Food security analysis and policy

Smallholder farmers and poor rural households are vulnerable to both economic and social shocks which hamper their participation in agricultural activities. [...]

This paper explores two different aspects of food security, namely undernourishment and overweight in the two Caribbean Islands of Jamaica [...]

Agriculture can be an important engine of growth and poverty reduction. But the sector is underperforming in many countries in [...]

This paper explores, conceptually and empirically, the question of how much food is produced by women. Data for labour inputs [...]

This paper introduces value chain analysis and development as tools for addressing gender inequities in markets. We describe how factors [...]

This paper presents a simple tool that can be used to monitor developments in market prices. The data requirements are [...]

Ester Boserup’s book Women’s role in economic development marked an important step in understanding the position of women in developing [...]

This paper investigates the meaning of female empowerment and presents the argument why empowerment is needed. Empowerment is treated as [...]

This paper reviews existing microeconomic empirical literature on gender differences in use, access, and adoption of non-land agricultural inputs in [...]

The Socio-Economic and Food Security (SEFSec) survey is part of a broader monitoring system in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) [...]