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

News

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  FSG Faculty Collaborates with Nigeria’s National Assembly

  Published on August 31, 2018
  Strengthening the agricultural policy process in Nigeria

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  MSU FSG Members Strengthen Nigeria's University Capacity

  Published on August 30, 2018
  AFRE Department faculty members are appointed External Consultants on Agriculture to the Nigeria National Universities Commission.

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  The Economist: How the Growth of Cities Changes Farming

  Published on March 1, 2018
  Ben Belton and Saweda Liverpool-Tasie in The Economist, Feb 15, 2018

Publications and Presentations

• Mycotoxin reduction through lactic acid fermentation: Evidence from commercial ogi processors in southwest Nigeria

  Published on September 23, 2020
  Ademola, O., Turna, N. S., Liverpool-Tasie, L. S. O., Obadina, A., & Wu, F. (2020). Mycotoxin reduction through lactic acid fermentation: Evidence from commercial ogi processors in southwest Nigeria. Food Control, 107620.

• Perceptions and exposure to climate events along agricultural value chains: Evidence from Nigeria

  Published on June 24, 2020
  Liverpool-Tasie, L. S., Pummel, H., Tambo, J. A., Olabisi, L. S., & Osuntade, O. (2020). Perceptions and exposure to climate events along agricultural value chains: Evidence from Nigeria. Journal of Environmental Management, 264, 110430.

• Poor Dietary Quality is Nigeria’s Key Nutrition Problem

  Published on April 22, 2020
  Olivier Ecker, Andrew Comstock, Raphael Babatunde, and Kwaw Andam, 2020. Poor Dietary Quality is Nigeria’s Key Nutrition Problem , FSP Policy Research Brief 119.

• Threshold investment and firm viability: Evidence from commercial poultry farms in Nigeria

  Published on April 17, 2020
  Sanou, A., Liverpool‐Tasie, L. S., & Kerr, J. M. (2020). Threshold investment and firm viability: Evidence from commercial poultry farms in Nigeria. Agribusiness.

• Perceptions and exposure to climate events: Evidence from actors along the maize- poultry value chain in Nigeria

  Published on April 17, 2020
  Liverpool-Tasie, L.S.O., Pummel, H., Tambo, J.A., Schmitt Olabisi, L. and Osuntade, O. (2020). “Perceptions and exposure to climate events: Evidence from actors along the maize- poultry value chain in Nigeria”. Journal of Environmental Management

People

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  Thomas Jayne

  MSU Foundation Professor
  jayne@msu.edu
  517-432-9802
  

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  Saweda Liverpool-Tasie

  Associate Professor
  lliverp@msu.edu
  517-432-5418
  

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  Steve Longabaugh

  Specialist International Development
  longabau@msu.edu
  517-432-0018
  

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  Mywish Maredia

  Professor
  maredia@msu.edu
  517-353-6602
  

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  Thomas Reardon

  Professor, MSU Distinguished Faculty
  reardon@msu.edu
  

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  Laura Schmitt Olabisi

  Associate Professor
  schmi420@msu.edu
  517-432-4128
  

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  Oyinkan Chukuka Tasie

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