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When Do Farmers Adopt and Respond to Early Warning Systems?
At first glance, one might presume the answer to this question to be an emphatic “always”. After all, these systems are designed to shield communities from severe environmental hazards, thereby boosting agricultural productivity, so it would seem that farmers would jump at the chance to use them. In reality, however, even when access isn’t a…
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Overview of Recent and Ongoing Projects by the Evans School Policy Analysis and Research Group on Climate Impact in Food Systems
Researchers at the Evans School Policy Analysis and Research Group (EPAR) engage in a wide range of projects spanning agriculture, development policy, financial services, poverty reduction, gender, and measurement and evaluation. Much of EPAR’s climate-related work is part of the newly established Center for Risk and Inclusion in Food Systems (CRIFS). CRIFS focuses on generating…
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CRIFS Technical Brief: A Food Systems Framework
EPAR TECHNICAL BRIEF #396A Fri, 01/24/2025 AUTHORS: C. Leigh Anderson, Alex Huff, Telli Koroma, Lucero Marquez, and Rebecca Toole ABSTRACT: Existing frameworks fail to explicitly identify the role of small-scale producers (SSPs) in food systems. We adapted existing food system frameworks to develop a supply chain-focused, conceptual framework of food systems that accounted for SSPs…