Publications Recent publications Impact of COVID-19 on Egypt’s dairy and artichoke value-chains: Qualitative findings from rapid value chain assessments Food prices and marketing margins during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from vegetable value chains in Ethiopia Researcher Immediate impacts of COVID-19 on the aquaculture value chain in Ghana Researcher Resilience of global and local value chains to the Covid‐19 pandemic: Survey evidence from vegetable value chains in Senegal Researcher Does market inclusion empower women? Evidence from Bangladesh Researcher On the origins of food loss Publications by category Journal articles Books/chapters Discussion papers/reports Manuals/guides Resilience of global and local value chains to the Covid‐19 pandemic: Survey evidence from vegetable value chains in Senegal Photo credit: World Bank In this paper we descr Read more On the origins of food loss In this paper, we try to understand what the main causes of food losses (FLs) are. Read more Food consumption and food security during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Addis Ababa International humanitarian organizations have expressed substantial concern about the potential f Read more Food loss and waste in food supply chains. A systematic literature review and framework development approach This study examines the state of the art of the literature in the domain of food loss and waste ( Read more Essential non‐essentials: COVID‐19 policy missteps in Nigeria rooted in persistent myths about African food supply chains Food supply chains are extremely important for food access and livelihoods across Africa, but the Read more Poverty reduction through the development of inclusive food value chains Propelled by urbanization, rising incomes, and changing diets, food markets have been expanding i Read more The Right Tortilla for the Right Occasion: Variation in Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Blue Maize Tortillas Based on Utilization This study examined consumers’ purchasing habits and demand in peri-urban Mexico City for three t Read more Policy options for mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on domestic rice value chains and food security in West Africa Rice plays a strategic role in food security in West Africa. 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Read more The impact of smallholder farmers’ participation in avocado export markets on the labor market, farm yields, sales prices, and incomes in Kenya Smallholder producers in sub-Saharan Africa are often unable integrate into markets and access hi Read more Food systems for sustainable development: Proposals for a profound four-part transformation Evidence shows the importance of food systems for sustainable development: they are at the nexus Read more Policy-induced price distortions along the small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify sources and quantifying di Read more Impact of traditional versus modern dairy value chains on food security: Evidence from India’s dairy sector The Indian government has made significant efforts to promote dairy cooperatives to link the milk Read more Measuring distortions to agricultural incentives for value chain analysis: Evidence from Indian value chains We extend the nominal rate of protection (NRP) methodology to a value chain framework. 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Read more The Role of Trade Policies in Building Regional Value Chains - Some Preliminary Evidence From Africa Regional value chains (RVCs) are considered as an important step towards greater integration into Read more Incomplete contracts and allocation of residual claim along the global value chains: evidence from Japan The seminal work by Antras and Chor in 2013 predicted that, under incomplete-contracting environm Read more Mapping the Philippines in the Offshoring Services Global Value Chain This paper aims to analyse the current position and potential for upgrading of the Philippines in Read more Heterogeneous incentives for innovation adoption: The price effect on segmented markets It is now commonly accepted that poverty alleviation and the development of agricultural value ch Read more Coffee Value Chains on the Move: Evidence from Ethiopia International coffee markets are changing quickly due to market liberalization, increasingly stri Read more Identification of production challenges and benefits using value chain mapping of egg food systems in Nairobi, Kenya Commercial layer and indigenous chicken farming in Nairobi and associated activities in the egg v Read more Formal versus informal: Efficiency, inclusiveness and financing of dairy value chains in Indian Punjab This paper highlights that 1) Both formal and informal value chains coexist in the dairy sector o Read more LoaddingLoaddingLoadding Most popular Impact of COVID-19 on Egypt’s dairy and artichoke value-chains: Qualitative findings from rapid value chain assessments , 05 May 21 Food prices and marketing margins during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from vegetable value chains in Ethiopia , 05 May 21 Immediate impacts of COVID-19 on the aquaculture value chain in Ghana fishery value chains , 27 Apr 21 Resilience of global and local value chains to the Covid‐19 pandemic: Survey evidence from vegetable value chains in Senegal COVID-19 , 13 Apr 21 Does market inclusion empower women? Evidence from Bangladesh Gender , 17 Mar 21 On the origins of food loss Food loss , 04 Mar 21 "It takes two": Women’s empowerment in agricultural value chains in Malawi Gender , 03 Mar 21 A qualitative assessment of a gender-sensitive agricultural training program in Benin: Findings on program experience and women’s empowerment across key agricultural value chains Gender , 02 Mar 21 Food consumption and food security during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Addis Ababa COVID-19 , 01 Mar 21 Food loss and waste in food supply chains. A systematic literature review and framework development approach Food loss , 25 Feb 21 Livestock policies in Son La Province, Vietnam - a review Livestock , 18 Feb 21 Prioritizing value chains for climate-smart agriculture (CSA) promotion in Mali, Niger and Senegal Climate change , 11 Feb 21 Agricultural development in a changing world inclusive value chains , 15 Jan 21 Reshaping agrifood systems to achieve multiple development goals inclusive value chains , 15 Jan 21 Food value chain transformation in developing regions inclusive value chains , 15 Jan 21 Essential non‐essentials: COVID‐19 policy missteps in Nigeria rooted in persistent myths about African food supply chains COVID-19 , 30 Dec 20 Poverty reduction through the development of inclusive food value chains inclusive value chains , 07 Dec 20 Covid‐19 and global food security COVID-19 , 04 Dec 20 Value Chain Development and the Poor: Promise, delivery, and opportunities for impact at scale inclusive value chains , 24 Nov 20 Spatial food and nutrition security typologies for agriculture and food value chain interventions in Eastern DRC inclusive value chains , 09 Nov 20 Policy responses to rapidly transforming midstream value chain segments in Africa: The case of the millet sector in Senegal inclusive value chains , 03 Nov 20 Aligning macroeconomic policies for agricultural transformation in Africa Policy measurement and analysis , 03 Nov 20 The Right Tortilla for the Right Occasion: Variation in Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Blue Maize Tortillas Based on Utilization inclusive value chains , 30 Oct 20 Policy options for mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on domestic rice value chains and food security in West Africa COVID-19 , 26 Oct 20 Food consumption and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa COVID-19 , 17 Sep 20 Evolving food value chains inclusive value chains , 15 Sep 20 Quantity and quality food losses across the value chain: A comparative analysis Food loss , 10 Sep 20 Food marketing margins during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from vegetables in Ethiopia Vegetable value chains , 25 Aug 20 Food safety, modernization, and food prices: Evidence from milk in Ethiopia Livestock , 14 Aug 20 Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on vegetable value chains in Ethiopia inclusive value chains , 10 Aug 20
