This chapter focuses on how commodification studies has sought to identify contested markets by reference to the idea of negative externalities. According to the argument from externalities, which is drawn from standard welfare economics, some market exchanges produce negative effects on third parties that are not taken into account by participants...
El estudio examina la implementación de las Cadenas Cortas de Comercialización de Alimentos (CCCA) en Lima Metropolitana como una estrategia para mejorar la accesibilidad de los alimentos y mejorar los beneficios económicos de los comerciantes de los mercados y de los agricultores. A través de una evaluación minuciosa de factibilidad, viabilidad y ...
The prices of staple grains on international markets began to rise in mid-2020 in response to higher fertilizer prices and supply constraints associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. They further spiked in early 2022 following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. This brief examines the impact of these events on poverty in Nigeria. It is part of a seri...
Delia Grace Randolph, the world’s leading researcher on food safety in traditional markets makes a case for investment in food safety. Impacting billions of people directly and indirectly every year, foodborne disease (FBD) is a low-hanging fruit in the development agenda to improve the quality of life in LMICs. Feed The Future’s EatSafe: Evidence ...
Este informe hace parte de los productos del proyecto EU DeSIRA: “Cinco Grandes Bosques de Mesoamérica: Una iniciativa regional para el clima, la biodiversidad y las personas”, liderado por Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), y que busca construir un modelo replicable para transformar la agricultura y los sistemas alimentarios y proteger ecosistem...
Este informe hace parte de los productos del proyecto EU DeSIRA: “Cinco Grandes Bosques de Mesoamérica: Una iniciativa regional para el clima, la biodiversidad y las personas”, liderado por Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), y que busca construir un modelo replicable para transformar la agricultura y los sistemas alimentarios y proteger ecosistem...
Open Access Journal / Many sub-Saharan farmers rely on agricultural production for home consumption and sell crops to meet their other needs. Farmers’ market intervention enhances economic expansion and helps to improve household food security. In our current study, we strive to explore the determinants of farmers’ decisions and the intensity of ma...
Este informe hace parte de los productos del proyecto EU DeSIRA: “Cinco Grandes Bosques de Mesoamérica: Una iniciativa regional para el clima, la biodiversidad y las personas”, liderado por Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), y que busca construir un modelo replicable para transformar la agricultura y los sistemas alimentarios y proteger ecosistem...
Access to informal fresh food markets plays a vital role in household food security and dietary quality in transitioning rural economies. However, it is not well understood if market access also improves child nutrition and if the improvement applies to all socioeconomic groups. In this secondary research study, we combined a national listing of fo...
