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

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  4th Annual Agricultural Policy Conference in Tanzania

  Published on February 16, 2018
  Theme: Integrating Food and Nutrition Security into Economic Transformation and Industrialization Agenda in Tanzania, 14–16 February 2018, Dodoma, Tanzania

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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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  Malawi Land Symposium video

  Published on February 12, 2018
  The 2016 Malawi Land Symposium summarized in a video, told by Flora Nankhuni, FSP NAPAS: Malawi Chief of Party.

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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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  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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  Call Deadline Extended and Now Open to All Nigerian Scholars

  Published on January 25, 2018
  Scholars from ALL states of Nigeria are eligible. Deadline extended to Feb. 28, 2018.

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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