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{"title":"Avian influenza, egg prices, and policies balancing biosecurity and animal welfare in poultry production","authors":"H. Holly Wang, David L. Ortega","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102882","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102882","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102882"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143904071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Food system interventions in urban environments: Integrating simulation models and stakeholder solutions","authors":"Tom X. Hackbarth ,&nbsp;Julian May ,&nbsp;Peter H. Verburg","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102878","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102878","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Food systems operate across multiple dimensions and scales and often display inflexibility. This is shaped by, amongst other aspects, fragmented political accountability, competing priorities and power imbalances with actors from ‘big food’ industries in a dominant role. To explore potential leverage points of local policy, we analyse the effects of different food system interventions on food and nutrition security in an urban case study combining an integrated food system model with insights from stakeholder consultation. Through a process involving stakeholder assessment and co-design of intervention plans that are tested in a spatial Bayesian network food system model, we analyse the level of convergence between local perspectives and quantitative modelling results. Our findings highlight the reciprocal benefits of integrating qualitative and quantitative approaches in mitigating existing biases. The approach proposed in this study has shown promise in developing targeted, effective, and actionable local policy plans potentially reducing the probability of unhealthy household diets by up to 8%. Our findings reveal that effective interventions in our case study of Worcester, a secondary city in South Africa, require tailoring to neighbourhood-specific needs. While nutrition aid programs and community initiatives benefit the entire city, disparities in access to infrastructure and services highlight the need for targeted solutions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102878"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143891254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cultivating collaboration through joint participation: Evidence from a video-based nutrition-sensitive agricultural extension program in Ethiopia","authors":"Sophia Friedson-Ridenour ,&nbsp;Rachael Pierotti ,&nbsp;Emily Springer ,&nbsp;Alemgena Gebreyohannes","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102883","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102883","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Micronutrient deficiency, or hidden hunger, remains a significant problem affecting more than two billion people globally. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) is recommended as a means of ensuring that investments in agriculture also translate into nutritional gains. NSA is a multisectoral approach that requires coordination and cooperation across what are often gendered domains of control inside and outside of the home. In Ethiopia, agriculture is usually treated as men’s domain and nutrition women’s, with programming generally targeting recipients based on their assumed domain of control. Using evidence from a study of a video-based NSA program in Ethiopia, this article provides an in-depth qualitative examination of if and why targeting both men and women with NSA information is preferred by female and male farmers. Findings indicate that the participation of men and women within the same household not only reduces inequalities in access to information but also changes whether and how conversations about household production and consumption happen. Household investments in NSA often involve risk-taking and may require the labor of both men and women. NSA interventions that provide information to both women and men ease information sharing frictions, including those related to intrahousehold gender inequality, and encourage consensus building and the joint assessment of potential benefits and risks. The findings from this study indicate that dual targeting is important for the promotion of NSA and addressing micronutrient deficiency because of the potential benefits related to intrahousehold collaboration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102883"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143894647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fertilizer, soil health, and economic shocks: A synthesis of recent evidence","authors":"Kibrom A. Abay ,&nbsp;Jordan Chamberlin ,&nbsp;Pauline Chivenge ,&nbsp;David J. Spielman","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102892","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102892","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Most countries, at all stages of development, adopt policies to improve agricultural productivity through the application of inorganic fertilizer and the management of soil health. Unfortunately, global and local economic shocks can quickly erode the impact of these policies, as was evident during the global food, fuel, and fertilizer price crisis that began in 2020. This paper synthesizes recent evidence on the magnitude and distribution of—and responses to— the recent shocks to international fertilizer markets, building on evidence from this Special Issue of <em>Food Policy</em> and other recent contributions to the literature. The available evidence suggests that although international fertilizer prices increased dramatically in 2020–2022 and remained above their pre-COVID-19 pandemic level through 2024, the medium-term effects on global fertilizer demand were relatively modest. However, global aggregates obscure important short-term effects, including reduced fertilizer use and lower farm profits in smallholder production systems in many low- and middle-income countries. Although these effects varied considerably by