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  Climate Change

  Michigan State University researchers and outreach specialists are working to ensure the sustainability of our agriculture and natural resources systems amidst a changing climate.

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  Are We Building Back Better?

  “Are we building back better?” the answer is: not yet. Early findings suggest that global green spending is incommensurate with the scale of ongoing environmental crises and that associated economic and social gains are not being fully captured.

• Poverty and Weather Shocks: A Panel Data Analysis of Structural and Stochastic Poverty in Zambia

  Published on December 2, 2019
  H. Ngoma, B. P. Mulenga, J. Snyder, A. Banda, and A. Chapoto, 2019. Poverty and Weather Shocks: A Panel Data Analysis of Structural and Stochastic Poverty in Zambia. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for FSP Research Paper 154

• Community-Scale Climate Adaptation: Evidence from Ebonyi State, Nigeria

  Published on March 27, 2019
  Choko, Schmitt Olabisi, Onyeneke, Nwawulu Chiemela, Liverpool-Tasie and Rivers III, 2019. Community-Scale Climate Adaptation: Evidence from Ebonyi State, Nigeria. FSP Policy Research Brief 81. East Lansing: Michigan State University.

• Impacts of Climate Change on Water Availability in Zambia: Implications for Irrigation Development

  Published on August 28, 2019
  Byman H. Hamududu and Hambulo Ngoma, 2019. Impacts of Climate Change on Water Availability in Zambia: Implications for Irrigation Development. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for FSP Research Paper 146. East Lansing: Michigan State University.

• Integrating diverse methods to understand climate-land interactions in East Africa

  Published on January 17, 2008
  The questions of how land use change affects climate, and how climate change affects land use, require examination of societal and environmental systems across space at multiple scales, from the global climate to regional vegetative dynamics to local...

• Constraints for small-scale private irrigation systems in the North Central zone of Nigeria: Insights from a typology analysis and a case study

  Published on November 5, 2017
  Hiroyuki Takeshima and Hyacinth Edeh, 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 85.

• The Influence of Changing Climate on the Ecology and Management of Selected Laurentian Great Lakes Fisheries

  Published on March 9, 2010
  This review describes the physical and biological mechanisms by which fish populations will be affected by changes in timing and duration of ice cover.

• Politics shapes individual choices about energy efficiency

  Published on May 20, 2013
  Addressing climate change effectively will require policy actions by both government and the private sector. However, individuals’ actions matter as well

• Impacts of Improved Sorghum Varieties on Farm Families: A Multivalued Treatment Effects Approach

  Published on September 23, 2016
  Amidou Assima, Melinda Smale, Alpha Kergna, Veronique Theriault, & Eva Weltzien, 5th International Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 23–26, 2016

• System-Wide Approaches to Promote Sustainable Agri-Food System Productivity Growth in Africa

  Published on June 1, 2017
  Nicholas J. Sitko and Thom S. Jayne, Policy Brief based on the Vuna Report “Integrating climate- and market-smartness into strategies for sustainable productivity growth of African agri-food systems," June 2017

• Crop Production and Profitability in Myanmar’s Dry Zone

  Published on July 21, 2018
  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

• The Impact on Farm Household Welfare of Large Irrigation Dams and their Distribution

  Published on June 3, 2017
  Hiroyuki Takeshima, Adetola Adeoti, and Oluwafemi Adebola Popoola, 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 55.

• Community Perceptions of the Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone

  Published on January 13, 2018
  Research Highlights, Myanmar 13: Aung Tun Oo. 2018.

• The need for decision-support tools for a changing climate: application to inland fisheries management

  Published on October 31, 2012
  Harvest management of lake whitefish provides an excellent case study to examine the need, value and utility for a decision-support tool for inland fisheries management when considering the effects of climate change.

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  Climate and Health Adaptation Planning Guide for Michigan Communities

  Published on October 2, 2020
  This guide is intended to help communities in Michigan and across the Great Lakes Region develop a climate and health adaptation plan or to integrate climate and health concepts into existing initiatives.

• Towards a Systemic Analysis of the Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Production in Nigeria

  Published on September 1, 2016
  Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Adeola Olajide. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 21.

• Pay, Talk or 'Whip' to Conserve Forests: Framed Field Experiments in Zambia

  Published on August 28, 2019
  Hambulo Ngoma, Amare Teklay Hailu, Stephen Kabwe, and Arild Angelsen 2019. Pay, Talk or 'Whip' to Conserve Forests: Framed Field Experiments in Zambia, Food Security Policy Research Brief 96, East Lansing: Michigan State University.

• Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions

  Published on January 21, 2014
  A long history of household-level research has provided important local-level insights into climate adaptation strategies in the agricultural sector. It remains unclear to what extent these strategies are generalizable or vary across regions. In this...

• Climate Change and the Poultry Value Chain in Nigeria: Issues, Emerging Evidence, and Hypothesis

  Published on July 2, 2017
  Awa Sanou, Bukola Osuntade, Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Thomas Reardon. 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 41.

• The Roles of Agroclimatic Similarity and Returns on Scale in the Demand for Mechanization: Insights from Northern Nigeria

  Published on February 28, 2019
  Hiroyuki Takeshima, 2019. The Roles of Agroclimatic Similarity and Returns on Scale in the Demand for Mechanization: Insights from Northern Nigeria. FSP Research Paper 127. East Lansing, Michigan State University.