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Shifting consumer demand and accelerating climate change will further shape the agri-food sector in Croatia in the next …, sustainable, and convenient products. Recent EU market projections further confirm ongoing shifts in consumer demand. Agri-food … revolution' as food retailing shifts from small shops and grocery stores to supermarkets. Climate change impacts and risk will …
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food system. A range of digital technologies are already leading to: better informed and engaged consumers and producers … privacy; exclusion; and cybersecurity breaches. These risks cut across all segments of the economy, including the food system …
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Food price inflation has increased persistently in recent years in Turkey with a widening divergence from international … food price inflation. The study analyzes the main inefficiencies in the Turkish agricultural sector through the lens of … food price formation and discusses the policy actions needed to strengthen the sector's competitiveness. The results of the …
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Zambia and Zimbabwe have experienced food security emergencies of varying severity, mainly caused by drought and floods … Reserves (SGR) to cope with food emergencies and other functions to ensure the availability of food. Both countries have years … of experience with SGR as a key component of their respective food security policies. At the center of this strategy is …
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contrast, maize is primarily a food crop and 89 percent of maize produced is consumed by farming households. Cattle, on the …
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This study of Nigeria food loss and waste (FLW) analyzes the potential policy impacts of reducing FLW along the value … differences between food-producing regions of the north (a poor, rural, closed economy challenged by civil conflict) and largely … food-consuming regions of the south (an open economy with an increasingly urbanized population). The study found that …
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shocks affecting agriculture can significantly disrupt steady gains in economic growth, poverty reduction, and food security …
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The decline in commodity prices that began with metals and agriculture four years ago—joined by crude oil in mid-2014—continued in 2015Q1 (Figure 1). Energy, metals, and agricultural prices were down 28, 11, and 5 percent, respectively, from the previous quarter. Increasing supplies, bumper...
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mismatch were the diversion of some food commodities to the production of biofuels, adverse weather conditions, and government …
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