Currency Shocks, Not Oil, Drive Food Prices in Emerging Markets Once Inflation Crosses a Critical Threshold
A new study of 17 emerging market economies finds that exchange rate pass-through to consumer food prices is far stronger ...
Tag: Food security
Warming Oceans Push Fish Into Lawless Waters, Boosting the Case for a High Seas Fishing Ban
A new study projects that climate change will push about 22 percent of straddling fish stocks into the high seas ...
Rising Carbon Dioxide Reshapes Wheat Proteins, Threatening Bread Quality
Wheat feeds more people than almost any other crop on Earth, and the flour milled from its grains underpins a ...
Ethiopian farmers are adapting to a hotter, drier climate — but not all can afford to
A new study of smallholder farmers in northwestern Ethiopia reveals who adapts to climate change and who is left behind.
Enviro-typing: the third pillar reshaping climate-resilient crop breeding
A new review argues that systematically measuring environmental factors, a practice called enviro-typing, can complement genotyping and phenotyping to accelerate ...
Goat Milk’s Biggest Obstacle in West Africa Is Not Taste, Study Finds
A survey of 236 people in northern Benin shows that market access, price, and lack of information, rather than sensory ...
Why Knowledge Alone Fails to Stop Food Waste in South Africa’s Informal Communities
A COM-B framework analysis of 433 households in South Africa's Fezile Dabi District shows that food waste in informal communities ...
Carrot Varieties Reveal Surprising Salt Tolerance in Bangladesh’s Salinity-Stressed Floodplains
New research from Bangladesh Agricultural University reveals dramatic differences in salt tolerance among four carrot varieties, with the local Sidur ...
Crop Diversification Could Lift Nigerian Farm Households Out of Deep Poverty, Landmark National Survey Reveals
A nationally representative study of 3,229 Nigerian farm households finds that crop diversification nearly doubled adopters' per capita consumption expenditure ...
Ancient Mexican Maize Races Reveal Stunning Diversity in Tortilla Quality
A new study of sixteen native maize races from Puebla, Mexico reveals wide variation in grain hardness, nixtamalization behavior, color, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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