College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

• Thom Jayne on Global Dev: "Agricultural transformation in Africa: opportunities and challenges"

  Published on January 6, 2019
  

• Thom Jayne and Milu Muyanga on the Conversation: "Medium-scale farms are on the rise in Africa"

  Published on December 16, 2018
  

• AFRE Alumnus Julius Kirimi Sindi interviewed on the CBS Evening News story, "Fighting malnutrition in Rwanda with orange sweet potatoes."

  Published on November 29, 2018
  

• Thom Jayne on SciDev.Net: "Tech alone ‘won’t raise farm yields’"

  Published on October 31, 2018
  

• Saweda Liverpool-Tasie in MSU Engaged Scholar Magazine: Sustainable Agricultural Policy in Nigeria

  Published on October 22, 2018
  

• From family farm to family brewery - Texas Corners Brewing Company

  Published on October 8, 2018
  

• Melissa McKendree cited in BEEF Magazine: "Does beef demand impact you?"

  Published on September 19, 2018
  

• Scott Swinton on Brownfield Ag News: "Economist says pulling ERS out of D.C. needs more thought"

  Published on September 10, 2018
  

• Eric Scorsone cited in the Bond Buyer: "Michigan emergency manager program may not survive the mess it made in Flint"

  Published on August 29, 2018
  

• Scott Swinton in Washington Post: "Scientists are raising the alarm that upcoming USDA overhaul will slash research funding"

  Published on August 16, 2018
  

• MSU Professor: Long-Term Tariff War Effects Unknown for Michigan Farmers

  Published on July 27, 2018
  

• Saweda Liverpool-Tasie in the Republic, "Climate Change and Food Security | The Threats and Hopes for Nigeria"

  Published on June 5, 2018
  

• Michael Olabisi's Selection to CADFP featured on MSUToday

  Published on May 23, 2018
  

• "MSU Product Center Aids Value-Added Agriculture" in Michigan Farmer

  Published on May 22, 2018
  

• Thom Jayne cited in The Economist's "Africa has plenty of land. Why is it so hard to make a living from it?"

  Published on May 1, 2018
  

• Work by Nicole Mason, Thomas Jayne, and AFRE alumni featured on Food Tank's "Rebuilding Agricultural Subsidies from the Ground Up"

  Published on April 19, 2018
  

• Felix Kwame Yeboah featured on MSUToday's Faculty Voices

  Published on April 18, 2018
  

• Nicky Mason featured on ISP's "Improving African farmers' access to fertilizer"

  Published on April 18, 2018
  

• Adesoji Adelaja featured on WalletHub's piece about the greenest states in America

  Published on April 17, 2018
  

• David Ortega on Farm World with "Ag groups balking at tariff trade escalation with China"

  Published on April 11, 2018
  

• Christopher Wolf speaks on Michigan Radio: "Milk is crazy cheap right now, and dairy farmers are suffering for it."

  Published on March 16, 2018
  

• Academic Advancement Network featuring AFRE Chairperson Titus Awokuse

  Published on March 9, 2018
  

• Ben Belton in the Conversation: "Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger"

  Published on March 8, 2018
  

• Ben Belton and Saweda Liverpool-Tasie's work was quoted in this Economist article: "Counting Chickens: How the growth of cities changes farming"

  Published on February 15, 2018
  

• Kwame Yeboah on "Addressing the challenge of youth employment in Africa through YIELD"

  Published on February 13, 2018