioned for the IFPRI 2020 Africa Conference on “Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020 … served to illuminate the discussions on why Africa has not yet achieved food and nutrition security and what needs to be done …

of policy briefs offer important insights into how to address the key global issues of agricultural productivity, food …

barrier to the growth of domestic and international commercial markets for food and feed. In recent years the aflatoxin … control, food storage and handling, and postharvest mitigation. These briefs collectively provide a much clearer picture of … Mycotoxin Risks in the Food Industry: The Global Food Security Link by David Crean 7. Farmer Perceptions of Aflatoxins …

This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food … policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly … overview of the food policy developments that have contributed to or hindered progress in food and nutrition security. It …