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

News

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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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  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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  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.

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  FSG Faculty Thomas Jayne Presents at the World Bank Group Webinar

  Published on November 16, 2017
  WEBINAR at the Africa Agriculture Policy Unit of the World Bank Group - Agriculture Thursday, November 16, 2017, 12:30-2:00 pm EST.

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  Causes and Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distribution

  Published on November 13, 2017
  FSP C4a Thomas Jayne will present "The Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa" at the World Bank Group's webinar, Thursday, Nov. 16.

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  Call to Invite 3 Master’s and 2 PhD Students from Nigerian Universities

  Published on November 1, 2017
  APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 10, 2018. The Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project is pleased to offer 3 Master’s and 2 PhD visiting student positions at MSU for the academic year 2018 (August 2018–May 2019).