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

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News

• STAAARS plus second cohort wraps up fellowships

  Published on May 4, 2023
  The second cohort of the STAAARS plus fellowship has finished the rigorous training program and presented their final findings.

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  Tropical wheat development may not aid Nigerians in poverty

  Published on April 21, 2023
  Investing $1.5 billion in tropical wheat funding may not benefit people living in poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, warns MSU's Dr. Saweda Liverpool-Tasie.

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  Dr. Minde retires after long and successful international development career

  Published on March 21, 2023
  Retirement of Dr. Isaac Minde from Michigan State University's Department of Agricultural Food and Resource Economics

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  FSG well represented at the Legume Lab Global Convening

  Published on March 21, 2023
  Michael Olabisi Recognized with Early Career Grain Legume Scientist Award at The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research 2023 Global Convening

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  FSG Co-Director, Eric Crawford, retires after productive lifetime of service

  Published on March 6, 2023
  After 43 years, Professor Emeritus Crawford, retires and celebrates a productive and illustrious career

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  FSG Professor Kwame Yeboah co-author on international Coffee Development Report

  Published on March 6, 2023
  Flagship report stresses the importance of engaging young people in coffee farming and gives recommendations to address the role of youth

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  Award winning Senegalese alum back to MSU after more than a quarter of a century

  Published on February 7, 2023
  Through Glenn and Sandy Johnson Fellowship, AFRE grad student, Hanna Carlson, brought Dr. Aliou Diagne to East Lansing

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  BIFAD presentation of Scientific Excellence Award to Thom Jayne

  Published on December 20, 2022
  Thom Jayne and Seerjana Maharjan received the 2021 award for Scientific Excellence from the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development

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  Thom Jayne co-editor of new VoxDevLit

  Published on December 2, 2022
  New VoxDev project launched to provide wiki-inspired literature reviews

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  Worth the wait: STAAARS Plus Fellows visit the United States

  Published on November 8, 2022
  After the long COVID-19 lockdown, STAAARS+ fellows visit mentors and build connections at Cornell, D.C., and MSU