Publications from the FACT Alliance 

Read the latest research from members of FACT

Fact Alliance members are diligently conducting research to drive innovation and inform better decision making for resilient and sustainable food systems. Here you will find the most current research from FACT members around the globe.

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Macro-Economic Assessment of Ethiopian Food Security

This report integrates analysis from the Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability into a mixed-methods approach to provide an economy-wide assessment of Ethiopia's food system––including analysis of Ethiopia’s food security and its relationship with food trade shocks. 
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Bilateral Trade Welfare Impacts of India’s Export Ban of Non-Basmati Rice

This paper utilized the global economic simulation model (GSIM) to analyze the welfare effects of India’s recent rice export ban on Indian consumers and rice producers as well as on rice-importing countries affected by the export ban.
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Mapping evidence on agroforestry’s role in biodiversity and climate change mitigation and adaptation

The systematic map includes studies reporting quantitative and qualitative data from agroforestry systems in low- and middle-income countries.
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The Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability: Methodological Framework

The Index is designed to gain understanding of historic behavior, forecast near-term vulnerabilities, and project future vulnerabilities using models to project how future global change scenarios will impact global food production and trade. 
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Convergent Science Framework Paper on Food Systems and Climate Change

The J-WAFS-led Food and Climate Systems Transformation (FACT) Alliance present a new convergent science model for tackling systemic vulnerabilities in the current food paradigm.