Employment impacts of agrifood system innovations and policies: A review of the evidence

The agrifood sector (AFS) constitutes about one-sixth of the global economy and is the world's largest source of employment, supporting the livelihoods of most of the world’s poor and vulnerable people (Corong et al., 2024; Yi et al., 2024). In recent decades, global agricultural productivity has in...

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Main Authors: Berdegué, Julio A., Trivelli, Carolina, Vos, Rob
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2025
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173597
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author Berdegué, Julio A.
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Vos, Rob
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description The agrifood sector (AFS) constitutes about one-sixth of the global economy and is the world's largest source of employment, supporting the livelihoods of most of the world’s poor and vulnerable people (Corong et al., 2024; Yi et al., 2024). In recent decades, global agricultural productivity has increased due to technological and institutional innovations. This has contributed to poverty reduction and improved food security. Despite these positive contributions, however, poverty remains widespread among rural and agrifood sector producers and workers. The challenge remains to address the constraints these producers and workers face and also enable more inclusive value chain development that would provide decent livelihoods and employment for those currently left behind. To this end, the CGIAR Initiative “Rethinking Food Markets and Value Chains for Inclusion and Sustainability” commissioned a meta study to identify knowledge gaps regarding the impacts of developing countries' agrifood value chain (AVC) integration and modernization processes on employment and income sharing (Berdegué et al., 2023). This paper summarizes its key findings and draws conclusions for further research.
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spelling CGSpace1735972025-12-19T18:54:35Z Employment impacts of agrifood system innovations and policies: A review of the evidence Berdegué, Julio A. Trivelli, Carolina Vos, Rob employment agrifood systems policies technology adoption food security poverty value chains The agrifood sector (AFS) constitutes about one-sixth of the global economy and is the world's largest source of employment, supporting the livelihoods of most of the world’s poor and vulnerable people (Corong et al., 2024; Yi et al., 2024). In recent decades, global agricultural productivity has increased due to technological and institutional innovations. This has contributed to poverty reduction and improved food security. Despite these positive contributions, however, poverty remains widespread among rural and agrifood sector producers and workers. The challenge remains to address the constraints these producers and workers face and also enable more inclusive value chain development that would provide decent livelihoods and employment for those currently left behind. To this end, the CGIAR Initiative “Rethinking Food Markets and Value Chains for Inclusion and Sustainability” commissioned a meta study to identify knowledge gaps regarding the impacts of developing countries' agrifood value chain (AVC) integration and modernization processes on employment and income sharing (Berdegué et al., 2023). This paper summarizes its key findings and draws conclusions for further research. 2025-03 2025-03-12T21:14:33Z 2025-03-12T21:14:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173597 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169012 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169667 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138794 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132765 https://www.kismfoodmarkets.org/node/2495 Open Access Elsevier Berdegué, Julio A.; Trivelli, Carolina; and Vos, Rob. 2025. Employment impacts of agrifood system innovations and policies: A review of the evidence. Global Food Security 44(March 2025): 100832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100832
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Trivelli, Carolina
Vos, Rob
Employment impacts of agrifood system innovations and policies: A review of the evidence
title Employment impacts of agrifood system innovations and policies: A review of the evidence
title_full Employment impacts of agrifood system innovations and policies: A review of the evidence
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title_short Employment impacts of agrifood system innovations and policies: A review of the evidence
title_sort employment impacts of agrifood system innovations and policies a review of the evidence
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agrifood systems
policies
technology adoption
food security
poverty
value chains
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