While tissue culture (TC) technology for vegetative plant propagation is gradually gaining in importance in Africa, rigorous assessment of broader welfare effects for adopting smallholder farm households is lacking. Using survey data and accounting for selection bias in technology adoption, we...

This study aims to analyse the role and contribution of small farms and small food businesses on the food system and food security. Drawing on a conceptual framework, methodology, and data from the EU H2020 'SALSA-Small farms, small food businesses and sustainable food and nutrition security'...

The importance of food supply throughout the world has once again shown its significance in the COVID-19 pandemic period. A continuous food supply is possible with correct agricultural programming. An effective agricultural product programming can only be possible by obtaining precise agricultural...

This working paper is a collaboration between two CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs): Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH) and Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB). It documents linkages between fish, roots, tubers and bananas (RTB crops) within food systems; identifies opportunities for strengthened integration...

Governance, in particular, decision-making plays a significant role in influencing the transition to households' food security. It helps in addressing causative factors responsible for undermining household sustainable food security. This study aimed at determining household and farm level...

Climate change and the growth of the world's population, including Indonesia, have resulted in the intensive exploitation of mass food supplies. This has resulted in a shift in the consumption pattern of people who used to consume local food such as sago, tubers and bananas to switch to rice....

The widely recognized role of roots, tubers and bananas (RT&Bs) in achieving food security and providing income opportunities in the world's poorest regions will be challenged by socioeconomic and climate related drivers. These will affect demand and production patterns and increase pressure on...

Agri-food system integration has the potential to increase and add value to agricultural production, reduce cost of and dependency on external inputs, generate additional income to farmers, and encourage the diversification of outputs and diets. Agri-food system integrations such as livestock-fish, ...

In the French West Indies, and particularly in Guadeloupe, agricultural policies mainly support the banana and sugarcane export sectors. However, driven by consumer demand, policy-makers are increasingly interested in developing local and agroecological food systems. Plantain (Musa spp., AAB),...

Bananas are cultivated everywhere in Indonesia, including in the dryland areas of East Nusa Tenggara. In the province, diferrent banana cultivars are cultivated for different purposes. Well adapted the dry climate, Musa ABB Pisang Kepok is the most widely cultivated in the province, including in...