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

News

• PRCI 2022 STAAARS Plus Proposals Now Open

  Published on January 25, 2022
  PRCI's Structural Transformation of African and Asian Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAAARS+) Fellows Program announces new RFP for 2022

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  MSU’s Saweda Liverpool-Tasie Appointed by President Biden to Board for International Food and Agricultural Development

  Published on January 19, 2022
  Dr. Liverpool-Tasie will play a key role in shaping our nation’s perspectives on international food and agriculture.

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  Professor Melinda Smale Named Fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA)

  Published on January 14, 2022
  AFRE's Melinda Smale Receives AAEA's Highest Professional Honor

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  Comprehensive Africa Climate Change Initiative (CACCI) Officially Launches

  Published on December 22, 2021
  CACCI is a joint climate initiative with the African Union Commission to promote resilience, food security and inclusive growth

Recent Research Papers, Policy Briefs, & Reports

• Economic impacts of COVID-19 in urban and rural Africa: Surprising results from five countries

  Published on June 2, 2021
  Based on the findings of a nationally representative phone survey we assess the food security impact of COVID-19 on five African countries (Kenya, Mali Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia)

• Food Security Policy Project: Myanmar Final Technical Report

  Published on May 27, 2021
  FSP's Final Technical Report for the Myanmar Project

• COVID-19- Changes in Employment, Income, and Food Security in Mali

  Published on April 15, 2021
  This paper examines the changes in household employment, income, and food security in response to Mali as the government imposed and later relaxed restrictive measures aimed at containing the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

• Analysis to Guide USAID Mozambique Programmatic Investments in Agriculture and Food Nutrition Security

  Published on March 31, 2021
  This report was produced by Michigan State University for USAID/Mozambique as an input into the mission’s decision making regarding agricultural programming in Nampula and Zambézia provinces.