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:

• Hotspots of vulnerability and disruption in food value chains during COVID-19 in South Africa: industry- and firm-level “pivoting” in response

  Published on December 24, 2021
  Meyer, F., Reardon, T., Davids, T., van der Merwe, M., et al. (2021). Hotspots of vulnerability and disruption in food value chains during COVID-19 in South Africa: industry- and firm-level “pivoting” in response. Agrekon, 1–21.

• A Multi-Phase Assessment of the Effects of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Nigeria

  Published on December 12, 2021
  Aromolaran, A.B., Muyanga, M., Issa, F.O. and Oladeji, O. (2021) A Multi-Phase Assessment of the Effects of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Nigeria. APRA COVID-19 Country Report, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium.

• Shocks, Resilience and Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Published on December 9, 2021
  A Adelaja, J George, L Fox, K Fuglie, T Jayne. (2021) Shocks, Resilience and Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sustainability, 13(4), 13620.

• Input subsidy effects on crops grown by smallholder farm women: The example of cowpea in Mali.

  Published on December 5, 2021
  Smale, M., & Thériault, V. (2021). Input subsidy effects on crops grown by smallholder farm women: The example of cowpea in Mali. Oxford Development Studies, 1–15.

• COVID-19 in rural Malawi: Perceived risks and economic impacts rounds

  Published on December 1, 2021
  Leavens, Laura & Ambler, Kate & Herskowitz, Sylvan & Maredia, Mywish K. & Mockshell, Jonathan, (2021). "COVID-19 in rural Malawi: Perceived risks and economic impacts rounds 1-4," Project notes December 2021, (IFPRI).

• Dynamic guardianship of potato landraces by Andean communities and the genebank of the International Potato Center

  Published on November 27, 2021
  Lüttringhaus, S., Pradel, W., Suarez, V., Manrique-Carpintero, N. C., et al. (2021). Dynamic guardianship of potato landraces by Andean communities and the genebank of the International Potato Center. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2(1).

• Are we done yet? Response fatigue and rural livelihoods

  Published on November 21, 2021
  Ambler, K., Herskowitz, S., & Maredia, M. K. (2021). Are we done yet? Response fatigue and rural livelihoods. Journal of Development Economics, 153, 102736.

• Food and Agricultural Security: An Introduction to the Special Issue

  Published on November 3, 2021
  A Adelaja, J George. (2021). Food and Agricultural Security: An Introduction to the Special Issue. Sustainability 13(21), 12129.