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Smallholder and agri-food SME resilience to shocks

Farmers and food businesses have shown both great vulnerability to and capacity to adjust to a major shock like COVID-19.

The importance of human-centered ecological restoration

The Earth’s ecological resilience is inextricably linked to the well-being of its people, thus a greater focus on equity, inclusion, and justice in ecosystem management is necessary.

Policy-induced market distortions along agricultural value chains: Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria

Agricultural and trade policies have implications well beyond the farm, including for consumers, producers, traders, and processors. In this context, it is necessary to measure the impact of policies along the entire agrifood value chain of a commodity in order to minimize unintended consequences of policies for all value chain actors.

Charting a productive, sustainable future for small farms amid food system transformation

Researchers discuss their UNFSS brief that synthesizes evidence about the future of small farms and outlines policies to help farmers perform as an important role in agri-food system transformation.

Tracking & promoting progress on gender equality amid food systems transformation

Jemimah Njuki (IFPRI Head, Africa Region) writes about a new index that will assess the actions of 200+ producer organizations, food companies, global nonprofits, & research institutions on women's empowerment.