News
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Youth for Growth, A New Report by F. K. Yeboah
Published on March 29, 2018
Sponsored by the Chicago Council for Global Affairs. Youth livelihood in developing economies will largely depend on successful economic transformation of which agriculture is key driver....
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Fish Farming Value Chain in Image
Published on March 21, 2018
A value chain is the entire series of activities and transactions needed to make a product and deliver it to consumers. See what it looks like with fish farming (aquaculture) in Myanmar.
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New Web Site Launch
Published on March 20, 2018
You're visiting the Food Security Group at Michigan State University NEW WEB SITE!
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Unlocking the Potential of the World’s Youth
Published on March 19, 2018
MSU AFRE Assistant Professor Felix Kwame Yeboah is the lead author of the 2018 Global Food Security Report and will present the report at the Global Food Security Symposium in Washington D.C. on March 22, 2018.
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Let Them Eat Carp: Fish Farms Are Helping to Fight Hunger
Published on March 8, 2018
Fish farms (aquaculture) is helping the poor with food security in SE Asia. Ben Belton, The Conversation, March 2018
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FSG Faculty T. Jayne leads special issue of the Journal of Development Studies
Published on March 5, 2018
Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Africa’s Unfolding Economic Transformation, Journal of Development Studies, 54(5), March 2018
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Do Farmers Value Seeds of Different Quality Differently? Evidence from Willingness to Pay Experiments in Tanzania and Ghana
Published on March 1, 2018
There is no one-sizefits-all strategy to meet the seed needs of all the farmers. A new IDWP from M. Maredia and collaborators.
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The Economist: How the Growth of Cities Changes Farming
Published on February 15, 2018
Ben Belton and Saweda Liverpool-Tasie in The Economist, Feb 15, 2018
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FSG Quarterly Updates, February 2018
Published on February 8, 2018
See our latest Quarterly Updates, with access to all the publications and presentations from the last quarter.
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David Ortega Earns Emerging Scholar Award from SAEA
Published on February 6, 2018
MSUAFRE assistant professor David Ortega has been awarded the Emerging Scholar Award from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA), an award honoring high-performing early-career professionals in the profession.
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What Are "Food Systems?"
Published on February 6, 2018
In a video for the World Food Program, Prof. T. Reardon explains "food systems" as a collection of value chains, like a tree diagram structure.... Farmers need trucks to transport their maize....
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The "Hidden Middle," FSG's faculty T. Reardon's Top Cited Paper
Published on January 29, 2018
Relatively ‘hidden’ from mainstream debate are the middle segments (processing, logistics, wholesale) of agrifood value chains in developing countries—and yet this ‘midstream’ forms 30–40 per cent of the value added and costs in food value chains.
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AFRE Helps Middle School Students Study International Development
Published on January 19, 2018
AFRE and Food Security Group faculty members supplied their expertise to an eighth grade class in California.
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FSG Co-Director to Lead IFAD's Rural Development Report
Published on January 5, 2018
D. Tschirley was asked by IFAD, a UN-affiliated organization based in Rome, to serve as Lead External Author for its Rural Development Report 2019
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FSG Faculty T. Jayne named AAEA Fellow
Published on January 3, 2018
Thomas Jayne, University Foundation Professor and FSG member was named AAEA Fellow for 2018.
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FSP Published 8 Outcome Stories
Published on December 18, 2017
Told from the voice of beneficiaries from FSP’s activities, these stories present recent outcomes of the project in Africa (Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, West Africa and Zambia) and in Asia (Myanmar).
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Rethinking Farmed Fish Consumption in the Global South
Published on November 17, 2017
Aquaculture’s contributions to food security in the Global South are widely misunderstood.
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FSG Faculty Thomas Jayne Presents at the World Bank Group Webinar
Published on November 16, 2017
WEBINAR at the Africa Agriculture Policy Unit of the World Bank Group - Agriculture Thursday, November 16, 2017, 12:30-2:00 pm EST.
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Call to Invite 3 Master’s and 2 PhD Students from Nigerian Universities
Published on November 1, 2017
APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 10, 2018. The Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project is pleased to offer 3 Master’s and 2 PhD visiting student positions at MSU for the academic year 2018 (August 2018–May 2019).
