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

News

News

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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

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  Malawi’s National Agriculture Policy: How a Policy Reform Comes About

  Published on December 20, 2017
  FSP NAPAS: Malawi supported Malawi’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development in developing the National Agriculture Policy.

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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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  Red Cherries and Farmers Who Do it Right

  Published on December 11, 2017
  Keeping the quality of Rwanda coffee through support of best cherry picking practices.

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  Empowering an Agricultural Policy Research System: The Case of the Network of Local Centers ....

  Published on December 11, 2017
  Creation of the Local Analysis Network that regroups Senegal’s centers of expertise to support evidence-based policy making.

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  From Data Collection to Policy Implementation

  Published on December 10, 2017
  Training workshops support state government staff with collecting and analyzing data to inform government and executive policy makers.

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  From Paper to Digital: E-Payment Benefits Local Governments and Taxpayers

  Published on December 8, 2017
  The Government of Tanzania implemented a transparent, reliable and efficient e-payment system

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  A Policy Reform Boosts Business and Promotes Diversification: The E-Voucher Program in Zambia

  Published on December 8, 2017
  The government of Zambia to revise the mode of delivering its Farmer Input Support Program (FISP) to an electronic voucher payment system (e-FSIP).