GlobalG.A.P. compliance has often become a key requirement for farmers to access high-value global markets. Yet, the global spread of certification is highly uneven among countries. We assess the drivers and dynamics behind these unequal patterns, applying panel data regressions. Findings show...

Trade in seeds is key to guarantee access to food across the globe. COVID-19 led to concerns that seed supply chains would be disrupted and that countries relying on imported seed would not have sufficient supplies for the upcoming season. Focusing on the impact of COVID-19 from the perspective...

This paper provides new evidence on the globalization‒poverty nexus. We innovate by using an indicator of globalization in the food sector, finding evidence of a significantly aggravating impact on poverty prev-alence, adding to earlier studies that use indicators of general...

The current series of studies examine how local food prices are affected by domestic and international factors. This research advances the existing body of knowledge by examining this effect at different quantiles, frequencies, and times. We use research data from January 1999 to August 2022...

In the contemporary economy, in the societies where there is a transition to a market ecdnomy included the trade with the alimentary goods tends to become more and more an activity taking place within a strictly regulated framework. This is represented by laws, recommandations, compulsory and...

The COVID-19 disruption, the fast-shifting business climate, and the complexity of the supply network all have the potential to produce unanticipated interruptions, expose supply chains to financial losses, and in the worst situations, result in the closure of an entire company. To ensure...