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Feeding the World: Small Organisms, Epic Possibilities

Published on February 4, 2021

Researcher Jennifer Pechal is working with farmers in several African countries on a sustainable solution for malnutrition by raising and feeding highly nutritious flies to animals.
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Lessons Learned from Private Sector-friendly Input Subsidy Programs in Tanzania and Ghana

Published on April 3, 2017
David L. Mather, GISAIA/Tanzania Working Paper #6, April 2017
Intersection of Youth Livelihoods and Agriculture in Africa

Published on November 30, 2017
F. Kwame Yeboah, Thomas S. Jayne, Keynote Presentation at the 4th Annual ReNAPRI Stakeholders Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, November 30, 2017
The Quiet Rise of Large-Scale Traders in East and Southern Africa

Published on March 2, 2018
Sitko, N., William J. Burke, and Thomas S. Jayne. 2018. The Quiet Rise of Large-Scale Traders in East and Southern Africa, Journal of Development Studies, 54(5)
The Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa - 12/3/17

Published on December 3, 2017
Milu Muyanga, T. S. Jayne, Felix Kwame Yeboah, Antony Chapoto, Nicholas Sitko. Cape Town, South Africa, December 3, 2017
Africa's Evolving Employment Trends

Published on March 2, 2018
Yeboah, Kwame, and T. S. Jayne. 2018. Africa's Evolving Employment Trends, Journal of Development Studies, 54(5)
Africa’s Unfolding Economic Transformation

Published on March 2, 2018
Thomas S. Jayne, Jordan Chamberlin and Rui Benfica. 2018. Africa's Unfolding Economic Transformation, Journal of Development Studies, 54(5)
Helping farmers around the world increase sustainability

Published on July 1, 2020
Timothy Harrigan, an MSU researcher and expert in agriculture engineering, is driven by helping growers make their operations more sustainable by incorporating new practices and technologies.
BHEARD Scholar Works to Immunize Plants Against Multiple Viruses

Published on August 27, 2018
Duncan Gitonga Ithinji, a BHEARD Scholar from Kenya and Washington State University graduate student is working to produce particles that could immunize plants against multiple viruses.
PRCI set to officially launch activities in Africa at meeting in Uganda

Published on November 12, 2019
On November 22nd and 23rd, PRCI will bring together over 40 researchers and development professionals across 14 African agricultural policy research institutes to officially launch its activities on the continent.
MSU awarded $7.8 million grant to promote agricultural transformation in Malawi

Published on April 22, 2019
The Agricultural Transformation Initiative has awarded MSU a $7.8 million grant toward bettering the lives of smallholder farmers and the country's agricultural sector.
FSG Faculty T. Jayne leads special issue of the Journal of Development Studies

Published on March 5, 2018
Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Africa’s Unfolding Economic Transformation, Journal of Development Studies, 54(5), March 2018
MSU to partner with Egyptian Center of Excellence for Agriculture funded by USAID

Published on May 6, 2019
Michigan State University is a partner institution on a five-year, $30 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to establish an Egyptian Center of Excellence for Agriculture.
Deploying precision agriculture in developing countries provides opportunities, challenges

Published on September 30, 2019
MSU researchers are working with developing countries to bring innovative technologies and improve agricultural production and sustainability.
Isaac Lartey values how he can impact others with a horticulture degree

Published on August 2, 2019
Isaac Lartey is pursuing a Ph.D in horticulture after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture with a specialization in crop science. His hometown is Accra, Ghana, and he is working under the direction of Dr. Haddish Melakeberhan.
Michigan 4-H offers international conversations from the continent of Africa

Published on December 3, 2020
A summary of our learning from Uganda and Ghana during Michigan 4-H International Conversations.
ReNAPRI and PRCI: Planning for Policy Success

Published on May 19, 2021
With assistance from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI) the Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ReNAPRI) has created and implemented a new strategic plan.
MSU awarded $13.6 million from USAID to lead global legume research

Published on September 12, 2018
Michigan State University is the home of the new Feed the Future Legume Systems Research Innovation Lab.
Improving soil health key to productivity, sustainability for African farmers

Published on July 1, 2020
Sieg Snapp and Regis Chikowo, researchers in the MSU Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, are helping farmers improve soil health and sustainability.