country, dependence on fertilizer imports and vulnerability to idiosyncratic domestic shocks likely played a key role in driving these effects. The evidence synthesized in this paper reveals varying responses (across countries and farmers) and patterns of price transmission (across local and international markets) while also highlighting the potential of fertilizer subsidy programs and other policy interventions to mitigate the effects of fertilizer price volatility and improve soil health, particularly in the midst of a climate crisis that adds uncertainty to agricultural production. From a longer-term perspective, much research is still needed to unpack the effects of this crisis—and the possible effects of future crises—on the international transmission of fertilizer price shocks, policy response options to both immediate shocks and more protracted threats, farm-level strategies to increase resilience to these shocks and to encourage more judicious fertilizer use and soil health management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"133 ","pages":"Article 102892"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144106302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Leveraging agricultural production organizations to reduce fertilizer use: Evidence from China","authors":"Meng Xu ,&nbsp;Xiaoxi Wang ,&nbsp;Kevin Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102891","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102891","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Smallholder-dominated agriculture in China faces severe fertilizer overuse due to fragmented land, limited mechanization, and low adoption of advanced agricultural technologies. Agricultural production organizations (e.g., family farms, agricultural cooperatives, and agricultural enterprises), characterized by their relatively large scale and advanced agricultural practices, are considered potential solutions for promoting more sustainable practices. This study investigates whether and how different agricultural production organization forms are associated with fertilizer use in China. Linking detailed business registry data with county-level panel data, we find that agricultural enterprises and cooperatives are associated with reductions in fertilizer use at the county level, while family farms do not show a significant relationship. Agricultural mechanization and land consolidation are potential channels through which agricultural enterprises and cooperatives are linked to these reductions. Further analysis with household survey data suggests associations between these two types of organizations and reductions in smallholders’ fertilizer inputs through agricultural services. Heterogeneity analysis indicates that agricultural enterprises have a more pronounced effect in areas with extensive land transfer, advanced fertilization techniques, and in the eastern and plain regions of China. Agricultural cooperatives, benefiting from their unique governance structure, consistently show negative associations with fertilizer use regardless of land transfer, fertilization techniques, and topography constraints. Our findings provide insights into pathways for transitioning smallholder farming toward sustainable agriculture.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"133 ","pages":"Article 102891"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144116361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Smallholder farming, fertilizer use, and the polycrisis period: Cross-country evidence from longitudinal surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa","authors":"Akuffo Amankwah ,&nbsp;Alemayehu Ambel ,&nbsp;Sydney Gourlay ,&nbsp;Talip Kilic ,&nbsp;Yannick Markhof ,&nbsp;Philip Wollburg","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102885","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102885","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Smallholder agriculture continues to be the main source of livelihood for a large portion of Sub-Saharan Africa’s population. In recent years, compounding crises and shocks have threatened this livelihood basis. How did smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa fare throughout this period? What measures did they take to cope with the repeated disruption to their farming activities? We address this knowledge gap using nationally representative, cross-country comparable longitudinal microdata collected from over 16,000 agricultural households in six Sub-Saharan African countries between 2018 and 2024. While overall fertilizer adoption remained relatively stable, we find considerable cross-country heterogeneity and poorer households to be more likely to have discontinued fertilizer use. At the intensive margin, 47% of farmers could not access their desired quantity of fertilizer. On average, these farmers used less than half as much inorganic fertilizer as they desired with affordability being the main constraint. Households adopted a range of coping strategies, some of which may compromise productivity and heighten future vulnerability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"133 ","pages":"Article 102885"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144071117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Use of recycled phosphorus products in organic farming in EU member states: Theoretically supported but practically restricted","authors":"S. Magaya ,&nbsp;M. Reimer ,&nbsp;G.S. Metson ,&nbsp;T-S. Neset ,&nbsp;M. Torralba ,&nbsp;C.J.E. Schulp","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102881","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102881","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Organic farming policies and guidelines actively promote sustainable farming practices emphasising tighter nutrient cycles on farms and regionally. The European Union Green Deal aims to increase organic farmland to 25% and has triggered more discussion about nutrient supply challenges in organic farming, including propositions to allow the use of more recycled phosphorus products. Via a pivotal regulatory shift, struvite was allowed for use in organic farming in 2023 but dynamics involved in adoption of this