Bioenergy is a hotly debated issue worldwide, with its impacts on rural development and food security arguably among the most crucial issues for poor African countries. Too often, however, debates and policies regarding bioenergy in and on Africa simply echo concerns and debates elsewhere. At...

Improving nourishment and diets has become a priority for Indonesia. The stunting rate among under-five children in Indonesia at 24% is considered high and deserving of serious attention.Improving dietary diversity among children is essential to reduce the stunting rate and prevalence....

The global food price shock of 2006-2008 has particularly affected poorer strata of populations in several developing countries. In Egypt and some other countries it has put food subsidy schemes to the test. This paper develops two comparable computable general equilibrium models for Egypt and...

The shutdown measures implemented to fight the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a historic drop in crude oil prices, which implies existential challenges to countries depending on energy exports. The three largest crude oil exporters in Africa (Algeria, Angola and Nigeria) are - like numerous other...

Меры изоляции для борьбы с пандемией Covid-19 привели к падению цен на рынках сырой нефти и энергоносителей, из-за этого государства, зависящие от экспорта нефти,...

This doctoral thesis studies the spatial market efficiency of wheat markets in selected post-Soviet countries; particularly in Russia, the largest wheat exporting country in the world, and in the grain import-dependent countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus. Increased grain production...

Food security is an urgent issue in Southeast Asia. Its population continues to grow, high rates of malnutrition, declining agricultural productivity, and the Covid-19 pandemic, worsening the situation of food availability and affordability, especially for vulnerable communities. The ASEAN...

Income growth, changing consumer preferences and technological progress are having a transformative effect on global food trade and, in particular, wheat markets. This is evidenced by two main developments: First, the growing demand for wheat in Asia and Africa is increasingly being met by the...

Рост доходов, изменение предпочтений потребителей и технический прогресс оказывают преобразующее влияние на мировую торговлю продуктами питания и, в...