This essay is about food security and nutrition and their converse, loosely termed ‘hunger’. Given that most of those suffering from food insecurity and malnutrition live in developing countries, the

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By 2050, the world’s population is likely to reach 9 billion. Most of these people are expected to live in developing countries and have higher incomes than currently is the case, which will result i

Insufficient information to predict famine was widely seen to be a central reason for the failure of national governments and the international donor community to prevent the famines in Africa in the

Identifies eight disruptions that are pushing stakeholders at every level—from individual consumers and small-scale farmers to food companies and national governments—to rethink their relationships t

Though still predominantly rural, Africa is experiencing the most rapid urban growth among all the regions of the developing world. This document looks at this facet.

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In order to help managers with forecasts this article provides the values of the three descriptors for 34 different product categories. Any person who wants to derive analo‐ gous products can use thi