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

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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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  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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  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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  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).

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  MSU professor emeritus recognized

  Published on May 9, 2014
  John Staatz was named "Officier de L'ordre National du Mali," or Officer of the National Order of Mali, by Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.