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Investment in agriculture is very crucial in the present situation of Nigeria. The effort to overcome food insecurity …, the right step to take is to adequately finance agriculture in order to ensure sufficient food production and safety that … will save the future of the country. This study emphasizes on investment in agriculture to guarantee food security in …
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In 2022, index of physical volume of agricultural output in agricultural organizations, peasant (private) farms and household farms grew by 10.2% as compared to the previous year. In monetary terms growth was 14.8% due to rising prices on agricultural products (+4.2%, i.e. much lower as compared...
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particular, decreased capital inflows into agriculture will negatively affect food security and growth. However, there remain …, we find that there exists bidirectional causality between foreign direct investments in agriculture, forestry and fishing … in the agriculture, forestry and fishing. The effect of FDI on value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing remains …
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The recent sharp increase in the prices of primary food commodities has raised serious concerns of policy makers on the role of index funds in these food markets. In this paper, we employ a dataset on trading positions of index fund investors from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission...
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Food crises triggered by high prices had been experienced in agricultural markets in the past. However, the current state of agricultural markets has raised a lot of concerns to policy makers, media, the public and all stakeholders. This is against the background of the fact that only a selected...
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This report is part of an ongoing annual series of reports on Fixing the Business of Food initiated and actively supported by the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition (BCFN). The report is the product of a team including BCFN, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) at Columbia...
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Globally, food systems have become heavily industrialized and are currently threatening both environmental sustainability and human health. Feeding a growing world while remaining within safe social-ecological planetary boundaries, as dictated by the UN Social Development Goals and the Paris...
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example, farmers' markets and community-supported agriculture) and the organic movement as it relates to small farmers. Part …
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The possible effect of the financialization of agricultural commodities on food security has become an evolving worry in recent years. This study seeks to empirically investigate this complicated problem and influence policy choices to ensure a more stable and secure food system by analyzing the...
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