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

Events

• Aug 10

  MwAPATA Roundtable Dialogue on Mega Farms

  August 10, 2022 8:00AM – 12:30PM Central African Time Zoom

  A roundtable discussion on "Transforming Malawian agriculture through Mega Farms"

• Sep 5

  Pro-WEAI Survey Fieldwork distance learning course

  September 5, 2022 – October 5, 2022

  Four week distance learning course on Pro-WEAI Survey Fieldwork.

Recent Research Papers, Policy Briefs, & Reports:

• Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system

  Published on March 1, 2021
  Love, DC., Allison, EH., Asche, F., Belton, B. et al. (2021). Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system. Global Food Security, 28, 100494.

• Impacts of COVID-19 on Agricultural Production and Food Systems in Late Transforming Southeast Asia: The Case of Myanmar.

  Published on March 1, 2021
  Boughton, D., J. Goeb, I. Lambrecht, et al. (2021). Impacts of COVID-19 on Agricultural Production and Food Systems in Late Transforming Southeast Asia: The Case of Myanmar. Journal of Agricultural Systems, 188.

• Demand for Imported versus Domestic Fish in Nigeria

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Liverpool‐Tasie, L. S. O., Sanou, A., Reardon, T., & Belton, B. (2021). Demand for Imported versus Domestic Fish in Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Economics.

• Farming fish in the sea will not nourish the world

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Belton, B., Little, D. C., Zhang, W., Edwards, P., Skladany, M., & Thilsted, S. H. (2020). Farming fish in the sea will not nourish the world. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1-8

• The welfare effects of crop biodiversity as an adaptation to climate shocks in Kenya

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Bozzola, M., & Smale, M. (2020). The welfare effects of crop biodiversity as an adaptation to climate shocks in Kenya. World Development, 135, 105065.

• Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Love, D. C., Allison, E. H., Asche, F., Belton, B., Cottrell, R. S., Froehlich, H. E., ... & Zhang, W. (2021). Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system. Global Food Security, 100494

• What Do you Mean by “Informed Consent"? Ethics in Economic Development Research

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Josephson, A., & Smale, M. (2020). What Do you Mean by “Informed Consent"? Ethics in Economic Development Research. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy.

• Incentivising teachers? Evaluating the incentive effect of China’s teacher performance‐based compensation reform in rural China

  Published on February 25, 2021
  Zhang, J., Jin, S., & Si, W. (2020). Incentivising teachers? Evaluating the incentive effect of China’s teacher performance‐based compensation reform in rural China. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 64(1), 171-188.