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

News

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  SEED SECURITY RESPONSE TO COVID - 19: now and beyond

  Published on July 3, 2020
  COVID-19 brings new challenges worldwide, including to smallholder farmers and their seed systems.

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  Exploring the benefits of sustainable commoditization in the seafood industry

  Published on June 25, 2020
  Thomas Reardon and Ben Belton, faculty members in the Michigan State University Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, outline how mass-produced seafood products can also be environmentally friendly.

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  Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Lead to a Cotton Crisis in Mali?

  Published on June 15, 2020
  This blog analyzes the potential travesties Malians may face regarding their cotton crop due to COVID-19.

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  Innovation is not an accident.

  Published on June 5, 2020
  Kurt Richter analyzes the success of the innovations of The Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) to fight COVID-19.

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  Associate Professor Saweda Liverpool-Tasie to Speak at Upcoming BIFAD Meeting

  Published on June 3, 2020
  The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) 181st Public Meeting will take place on June 4th from 1:30PM to 3:30PM ET

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  PRCI Webinar on Using Mobile Phones for Survey Research Now Available

  Published on May 29, 2020
  Learn how researchers are continuing to collect survey data in the time of COVID-19 lockdowns and beyond

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  Why Mali’s 2020 Agricultural Campaign Plan Needs to Be Reviewed in Light of COVID-19

  Published on May 27, 2020
  COVID-19 has created new priorities for the Malian government to consider after releasing their initial agricultural forecast on March 20, 2020.

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  AFRE Faculty Participate in African Development Bank Session on Agricultural Policy Responses to COVID-19

  Published on May 22, 2020
  The ADBG sponsored event was entitled "Building Resilience in Food Systems and Agricultural Value Chains: Agricultural Policy Responses to COVID-19 in Africa”.

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  Policy Strategies to support African food supply chains in and after the COVID-19 Crisis

  Published on May 18, 2020
  This blog is a revised version of remarks presented at the African Development Bank’s webinar “COVID-19’s Disruption of Africa’s Transformed Food Supply Chains”, held on May 18, 2020

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  Some data and knowledge gaps that limit our ability to respond quickly and precisely to the COVID-19 pandemic

  Published on May 18, 2020
  This blog is a revised version of remarks presented at the African Development Bank’s webinar “COVID-19’s Disruption of Africa’s Transformed Food Supply Chains”, held on May 18, 2020