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Three new visiting scholars at the Food Security Group

Published on September 28, 2022
Visiting scholars from Tanzania and Nigeria settled in East Lansing to work with Food Security Group faculty
Saweda Liverpool-Tasie named as MSU Foundation Professor

Published on September 28, 2022
Liverpool-Tasie given the title of MSU Foundation Professor from Michigan State University Foundation for exceptional work in African food systems
Landmark Africa Agriculture Status Report development led by CANR professors

Published on September 8, 2022
Robert Richardson and Thom Jayne of CANR led creation of major report calling for acceleration of African food systems transformation.
Reardon’s new article in Science tackles the global revolution in food-delivery

Published on September 6, 2022
Research and policy article on the food-delivery revolution has implications for nutrition, environment and jobs around the world
STAAARS Plus Cohort 4 request for proposals

Published on September 1, 2022
Request for proposals for the Structural Transformation of African and Asian Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAAARS+) Fellows program of the USAID Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity and Influence
Conference Synthesis on Southeast Asia Food System Seminar

Published on August 30, 2022
Conference synthesis for international virtual conference on sustainable food systems in Southeast Asia under and beyond COVID-19
STAAARS plus fellows from Nigeria/PiLAF give presentation on COVID-19 resilience

Published on August 24, 2022
PRCI STAAARS+ fellows from the Innovation lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security presented finding on COVID-19 resilience
Jim Shaffer, AFRE Professor Emeritus, passes on at age 97

Published on August 12, 2022
Remembered fondly by many as a great mentor and intellect, Professor Emeritus Jim Shaffer has passed away
Digging into how African households can dodge the Ukraine price spike crisis

Published on July 29, 2022
Tschirley, Liverpool-Tasie, and Reardon author new blog at Agrilinks on the Ukraine crisis and African price spikes.
PRCI STAAARS plus fellows third cohort share initial research presentations

Published on July 26, 2022
As part of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI), four STAAARS+ teams gave lightening talks on their research topics