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Reducing poverty among smallholder farmers through enhanced trade regimes and value chains for coffee in Tanzania Neema Kumburu, Moshi Co-operative University, Tanzania, John Sumelius, University of Helsinki, Finland & Qiuzhen Chen, University of Helsinki, Finland | 27 May 2024 Tanzania is one of the largest coffee growing countries in Africa,

Continued high food inflation a result of Egypt’s failed food security policy By Saker El Nour, Mohamed Ramadan, and Sylvia Kay | 24 May 2024 Egypt made international headlines when the official inflation rate reached highs of over 40% in September 2023, driven primarily by inflation in food prices. To

When Sustainable Agriculture Ends: Can MATS Help Substituting Cash Crops with Mining? Christian Häberli, WTI | 4 March 2024 In many countries, small farmers cannot feed themselves. The 2023 mid-term review of the Global Indicator Framework for the SDGs showed that the world is not on track to achieve Zero

Expansion of soy in Matopiba: Cerrado’s last agriculture frontier Technical University of Madrid | January, 2024 With a changed political context after the 2022 elections of Brazil, achieved with the electoral winning of the centre-left and more sustainability-prone government coalition, there is renewed momentum to discuss policy options that could

The distorted price of a chicken Technical University of Madrid | December, 2023 In MATS’ case study 5, we explore three potential pathways for improving the competitiveness of domestic poultry products in Ghana and thus contribute to food sovereignty in terms of animal protein. Our study of possible interventions with

Enhancing farmers’ gains from the EU Africa coffee trade SEATINI | November 14, 2023 When it comes to coffee, it’s important to talk about where it comes from and ensure its sourced ethically treating everyone involved fairly. Coffee is a major global commodity worth US$495.5 billion annually making it second