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PRCI partnering with PiLAF: building global community and Nigerian food systems

Published on May 12, 2022
New Nigerian innovation lab tackles policy, training, research, and outreach with the support of PRCI.
Agrilinks Policy Month Blog Roundup

Published on May 10, 2022
PRCI participated in Agrilinks Policy Month with seven blog posts on recent research
PRCI workshop on research methods for value chain analysis

Published on March 30, 2022
Two presentations were given during the PRCI workshop on ‘Research methods for value chain analysis’, including one on the snakehead fish value chain, and another on research methods for value chain analysis
PRCI Southeast Asia workshop for developing cassava value chain analysis proposals

Published on March 21, 2022
Kasetsart University (KU) in collaboration with IFPRI conducted a PRCI Southeast Asia workshop for developing cassava value chain analysis proposals
$4M grant awarded for research on Nigerian and Tanzanian food systems

Published on March 15, 2022
Saweda Liverpool-Tasie wins $4M grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to continue agrifood value chain research in Nigeria and Tanzania.
In new Nature publication, Belton argues that freshwater aquaculture is underrepresented in research

Published on March 10, 2022
MSU AFRE professor Ben Belton and colleagues argue that freshwater aquaculture is the most ignored, and important, sector of global aquaculture production in new Nature publication
Recent Podcast with MSU Professor Emeritus Envisions the Future of African Agriculture

Published on March 8, 2022
Podcast emphasizes the need for African agricultural research and development with a panel of speakers including professor emeritus Thom Jayne
PRCI Southeast Asia workshop “The Export Potential of Laos Agri-Food to the EU Market”

Published on March 3, 2022
On Feb 16, 2022. The workshop discussed policy gaps, challenges, and priorities for export facilitation and competitiveness in the agri-food sector in Laos.
AAEA Fellow Melinda Smale on inclusion of women in science

Published on February 22, 2022
In honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, MSU AFRE professor Melinda Smale was interviewed by Crop Trust about the challenges and rewards of being a woman in science.
Knighthood bestowed to MSU professors by Burkina Faso

Published on February 8, 2022
Past directors of the USAID Feed the Future Legume Innovation Lab receive high honor for their advocacy and cowpea research supporting the livelihoods of women seed producers.