FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Papers

The definition of family farm varies across countries and contexts. We reviewed 36 definitions and uses of the term “family [...]

Agricultural production is prone to several risks which affect both producers and consumers. In order to enhance investment and achieve [...]

This paper assesses farmers’ incentives and conditioning factors that hinder or promote adaptation strategies and evaluates its impact on crop [...]

Food price volatility spells have fuelled the debate about the reliability of world markets as a source of food. At [...]

This paper assesses Bangladesh’s progress towards eradicating hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, and how the National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening [...]

The agricultural economics literature provides various estimates of the number of farms and small farms in the world. This paper [...]

We examine the nature of relationship between prices of crude oil, ethanol and grains (maize, wheat and rice). Our working [...]

Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa must undergo significant productivity improvements to meet the combined challenges of population growth and climate change. [...]

Micronutrients are defined as substances in foods that are essential for human health and are required in small amounts. They [...]

We examine how the transformation of food value chains (FVCs) influence the triple malnutrition burden (undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition) [...]