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EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This original volume brings together academics and activists from Europe to think creatively about the social and environmental imbalances of global production and how to reform the current economic system.

Capitalism. --- Globalization --- Economic aspects. --- Market economy --- Economics --- Profit --- Capital --- Academic activism; Capitalism; Co-creation; Global value chains; Sustainability; sustainable growth

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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact

Computational probability --- mathematical modeling --- stochastic processes --- simulation --- complex networks --- circadian clock mathematics --- DNA walks --- value chains --- option pricing --- magnus and lift forces

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license What are the challenges and action points for agricultural sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa? This collection of papers offers technical analyses, policy recommendations and an overview of success stories to date. Each carefully selected paper provides valuable insights for improved policy making and defines relevant strategic priorities on Africa’s sustainable transformation process, which is in line with the international development agenda. Although agriculture remains the main source of income for Africa’s population, the sector is rain-fed subjecting it to the vagaries of weather and climate change. This volume demonstrates the rationale of developing a competitive, inclusive and sustainable agribusiness sector for Africa’s food security and structural transformation. From the impact of Bioenergy crop adoption and Drought Index Insurance to Agro-Industrialization, this volume is important reading for individual researchers, academic associations and professional bodies interested in African agricultural development.

Industrial organization. --- Development economics. --- Economic policy. --- Agricultural economics. --- Environmental economics. --- Economics. --- Agricultural Economics. --- African Economics. --- Environmental Economics. --- Industrial Organization. --- R & D/Technology Policy. --- Development Economics. --- Economics --- Environmental quality --- Agrarian question --- Agribusiness --- Agricultural economics --- Agricultural production economics --- Agriculture --- Production economics, Agricultural --- Land use, Rural --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Economic development --- Industries --- Organization --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- Africa—Economic conditions. --- Africa --- Economic conditions. --- Sustainable agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa --- Climate change economics --- Agricultural productivity --- Modern technology adoption by farmers --- Agricultural sustainability --- Bioenergy Crop Adoption --- Agro-Industrialization --- Agriculture sector development --- Environmental Efficiency --- Global Value Chains --- Regional value chains --- African economic development --- African agricultural transformation --- Labour productivity --- Drought Index Insurance --- Supplemental irrigation --- Special Economic Zones --- ECOWAS countries

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Africa requires a new agricultural transformation that is appropriate for Africa, that recognizes the continent's diverse environments and climates, and that takes into account its histories and cultures while benefiting rural smallholder farmers and their families.In this boldly optimistic book, Sir Gordon Conway, Ousmane Badiane, and Katrin Glatzel describe the key challenges faced by Africa's smallholder farmers and present the concepts and practices of Sustainable Intensification (SI) as opportunities to sustainably transform Africa's agriculture sector and the livelihoods of millions of smallholders. The way forward, they write, will be an agriculture sector deeply rooted within SI: producing more with less, using fertilizers and pesticides more prudently, adapting to climate change, improving natural capital, adopting new technologies, and building resilience at every stage of the agriculture value chain.Food for All in Africa envisions a virtuous circle generated through agricultural development rooted in SI that results in greater yields, healthier diets, improved livelihoods for farmers, and sustainable economic opportunities for the rural poor that in turn generate further investment. It describes the benefits of digital technologies for farmers and the challenges of transforming African agricultural policies and creating effective and inspiring leadership.Food for All in Africa demonstrates why we should take on the challenge and provides ideas and methods through which it can be met.

Food security --- Agricultural intensification --- Sustainable agriculture --- Produce trade --- Farms, Small --- Small farms --- Small holdings (Agriculture) --- Small-scale agriculture --- Farms, Size of --- Family farms --- Agricultural marketing --- Agricultural products --- Food trade --- Agriculture --- Food industry and trade --- Commodity exchanges --- Farm produce --- Low-input agriculture --- Low-input sustainable agriculture --- Lower input agriculture --- Resource-efficient agriculture --- Sustainable farming --- Alternative agriculture --- Intensification of agriculture --- Food deserts --- Food insecurity --- Insecurity, Food --- Security, Food --- Human security --- Food supply --- Economic aspects --- E-books --- sustainable agriculture, resilience, value chains, hunger, malnutrition.

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The objective of this report is to examine the extent to which countries in Latin America and the Caribbean participate in global value chains and what are the drivers of such participation.  Production processes have been increasingly fragmented worldwide. For example, the production of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner involves 43 suppliers located in 135 locations around the globe. There are many examples like the Dreamliner, from the 451 parts that go into the iPod to the less technologically intensive but still widespread multi-country production of a Barbie doll.  All this reflects significant changes in the way world production is being reorganized across national borders. That is, for many goods, production has become a multi-country process in which different stages are carried out in specialized plants in different parts of the world. Countries which specialize in different stages of the production process are thus linked by these global value chains. For developing countries, a clear opportunity from the continuous international fragmentation of production arises in the form of participating in activities that were virtually not opened to them in the past. Therefore, the international fragmentation of production provides opportunities for trade diversification, an issue that can be of particular importance for Latin America and the Caribbean as the region’s export base is in general highly concentrated in a few industries and particularly biased towards natural-resource intensive sectors. The aim is to identify whether there is policy space for implementing strategies that allow countries to improve their position in regional and global value chains.

International economics. --- Production management. --- Trade. --- Business. --- Commerce. --- International Economics. --- Operations Management. --- Trade --- Traffic (Commerce) --- Economics --- Business --- Merchants --- Transportation --- Management --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Manufacturing management --- Economic policy, Foreign --- Economic relations, Foreign --- Economics, International --- Foreign economic policy --- Foreign economic relations --- Interdependence of nations --- International economic policy --- International economics --- New international economic order --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Economic sanctions --- Global Value Chains --- Offshoring --- Linkages --- FDI --- International Trade --- IADB