With soaring food prices, indigenous peoples in Nagaland and Assam are going back to raising small local black pigs. With knowledge-based support, they could tap into new market opportunities and double their incomes.
More equitable trade policies and substantial investments in agricultural research are urgently needed to help poor farmers seize new market opportunities.
Based on new projections for global food demand, higher prices mean that a larger number of poor consumers will have reduced access to food. This is a key finding in the latest issue of id21 insights.