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

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  Strategic Planning Through a Global Pandemic

  Published on November 5, 2020
  The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI) and its consortium partner the Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ReNAPRI) have completed a strategic plan.

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  Building Research Capacity in the Virtual Environment

  Published on November 5, 2020
  As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI) adopted innovative training methods to support its capacity building efforts.

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  Anticipate, Mitigate, Monitor: A Rapid Research Response for COVID-19 Policy Guidance in Myanmar’s Agrifood System

  Published on October 1, 2020
  Prepared by Joseph Goeb, Mywish Maredia, and Duncan Boughton on behalf of the Myanmar Agricultural Support Activity (MAPSA) research team

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  Malian Farmers’ Access to Fertilizer Is Challenged by COVID-19

  Published on October 1, 2020
  Malian Farmers face greater difficulty accessing fertilizer during COVID-19

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  MwAPATA Institute Officially Launches October 1st

  Published on September 30, 2020
  The MwAPATA Institute is a Centre of excellence in agricultural, natural resources and rural development policy research, providing concrete policy guidance and implementation support for agricultural transformation in Malawi

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  How Is COVID-19 Worsening Food Insecurity in Mali?

  Published on September 11, 2020
  COVID-19 poses threats on food security in Mali.

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  New Pesticide Study Could Lead to Improvements in Farmer Health

  Published on August 2, 2020
  AFRE's Joseph Goeb reflects on the findings of a new study he co-authored in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists entitled "Pesticides: What you don't know can hurt you."

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  FSG leads AGRA’s African Agriculture Status Report (AASR) again in 2020

  Published on August 1, 2020
  The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Food Security Group continues to lend its expertise to the African Agriculture Status Report.

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  AFRE’s Legacy of Leadership in the AAEA Continues

  Published on July 13, 2020
  AFRE faculty and an AFRE graduate student were recently elected to leadership positions in the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA)

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  Why Could the COVID-19 Cotton Crisis Lead to an Economic and Social Crisis in Mali

  Published on July 6, 2020
  This blog post assesses the current cotton crisis in Mali and its potential to wreak havoc on the country's social and economic status.