David L. Tschirley
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Professor
Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
Phone:
517-355-0134
Email:
tschirle@msu.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D., Michigan State University
M.S., Michigan State University
B.S., Colorado State University
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David Tschirley is fixed-term professor of International Development in the Department of Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University, and Co-Director of the department’s Food Security Group. He is also a member of the Core Technical Team of MSU’s Global Center for Food Systems Innovation. He has over 20 years of experience in applied food security research, mentoring of developing country researchers, and active policy outreach.
His work emphasizes three main areas:
1) agrifood system transformation in Africa focusing on diet change and its implications over a range of policy and programmatic issues, including employment;
2) the intersection of food aid, staple food markets, and emergency response, including extensive work on monetization, local and regional food aid procurement, and the role of food trade and government policy in emergency response, and
3) institutional approaches to linking smallholder farmers to cash crop markets such as cotton and fresh produce.
He is the author of over 20 journal articles, several book chapters, one edited book volume, and dozens of working papers. Dr. Tschirley has consulted for and otherwise served the World Food Program, USAID, World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and The MasterCard Foundation. Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, Dr. Tschirley has had long-term assignments in Ecuador (1987–1990) and Mozambique (1995–98) and works most actively now in East and Southern Africa.
He is currently working on:
ANNUAL REPORT Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security, Policy Research, Capacity and Influence October 2020 - September 2021
Published on January 31, 2022
Economic impacts of COVID-19 in urban and rural Africa: Surprising results from five countries
Published on June 2, 2021
The processed food revolution in African food systems and the double burden of malnutrition
Published on February 25, 2021
Chapter 2: Opportunities in Africa's Growing Urban Food Markets. Africa Agriculture Status Report. Feeding Africa’s Cities: Opportunities, Challenges, and Policies for Linking African Farmers with Growing Urban Food Markets
Published on November 12, 2020
Chapter 4: Domestic Food Distribution Systems: Linking Farmers to Growing Urban Food Market.
Published on November 12, 2020
Youth and adult agrifood system employment in developing regions: Rural (Peri-urban to hinterland) vs urban
Published on November 6, 2020
Introduction to the JDS special section on Youth Inclusion in Rural Transformation
Published on November 6, 2020
Rural Youth Welfare along the Rural-Urban Gradient: An Empirical Analysis across the Developing World
Published on November 6, 2020