Peer-reviewed publications from IFPRI researchers

This week’s collection includes articles on agrifood value chain employment and compensation shift with structural transformation, current evidence of interventions on fruit and vegetable intake, household food production and dietary diversity in Tajikistan, phytosanitary challenges and solutions for roots and tubers in the tropics, and the characteristics of community seed schemes for grains and legumes in Nigeria.

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📈 Agrifood value chain employment and compensation shift with structural transformation — Yi, J.; Jiang, S.; Tran, D.; Gómez, M. I.; Canning, P.; Bloem, J. R.; Barrett, C. B., Nature Food, September 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01225-9

🥗 A global and some national perspectives on the current evidence of interventions on fruit and vegetable intake in low-, middle-, and high-income countries — Hess, S. Y.; Angeles-Agdeppa, I.; Kinabo, J.; Mitchodigni, I. M.; Silva, R.; Tharaney, M.; Azupogo, F.; Bliznashka, L.; Hinnouho, G.-M.; Koyratty, N.; Smith, T. J.; Olney, D. K., Food and Nutrition Bulletin, August 2025. https://doi.org/10.1177/03795721251357385

📊 Household food production and dietary diversity in a remote, former socialist society: Panel data evidence from Tajikistan — Takeshima, H.; Lambrecht, I. B.; Akramov, K.; Ergasheva, T., Food and Nutrition Bulletin, September 2025. https://doi.org/10.1177/03795721251366106

🦠 Phytosanitary challenges and solutions for roots and tubers in the tropics —Andrade-Piedra, J. L.; Sharma, K.; Kroschel, J.; Ogero, K.; Kreuze, J.; Legg, J. P.; Kumar, P. L.; Spielman, D. J.; Navarrete, I.; Perez, W.; Atieno, E.; Garrett, K. A., Annual Review of Phytopathology, September 2025. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-021722-030316

🌱 The characteristics of community seed schemes for grains and legumes: Insights from northern Nigeria — Takeshima, H.; Ragasa, C.; Bamiwuye, T.; Andam, K. S.; Spielman, D. J.; Omoigui, L. O., Agricultural Systems, December 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104471

Jeffrey Bloem Chris Barrett Lily Bliznashka Deanna Olney Hiroyuki Takeshima Isabel Lambrecht Kamiljon Akramov David Spielman Catherine Ragasa Kwaw Andam CGIAR

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