The State of Agri-Food Systems and Agri-Food Value Chains in 2020

Barrett, Christopher B.; Benton, Tim G.; Fanzo, Jessica; Herrero, Mario; Nelson, Rebecca; Bageant, Elizabeth; Buckler, Edward S.; Cooper, Karen; Culotta, Isabella; Fan, Shenggen; Gandhi, Rikin; James, Steven P.; Kahn, Mark L.; Lawson-Lartego, Laté; Liu, Jiali; Marshall, Quinn; Mason-D’Croz, Daniel; Mathys, Alexander; Mathys, Cynthia; Mazariegos-Anastassiou, Veronica; Miller, Alesha; Misra, Kamakhya; Mude, Andrew G.; Shen, Jianbo; Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele; Song, Claire; Steiner, Roy; Thornton, Philip K.; Wood, Stephen A.

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“…Food and nutrition insecurity remains a thorny intractable issue, bedeviling many countries at different socioeconomic and political development stages (Barrett et al, 2022; Moseley & Battersby, 2020). At the global, regional, or national level, governments are ramping up efforts to ensure communities always have physical and economic access to sufficient food to meet dietary needs for a productive and healthy life (Aberman et al, 2014; FAO, 2021a).…”

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“…At the global, regional, or national level, governments are ramping up efforts to ensure communities always have physical and economic access to sufficient food to meet dietary needs for a productive and healthy life (Aberman et al, 2014; FAO, 2021a). External environmental, political, or health‐related shocks reinforce the challenge of food and nutrition insecurity (Barrett et al, 2022; Moseley & Battersby, 2020). Moreover, natural disasters and crises like earthquakes, droughts, disease epidemics, floods, and conflict are becoming more common worldwide (Aberman et al, 2014).…”

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“…Hence, responses that aim to strengthen farming households' frequency of consumption of essential food groups and access to nutritional and healthy diets are crucial to either help maintain or improve farming households' food and nutrition security during shocks such as COVID-19 in Ghana. Food and nutrition insecurity remains a thorny intractable issue, bedeviling many countries at different socioeconomic and political development stages (Barrett et al, 2022;Moseley & Battersby, 2020). At the global, regional, or national level, governments are ramping up efforts to ensure communities always have physical and economic access to sufficient food to meet dietary needs for a productive and healthy life (Aberman et al, 2014;FAO, 2021a).…”

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COVID‐19 pandemic, farming households' food and nutrition security, and response strategies in Ghana, West Africa

Suh,

Nyiawung,

Molua

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World Food Policy

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We explored the association between COVID‐19 disruptions and food and nutrition security, including the various coping strategies adopted by farming households in Ghana. The different COVID‐19 shocks experienced and coping strategies implemented by farming households are identified through focus group discussions. A multistage random sampling method was used to survey 252 farming households, and data were analyzed using different regression techniques. We observe no significant differences in the food and nutrition security status of male‐ and female‐headed households, while the COVID‐19 disruptions affected male‐headed households more than female‐headed households. Our data shows a higher vulnerability of urban households to food and nutrition insecurity than rural households, with the COVID‐19 disruptions affecting urban households more than rural households. We find that the COVID‐19 disruptions pushed households to reduce their frequency of food consumption, consume less diverse diets, and hinder their adoption of coping strategies. Hence, responses that aim to strengthen farming households' frequency of consumption of essential food groups and access to nutritional and healthy diets are crucial to either help maintain or improve farming households' food and nutrition security during shocks such as COVID‐19 in Ghana.

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World Food Policy

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“…Globally, the agri-food systems have changed dramatically over the past few decades and become more organised and consumer-oriented, facilitating the growth of agricultural enterprises and their value chains (VCs) (Barrett et al, 2022;Borsellino et al, 2020;Hubeau et al, 2017;Chen et al, 2005). This has coincided with the rise of modern retailing in the downstream of the agricultural VCs that took off during the recent phase of retail growth dominated by supermarkets (Vetter et al, 2019;Reardon et al, 2009;Timmer, 2005).…”

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Consumers' insight and behaviour towards mango quality and safety attributes: implications for integrated value chain development

Ayyaz,

Bonney,

Adhikari

2023

BFJ

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PurposeThe purpose of this research is to segment Pakistani consumers based on their insights and preference towards mango quality and safety attributes and to demographically characterise each segment so that effective value chain (VC) development strategies may be developed.Design/methodology/approachFactor and cluster analysis were applied to data collected from 400 mango buyers randomly selected from seven different cities in Pakistan.FindingsThis empirical study identified four distinct segments of mango consumers in Pakistan. The diversity of consumers' perception was mainly based on four factors: food safety, price and marketing, physical quality and shelf life. Based on their demographic characteristics and preferences for product attributes, the identified consumer segments can be classified as “traditional consumers,” “safety-conscious consumers,” price and market-sensitive consumers,” quality-sensitive consumers” and “perfect consumers.” This knowledge is useful to develop mango VCs that target specific consumer segments based on their chain level abilities and aspirations.Research limitations/implicationsThis study offers actors of mango VCs an enhanced understanding of consumer segments based on their perceived preferences towards the quality and safety attributes of mangoes, which would help VC actors design and develop business strategies that deliver value specific to each consumer segments. Findings of this study could also be useful to policy makers to design extension strategies that promote food safety and quality standards in mango VCs. Moreover, this study presents yet another case of consumer segmentation study for VC development in developing countries, adding a stepping stone towards a general VC theory development.Originality/valueThe findings stimulate the momentum of the growing literature, particularly in the developing countries on consumer insights and behaviour toward fruit quality and safety attributes of mangoes.

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Food Security in Israel: Challenges and Policies

Kimhi

2024

Foods

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This article analyzes Israel’s food security in comparison to other developed countries, using multiple indicators divided into four sections: food availability, food affordability, food quality and safety, and natural resources and resilience. Overall, the state of food security in Israel is better than in most countries, but the threats to food security arising from the triple risk of climate change, international conflicts, and disruptions in global supply chains, require better preparation for the future. Israel’s population growth and the slowdown in the growth rate of its agricultural production, as well as the short-term political desire to reduce prices, are leading the country to increasingly rely on food imports. Such imports expose Israel to even greater global risks, and require the formulation of a risk-management strategy that will balance local production and imports. The global triple risk to food security is currently exacerbated for Israel by the risk of shortage of labor due to the security situation, making this risk-management strategy even more necessary. This calls for the establishment of a governmental authority to oversee the formulation of a long-term food-security strategy, to break it down into feasible objectives and policy measures, and to supervise their implementation. Most importantly, in order to maintain and perhaps even enhance the productive capacity of the agricultural sector, the government must reinstall trust between farmers and the state by establishing a stable long-term policy environment.

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The State of Agri-Food Systems and Agri-Food Value Chains in 2020

Abstract: One might reasonably invoke Dickens in describing AFSs and AVCs today: “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

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COVID‐19 pandemic, farming households' food and nutrition security, and response strategies in Ghana, West Africa

COVID‐19 pandemic, farming households' food and nutrition security, and response strategies in Ghana, West Africa

Consumers' insight and behaviour towards mango quality and safety attributes: implications for integrated value chain development

Food Security in Israel: Challenges and Policies

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