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Guatemala: The impact of COVID-19 and other shocks, and policy implications: Final report
Agricultural commercialization and nutrition: Evidence from smallholder coffee farmers
Agricultural commercialization, or the transition from growing crops for home consumption to growing some or all crops for sale, enables farmers to earn cash income that they can use to buy food in markets.
COVID-19 and extreme weather: Impacts on food security and migration attitudes in rural Guatemala
This paper examines the continuing effects of COVID-19 and exposure to weather extremes on income, dietary, and migration outcomes in rural Guatemala.
Role of soil perception and soil variability by smallholder farmers in the low adoption rates of extension packages in Central America
Food systems are under pressure to produce more food of higher quality while reducing the pressure on natural resources. Currently, land degradation is widespread, especially in areas with smallholder farming.
In 2019, almost 45 million immigrants lived in the United States, or about 13.7% of the total population
Background: Diagnosis-related group (DRG)-based hospital payment can potentially be inadequately low (or high) for highly variable, highly specialized, and/or low volume care.
Except for dairy producers, who have benefited from price and income support programs dating back to New Deal legislation from the 1930s, coverage for livestock and livestock products remained largely confined to ad hoc supplemental disaster cover
In early 2020, Guatemala reacted swiftly to the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic.
Consumer prices have increased substantially in recent months.
Land market distortions and aggregate agricultural productivity: Evidence from Guatemala
A theoretical framework to model the optimal size distribution of farms and assess to what extent market imperfections can explain non-optimal land allocation and output inefficiency. (Guatemala)
Impacts of market-based contractual arrangements with farmers in Guatemala and Honduras
Globally, policy initiatives have addressed food insecurity and the increasing pressure on available land that has followed from growing populations and changing diets.
Coffee is a growth market. Current estimates indicate that global coffee production (in volume) has increased by more than 60% since the 1990s.
A flood-modeling approach that integrates across spatial zones to assess the annual probability of population exposure & improve adaptation planning and policies.