Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Food Security Group

News

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  MSU Research Team Leaves Lasting Impact on Malian Food Security Outlook

  Published on June 25, 2021
  The Mali Food Security Policy Research Program has come to an end but leaves behind a lasting legacy of agricultural policy research and capacity development.

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  Malian Farmers’ Access to Fertilizer Is Challenged by COVID-19

  Published on October 1, 2020
  Malian Farmers face greater difficulty accessing fertilizer during COVID-19

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  MSU and its Partners' Achievements in Mali

  Published on November 15, 2018
  A brochure, in English and in French, tells the story: Institution building, policy reforms, scientist and student trainings. Réalisations de MSU et de ses partenaires au Mali.

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  How Big Is my Parcel?

  Published on August 30, 2018
  Malian farmers are concerned about being better farmers, and knowing the exact size of the fields they farm is a fundamental change.

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  FSP West Africa Expertise on Herbicide Policies at the International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy

  Published on June 11, 2018
  This panel explores the impact of the resulting rapid growth in herbicide use.

Publications and Presentations

• Articulating fertilizer subsidy effects on women’s diet quality by food supply source in Mali

  Published on June 21, 2022
  Assima, A., Zanello, G., & Smale, M. (2022). Articulating fertilizer subsidy effects on women’s diet quality by food supply source in Mali. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 3(1).

• Les opportunités, les défis et les problèmes politiques auxquels sont confrontés les chaînes de valeur du lait frais au Mali

  Published on March 29, 2022
  Cette série de bulletins politiques présente de nouvelles preuves empiriques qui fournissent des nouvelles idées pour réorienter la stratégie commerciale du lait frais.

• Comment les entreprises de lait frais peuvent-elles avoir un avantage concurrentiel par rapport aux produits concurrents fait à partir de lait en poudre importé

  Published on February 21, 2022
  Bulletin de recherche politique n°128. Ce bulletin politique, troisième d’une série de quatre, résume les résultats de recherches visant à améliorer la compétitivité des chaînes de valeur du lait frais au Mali.

• Chaînes de valeur du lait frais malien: Les consommateurs et les détaillants maliens sont-ils prêts à payer plus cher pour du lait frais?

  Published on February 15, 2022
  Bulletin de recherche politique n°127

• Diverse crops and input subsidies: a village-scale analysis in Mali

  Published on December 25, 2021
  Assima, A., Smale, M., & Kone, B. (2021). Diverse crops and input subsidies: a village-scale analysis in Mali. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 1–16.

People

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  Steven Haggblade

  Professor Emeritus
  blade@msu.edu
  

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  Yenizié Koné

  Chief of Party and Senior Economist for the MSU Bamako Office
  koneyenizie@yahoo.fr
  

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  Robert Richardson

  Professor
  rbr@msu.edu
  

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  Laura Schmitt Olabisi

  Professor
  schmi420@msu.edu
  

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  Melinda Smale

  Professor
  msmale@msu.edu
  703-231-8492
  

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  John M. Staatz

  Professor Emeritus
  staatz@msu.edu
  517 896 4390
  

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  Oyinkan Chukuka Tasie

  Assistant Professor
  otasie@msu.edu
  517-355-0131
  

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  Véronique Thériault

  Associate Professor
  theria13@msu.edu
  517-353-7856