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

• What Drives Policy Change? Insights from the Kaleidoscope Model of Food Security Policy

  Published on March 30, 2017
  Steven Haggblade, Sheryl Hendriks, and Danielle Resnick, March 29, 2017, IFPRI, Washington, DC

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  Off-farm Employment around Yangon: Survey Results

  Published on March 17, 2017
  Off-farm employment is the sole source of earnings for 56% rural households around Yangon and it provides 78% of rural households income.

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  Capacity Building Is a Non-linear Process: Building Networks for Better Research

  Published on March 17, 2017
  Researchers at Michigan State University and several tertiary institutions in Nigeria worked in teams to submit grant proposals for research work in Nigeria under the MSU led Alliance for African Partnership (AAP).

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  Training of Ministries of Agriculture staff from 34 of Nigeria’s 36 States and FCT

  Published on March 8, 2017
  The Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project organized a training on data analysis and presentation in Abuja, March 7–8, 2017.

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  Journalists Brainstorm with Researchers on how to Promote Evidence Based Reporting Backed by Data…

  Published on March 8, 2017
  The Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project convened a brainstorming session in Abuja for media representatives, March 8, 2017.

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  3rd Annual Agricultural Policy Conference, March 1–3, Dar es Salaam

  Published on March 5, 2017
  The Role of Agri-food Systems in Promoting Industrialization in Tanzania Enhancing Linkage of Upstream and Downstream Value Chain Activities in the Context of Agriculture Transformation

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  Value Chain Concepts and Application Training at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

  Published on February 20, 2017
  Faculty and young researchers are trained on the application of value chain concepts and analysis to Nigerian agriculture at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Feb 20–21, 2017

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  VIDEO: The Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project Visiting Scholars’ Program

  Published on February 17, 2017
  An introduction to the Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project Scholars' Program, featuring its 2016-2017 students studying at MSU.

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  Why the US Has a Lot to Gain from Investing in Africa’s Agri-food Systems

  Published on February 1, 2017
  The US’s incoming administration has an historic opportunity to extend America’s global leadership by promoting the economic transformations underway in Africa.

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  “Urbanization, Food Systems and the Diet Transformation in Developing Countries”

  Published on January 31, 2017
  David Tschirley was the Keynote Speaker at "Hungry Cities: The Global Revolution in Food Systems" conference, January 23, 2017, La Jolla, CA