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The Agricultural Development and Policy Programme works to promote understanding of transitions in food and agriculture, and appropriate policy responses. This is done with the aim of reducing hunger and poverty, and improving the sustainability of rural livelihoods in the face of increasing social, economic and physical shocks and stresses.
Smallholder farming: key to food security and nutrition
Using country case studies, this paper investigates the contribution of smallholder agriculture to food security and nutrition.
Food price spikes: looking back, peering forward
Five years on from the food price hike in 2007 - 08, this paper reviews what has been learned, what may be expected for food prices in the future, and what the policy implications may be.
Record maize production predicted in South
The latest ODI food-price update anticipates record maize harvest in the South, with maize and wheat prices set to fall. Rice harvests forecast to equal last year’s record.
China’s culinary crossroads
An increasing appetite for meat in China poses a policy conundrum. Research into global food prices and an in-depth look at China are brought together in this ODI opinion ‘Navigating the maize'.
The Agricultural Development and Policy Programme works to promote understanding of transitions in food and agriculture, and appropriate policy responses. This is done with the aim of reducing hunger and poverty, and improving the sustainability of rural livelihoods in the face of increasing social, economic and physical shocks and stresses.
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9 April 2013
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