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What Is a Value Chain? The Example of Aquaculture

Published on March 22, 2018
Aquaculture (fish farming) is a fast growing economic sector in SE Asia. Farmed fish is an integral part of the poor diet, and contributes to food security.
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.
New Web Site Launch

Published on March 20, 2018
You're visiting the Food Security Group at Michigan State University NEW WEB SITE!
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.
Let Them Eat Carp

Published on March 8, 2018
Fish farms (aquaculture) are helping to fight hunger. An article by B. Belton (FSP Myanmar team) in The Conversation
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
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
FSP Researchers Lead Special JDS Issue

Published on March 2, 2018
FSP C4a (Upstream Global Research Policy) leader T. Jayne, and collaborators, are guest editors of a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies.
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.
Aflatoxins Jeopardize Food Safety and Entrepreneurial Food Processing Opportunities in Nigeria

Published on February 16, 2018
Aflatoxins make their way into numerous locally produced and processed maize based food items.