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

Events

• 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:

• Introducing an aflatoxin-safe labeling program in complex food supply chains: Evidence from a choice experiment in Nigeria

  Published on July 1, 2021
  Sanou, A., Liverpool-Tasie, L. S. O., Caputo, V., & Kerr, J. (2021). Introducing an aflatoxin-safe labeling program in complex food supply chains: Evidence from a choice experiment in Nigeria. Food Policy, 102070

• Understanding Adoption and Impacts of Conservation Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Review

  Published on June 22, 2021
  Ngoma, H., Angelsen, A., Jayne, T. S., & Chapoto, A. (2021). Understanding Adoption and Impacts of Conservation Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Review. Frontiers in Agronomy, 3.

• L’utilisation des pesticides sur les cultures maraîchères en zones péri-urbaines au Mali.

  Published on May 19, 2021
  Avec les changements démographiques et socio-économiques en Afrique de l’Ouest, incluant le Mali, viennent les changements dans les habitudes alimentaires.

• Impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar's chicken and egg sector, with implications for the sustainable development goals.

  Published on May 1, 2021
  Fang, Peixun; Belton, Ben; Zhang, Xiaobo; and Ei Win, Hnin. (2021). Impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar's chicken and egg sector, with implications for the sustainable development goals. Agricultural Systems, 190.

• Growing Pains: Timing of In Utero Rainfall Shocks and Child Growth in Rural Rwanda

  Published on April 1, 2021
  Farris, J., Porter, M., Jin, S., & Maredia, M. (2021). Growing Pains: Timing of In Utero Rainfall Shocks and Child Growth in Rural Rwanda. Economic Development and Cultural Change.

• “Pivoting” by food industry firms to cope with COVID‐19 in developing regions: E‐commerce and “copivoting” delivery intermediaries

  Published on March 30, 2021
  Reardon, T., Heiman, A., Lu, L., Nuthalapati, C. S. R., Vos, R., & Zilberman, D. (2021). “Pivoting” by food industry firms to cope with COVID‐19 in developing regions: E‐commerce and “copivoting” delivery intermediaries. Agricultural Economics.

• The effects of the national agricultural input voucher scheme (NAIVS) on sustainable intensification of maize production in Tanzania

  Published on March 28, 2021
  Kim, J., Mason, N. M., Mather, D., & Wu, F. (2021). The effects of the national agricultural input voucher scheme (NAIVS) on sustainable intensification of maize production in Tanzania. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 72(3), 857–877.

• The effects of feed and energy costs on broiler farm decisions: A dynamic programming approach.

  Published on March 23, 2021
  Padilla, S. L., Liverpool‐Tasie, L. S. O., & Myers, R. J. (2021). The effects of feed and energy costs on broiler farm decisions: A dynamic programming approach. Agricultural Economics, 52(2), 249–264.