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

News

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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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  Coffee Means Cash

  Published on December 8, 2017
  Establishing the cost of production of coffee to farmers in Rwanda supported a substantial adjustment in the national coffee floor price, benefitting over 355,00 households.

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  How to Tell Fake from Real? Consequences of Rapid Herbicide Market Growth in Mali and West Africa

  Published on December 8, 2017
  With a rapid increase in herbicide use, the West Africa region needs to implement regulations to fight counterfeit products.

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  “Freedom of Crop Choice” Brings Prosperity to Myanmar’s Farmers

  Published on December 8, 2017
  Myanmar’s government lifted restrictions on the choice of field crops on paddy land, allowing farmers to grow more profitable crops.

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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).

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  A Global Food Security Symposium

  Published on December 3, 2017
  FSP’s downstream and upstream food system transformation team organized symposium: "Changing food systems and nutrition: Do we have the concepts and data to understand, track, and anticipate the links?"

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  Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project Builds Capacity of Young Nigerian Scholars…

  Published on November 28, 2017
  Feed the Future (FTF) Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project builds capacity of young Nigerian scholars through direct and indirect training.

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  Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project supports Kaduna State Ministry ....

  Published on November 28, 2017
  Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project supports Kaduna State Ministry to promote Accurate Data Collection and Policy Formulation for Effective Implementation.

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  The Future of Work: An Interagency Development Economics Seminar

  Published on November 28, 2017
  WEBINAR: Tom Reardon (C4b, Nigeria, Senegal) speaks to Chief Economists of USAID and MCC, Nov. 15.

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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.