The Sahel and West Africa region is facing a serious food and nutrition security crisis with high rates of acute … estimated one in five adult deaths globally. The high cost of food is a key barrier to accessing a healthy diet. Even before the … recent global inflation in food prices, West Africa's food prices were 30%-40% higher than other regions in the world of …

Organic food markets in developed countries have been rapidly expanding in recent years. Though expected health … benefits are a major motive for buying organic food (OF), the health effects of consuming OF are uncertain. This study uses …

, while 1000 respondents were asked to choose the desired product variant in three categories - cereals, yoghurts and protein … resulted in choosing the best product (for cereals from 47% to 49%; for yoghurts from 28% to 31%; for bars from 28% to 42%) and … more effective system because it has a stronger positive impact on consumers' choices. For cereals, the selection improved …

What is the role of government policies in encouraging healthier food choices to fight the current overweight and … and proposes a four-track policy approach to encourage healthier food choices that is consistent with wider objectives for … the food and agriculture sector. This policy approach includes demand side public interventions, voluntary collaboration …

More and better quality private sector investment in food systems will be needed if countries are to achieve their … Sustainable Development Goals. The key challenge addressed in this paper is how investment in food systems can be redirected such … that it is both adequate to drive dynamic food system development and has the quality of promoting inclusive and …

, we examine the nutritional quality and food composition of GIs compared to non-GIs. We analyse more than 6,000 cheeses … and prepared meats marketed in France. We find that in these food categories GIs are associated with lower nutritional … the positive side, we find that GIs in the considered dairy and meat categories tend to be less likely to contain food …

. Advances in food production have reduced the calorie costs of sweeteners and fats well below the costs of fruits, vegetables … promising food consumption policy interventions focus on providing incentives to increase production of healthier foods, and …