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

Events

• Oct 17

  CACCI Senegal Launch

  October 17, 2022 12:00AM – 11:59PM

  Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI) will launch in Senegal on October 17. CACCI partner AKADEMIYA2063 is working with the Centre de Suivi Écologique (CSE—Center for Ecological Monitoring) in Senegal to launch the initiative.

Recent Research Papers, Policy Briefs, & Reports:

• 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.

• The role of active soil carbon in influencing the profitability of fertilizer use: Empirical evidence from smallholder maize plots in Tanzania

  Published on March 17, 2021
  Chamberlin, J., Jayne, T. S., & Snapp, S. (2021). The role of active soil carbon in influencing the profitability of fertilizer use: Empirical evidence from smallholder maize plots in Tanzania. Land Degradation & Development, 32(9), 2681–2694.

• Characteristics and Spillover Effects of Medium-Scale Farms in Tanzania

  Published on March 17, 2021
  Wineman, A., Jayne, T. S., Modamba, E. I., & Kray, H. (2020). Characteristics and Spillover Effects of Medium-Scale Farms in Tanzania. The European Journal of Development Research.

• E-commerce's fast-tracking diffusion and adaptation in developing countries

  Published on March 2, 2021
  Reardon, T., Belton, B., Liverpool-Tasie LSO., Lu, L., Nuthalapati, CSR., Tasie, O., Zilberman, D. (2021) E-commerce's fast-tracking diffusion and adaptation in developing countries. Global Food Security, 28, 100494.

• Terrorist attacks, land resource competition and violent farmer-herder conflicts

  Published on March 1, 2021
  J George, A Adelaja, T Awokuse, O Vaughan. (2021). Terrorist attacks, land resource competition and violent farmer-herder conflicts. Land Use Policy, 102, 105243.

• The processed food revolution in African food systems and the double burden of malnutrition

  Published on March 1, 2021
  Reardon, T., Tschirley, D., Liverpool-Tasie, LSO. et al. (2021). The processed food revolution in African food systems and the double burden of malnutrition. Global Food Security, 28, 100467.

• 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.