recycled P product into organic farming are not understood. This study explores the influence of policy, technology, and financial instruments on the availability, accessibility, and adoption of wastewater-based struvite in organic farming.We use a qualitative multi-methods approach and adopt a systems perspective to explore the complex interplay between key sectors and the important variables in the recycled P chain. Our analysis reveals a lack of perceived P supply risk for organic farming in the European Union. Whereas the organic farming regulation is an arbiter for inputs into organic farming, adoption of recycled P products by farmers hinges on rigorous quality assurance and financial accessibility. Moreover, there are opposing views among actors on forms of policy interventions to facilitate availability and adoption of recycled P products in organic farming. However, within existing policy frameworks leverage points are present for strategic pathways to promote recycled P use in organic farming.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102881"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143886399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association between the food environment of Brazilian public and private schools and the consumption of ultra-processed foods: Analysis of the National Student Health Survey (PeNSE) 2019","authors":"Rosevane de Oliveira Cunha ,&nbsp;Ariene Silva do Carmo ,&nbsp;Uriel Moreira Silva ,&nbsp;Daniela Silva Canella","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102871","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102871","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The school food environment can influence the eating habits and dietary practices of adolescents. This study assessed associations between the school food environment and the consumption of ultra-processed foods by Brazilian adolescents in public and private schools using data from Brazil's 2019 National Student Health Survey. Food consumption was assessed by self-reported consumption of 13 ultra-processed foods on the previous day whereas the school food environment was assessed using an indicator of food and beverage availability in the school canteens and surroundings. Multilevel logistic regression models adjusted for sociodemographic variables and including a random intercept at the school level were used to assess the association between high consumption of ultra-processed foods and the school environment score. Students from both public and private schools who were enrolled in schools in the highest quartile for the food and beverage availability score showed lower odds of high consumption of ultra-processed foods. A healthier school food environment, with a higher supply of fresh and a lower supply of ultra-processed foods, is associated with better dietary habits among Brazilian adolescents.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102871"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143860192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Consumer acceptance of foods derived from blended wheat flour in Nairobi, Kenya","authors":"Sarah W. Kariuki ,&nbsp;Jason Donovan ,&nbsp;Francisca N. Muteti ,&nbsp;Maria Itria Ibba ,&nbsp;John Muoria ,&nbsp;Alex Mahugu ,&nbsp;Daniel Sila ,&nbsp;Alison Bentley","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102861","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102861","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Governments across Africa have shown enthusiasm for wheat flour blending to reduce food security risks and pull demand for traditional but underutilized crops. However, research has sidestepped the question of whether consumers will accept foods derived from blended wheat flour. We used sensory evaluation and contingent valuation techniques with a sample of 1871 consumers in Nairobi, Kenya to measure the acceptance of two commonly consumed foods (chapati and bread) made from wheat flours blended with up to 20% sorghum, millet, or cassava flour. In blind tasting, bread made of blended flour was slightly less preferred than conventional bread, while chapati products made of wheat and sorghum (10%) or millet (5%) blends were equally valued as chapati made of 100% wheat flour, suggesting the potential to replace up to 10% of wheat flour in chapati without compromising sensory characteristics and consumer acceptance. When informed about the flour composition before tasting, consumers showed a stronger preference for the products made from blended flour and expressed a higher willingness to pay for blend-based products than conventional products. We discuss the policy implications of how consumer interest in such foods can be harnessed to advance food security and economic development goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"134 ","pages":"Article 102861"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143842673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Demand for local meat by US public schools: An EASI application to Iowa","authors":"Shara Akat ,&nbsp;Elliott J. Dennis ,&nbsp;Azzeddine M. Azzam","doi":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102858","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102858","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Using the Exact Affine Stone Index (EASI) demand model and USDA Farm-to-School data on Iowa public schools, this paper provides the first set of estimates of public school demand for local beef, pork, and chicken in the United States. We find that public schools are more sensitive to price changes than conventional consumers, and chicken benefits more than beef and pork from an increase in school expenditure on the three types of meat. Using back-of-the-envelope calculations, we conclude that while the economic impact on rural economies is currently minor, it could potentially become significant as the percentage of schools purchasing local meat increases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":321,"journal":{"name":"Food Policy","volume":"132 ","pages":"Article 102858"},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143785657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}