This paper reviews the methods and data required to estimate the hidden environmental, social and health costs associated with agrifood systems. The studies reviewed in the report demonstrate that these hidden costs are considerable, and highlight the need for action at global, national and local levels.

This report evaluates commodity-specific interventions used at all stages of fresh fruit and vegetable production, from primary production to post-harvest activities, transportation, point of sale and consumer use. Emphasis is placed on the identification and evaluation of interventions used throughout the world to reduce microbiological hazards that contribute to ...

This study identifies gaps and entry points to inform policy recommendations and strategic planning to make rural advisory services (RAS) more responsive to smallholders’ livelihood needs. It explores the status of RAS from a pluralistic and market-oriented system perspective, considering the three dimensions of service demand, service supply and the enabling envir...

This study details Lebanon’s agricultural and food systems, including their current governance and specific policies. It proposes strategies that could be applied to drive improvement of the sector and the development of a renewed national agricultural strategy.

Most of the world's low-income economies are in Africa: they find themselves at the initial stages of agricultural transformation, which cash-strapped public budgets struggle to support. This technical study relies on ecological science and social network analysis to determine the type of evidence-based policymaking that would promote such transformation in Benin.