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

Peer Reviewed Articles

Xavier Tezzo, Ben Belton, Gareth Johnstone, Martin Callow, 2018. Myanmar's fisheries in transition: Current status and opportunities for policy reform, Marine Policy, 97 (2018) 91-100

Danielle Resnick, Steven Haggblade, Suresh Babu, Sheryl L. Hendriks, David Mather. 2018. The Kaleidoscope Model of Policy Change: Applications to Food Security Policy in Zambia, World Development, Volume 109, September 2018, Pages 101-120

Mateusz Filipski (IFPRI) and Ben Belton (MSU), 2018. Give a Man a Fishpond: Modeling the Impacts of Aquaculture in the Rural Economy, World Development 110 (2018) 205–223

Ryan Vroegindewey, Veronique Theriault, John Staatz, (2018). Coordinating cereal farmers and buyers: evidence from Mali, Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, Vol. 8 Issue: 2, pp.234-255

Policy Briefs

Joseph S. Kanyamuka, Flora J. Nankhuni and Joseph K. Dzanja, 2018. Analysis of the Value Chains for Root and Tuber Crops in Malawi: The Case of Sweet Potatoes. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 70. East Lansing: Michigan State University

Ufedo M. Shaibu and Oluwatoyin M. Ademola, 2018. Sustainable Agricultural Data Collection: Insights from the United States of America for Nigeria. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 69. East Lansing: Michigan State University

Joseph S. Kanyamuka, Joseph K. Dzanja and Flora J. Nankhuni, 2018. Analysis of the Value Chains for Root and Tuber Crops in Malawi: The Case of Cassava, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 65. East Lansing: Michigan State University

Christone J. Nyondo, Flora J. Nankhuni and Nathalie Me-Nsope, 2018. Systematic Analysis of Groundnut Production, Processing and Marketing in Malawi, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 64. East Lansing: Michigan State University

Andrew Gerard & Joseph Bigirimana, 2018. Mitigating Antestia Bug Damage and the Potato Taste Defect in Rwandan Coffee. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 63. East Lansing: Michigan State University

Flora J. Nankhuni and Nathalie M. Me-Nsope, 2018. Is the Future of Malawi’s Pigeon Pea Industry at the Mercy of India? An Analysis of Malawi’s Pigeon Pea Value Chain, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 62. East Lansing: Michigan State University

Steven Haggblade and Danielle Resnick. 2018. Conceptualizing Key Drivers of Policy Change: An Introduction to the Kaleidoscope Model. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 61. East Lansing: Michigan State University

Joseph S. Kanyamuka, Flora J. Nankhuni, Thomas S. Jayne and Moses W. Munthali. May 2018. Making Fertilizer Use More Effective and Profitable: The Role of Complementary Interventions, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 60. East Lansing: Michigan State University

FSG - FSP Research Papers

James Thurlow, Josee Randriamamonjy and Todd Benson, 2018. Identifying Priority Value Chains in Tanzania, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 106. East Lansing: Michigan State University

Duncan Boughton, Steven Haggblade, and Paul Dorosh, 2018. The Challenge of Export-led Agricultural Growth with Monopsonistic Markets: The Case of Myanmar's Pulse Sector and Trade with India, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 105. East Lansing: Michigan State University

Duncan Boughton, Nilar Aung, Ben Belton, Mateusz Filipski, David Mather, and Ellen Payongayong, 2018. Myanmar’s Rural Economy: A Case Study in Delayed Transformation. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 104. East Lansing: Michigan State University

David Mather and Ben Belton, 2018. Mechanization and Crop Productivity, Profitability and Labor Use in Myanmar’s Dry Zone, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 103. East Lansing: Michigan State University

David Mather, Nilar Aung, Ame Cho, Zaw Min Naing, Duncan Boughton, Ben Belton, Kyan Htoo, and Ellen Payongayong, 2018. Crop Production and Profitability in Myanmar’s Dry Zone. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 102. East Lansing: Michigan State University

Daniel C. Clay and Alfred Bizoza, 2018. The Challenge to Sustainable Growth in Rwanda’s Coffee Sector. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 100. East Lansing: Michigan State University.

Michael Olabisi, David L. Tschirley, David Nyange, and Titus Awokuse, 2018. The Challenge of Substituting Sunflower Oil for Imported Palm Oil: Evidence from Tanzania. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 99. East Lansing: Michigan State University

Nathalie M. Me-Nsope and Flora J. Nankhuni, 2018. An Analysis of Malawi’s Pigeon Pea Value Chain, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 98. East Lansing: Michigan State University