food security

Conflict disrupting transport routes in Somalia raises food prices and worsens household welfare in distant, peaceful markets, showing that the economic costs of violence travel far beyond the front line through supply chains. Aid strategies focused ...

When fertiliser prices spike, farmers in countries dependent on fertiliser imports are hit especially hard, and governments must grapple with a range of trade-offs in how they respond.

The leading global early warning system for acute food insecurity systematically underestimates the scale of crisis-level hunger, missing around one in five people affected. As a result, global assessments significantly understate the scope of global...

Climate change is likely to keep more labour in agriculture in the very regions where agricultural productivity suffers most, exacerbating the ‘food problem’ just as economies would benefit most from diversifying away from agriculture.

When trade disruptions threaten access to food, importers face a hard choice between openness and insurance.

What can 50 years of policy research tell us about the future of food (in)security?

A new AI-driven early warning system uses news data to predict food crises up to 12 months in advance–enabling faster, proactive responses.

What will it take to improve global food security?

Cash transfers improve food security for up to two years, but without an increase in food expenditures and non-agricultural income