Ending extreme hunger requires the interaction of both household and community level infrastructural investments. When communities and households are capital infrastructure constrained, the effects of extreme events such as droughts can fetter consumption growth and food security. This paper,...

Since 2017, the prevalence and absolute number of undernourished people have been increasing. While much of the recent surge in global food prices can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the food security crisis will not be over when prices come down to...

The structural and acute causes of the food price crisis in 2022 are more complex and more severe than in 2008, but with regard to the risk of excessive speculation, lessons can be learned from the experience of the past price crises. Preventing excessive speculation in commodity futures markets...

Transaction costs create inefficiencies in agricultural markets, and poor trade digitalization lowers agrifood productivity of developing countries. This paper argues that trade facilitation via digitalization cuts transaction costs thereby increasing agrifood trade because it streamlines trade...

Since the publication of the Report of the Brundtland Commission (Our Common Future) in 1987, and the consequent Earth Summit on sustainable development, global attention on natural resource scarcity and degradation has been increasing, because of climate change and rising food and energy...

Land degradation has not been comprehensively addressed at the global level or in developing countries. A suitable economic framework that could guide investments and institutional action is lacking. This study aims to overcome this deficiency and to provide a framework for a global assessment...