Milu Muyanga
Associate Professor
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
muyangam@msu.edu
Michigan State University (MSU) has a long history of research and engagement in Malawi to improve the country’s agricultural and public health outcomes. MSU reinforced this legacy of collaboration by supporting the establishment of the MwAPATA Institute. The MwAPATA Institute is a Malawian-led agricultural policy research institute that engages the government of Malawi, the private sector, and civil society in applied research, policy outreach, capacity building, and policy coordination.
The idea for the institute came out of discussions in 2018 between the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World’s Agricultural Transformation Initiative (ATI) and researchers at Michigan State University, including MSU University Foundation Professor Emeritus Thom Jayne and Milu Muyanga, Associate Professor, both in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (AFRE), as well as members of its Food Security Group (FSG). Muyanga now serves as the principal investigator of the ATI grant with fellow FSG member and Associate Professor William Burke, who serves as principal investigator on the USAID grant and co-PI on the ATI grant, as well as Acting Research Director. Ayala Wineman and Joey Goeb are Senior Research Fellows with MwAPATA, and Thom Jayne serves as a Project Consultant.
January 1, 2019
Associate Professor
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
muyangam@msu.edu
Associate Professor
burkewi2@msu.edu
Assistant Professor
wineman1@msu.edu
MSU Foundation Professor emeritus
jayne@msu.edu
517-432-9802
Published on March 1, 2023
PRCI Policy Brief #8. Examines the effects of seed, fertilizer, and combined input subsidies on younger and older farmers in Malawi with recommendations for policy. Written by STAAARS+ Fellows team from MwAPATA.
Published on February 7, 2023
Working Paper from the STAAARS+ Fellowship program cohort 2 team from Malawi about input subsidy effects on household outcomes in Malawi.
Published on September 16, 2021
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Published on August 28, 2021
Learn more about the policy research efforts of the MwAPATA Institute in 2021 through this brief update.
Published on August 4, 2021
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Published on July 7, 2021
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Published on November 24, 2020
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Published on October 8, 2020
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