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

News

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  "Rise of the Medium-Scale Farms" in The Citizen - Tanzania

  Published on November 20, 2018
  Article by Thom Jayne and Milu Muyanaga was featured in the December 20, 2018 print edition of The Citizen - Tanzania.

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  MSU and its Partners' Achievements in Mali

  Published on November 15, 2018
  A brochure, in English and in French, tells the story: Institution building, policy reforms, scientist and student trainings. Réalisations de MSU et de ses partenaires au Mali.

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  Myanmar's Rural Revolution: Mechanization & Structural Transformation

  Published on November 1, 2018
  What's the disconnect between evidence of a dynamic and rapidly transforming economy, and the widely reported low levels of agricultural mechanization? by Myat Thida Win, Ben Belton, and Xiaobo Zhang.

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  Land Pressure and African Agricultural Development

  Published on October 30, 2018
  An interview with Thomas Jayne, SciDevNet, 10/30/18

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  WEBINAR: Do Medium and Large-scale Farms Generate Income Spillovers for Rural Households?

  Published on October 30, 2018
  WEBINAR, Nov. 6, 2018, 10-11 AM - T. Jayne and J. Chamberlin: What's the impact of land acquisitions by foreign and local investors on smallholder households and rural communities?

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  Government Includes Rice in Subsidy Programme

  Published on October 19, 2018
  NAPAS: Malawi supports the rice subsidy program reform.

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  NAPAS: Malawi Intensely Disseminates Policy Information

  Published on October 18, 2018
  NAPAS: Malawi participated in four events to disseminate policy briefs and research findings.

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  The Quiet Revolution in Food Systems in Africa & Asia

  Published on October 17, 2018
  Thomas Reardon: This video explains how a convergence of factors is provoking tsunami like rapid changes in the agrifood system of Africa. Keynote lecture for the Nigeria Association of Agricultural Economists, October 17, 2018

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  How to Get Published in a Peer Reviewed Journal

  Published on October 13, 2018
  How to write a successful article: 5 key points in a 1 minute video

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  What Are Some Ways to Make the Case for your Work's Contributions to the Literature

  Published on October 13, 2018
  Discussion 2 about writing an article for a peer-reviewed journal (9'37"), T. Reardon and S. Liverpool Tasie