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Center for Regional Food Systems

10 Cents a Meal Farm to School Michigan Farm to ECE Michigan Farm to ECE Network Michigan Farm to Institution Network Michigan Food Hub Learning and Innovation Network Michigan Food System Workforce Assessment Michigan Good Food Charter Michigan Good Food Charter Shared Measurement Project Michigan Good Food Fund Michigan Local Food Council Network Michigan Meat Network Michigan Organic Farming Exchange National Food Hub Survey Racial Equity in the Food System Workgroup

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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
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)
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
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
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)
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)
MSU researcher finds new ways to support global crop production

Published on July 1, 2020
Ajit Srivastava develops solar technologies for drip irrigation systems and tractors powered by solar energy to help smallholder farmers in Burkina Faso increase crop production.
Research on Farm Input Subsidies has Important Implications for African Policymakers

Published on October 3, 2019
University Foundation Professor of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (AFRE), Thomas Jayne, recently spoke to African policymakers at the African Green Revolution Forum in Ghana.
ReNAPRI and PRCI: Planning for Policy Impact

Published on November 30, 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.
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.
MSU scientists lead effort to bring fall armyworm management to farmers

Published on November 5, 2018
MSU scientists have led the development of resources to help farmers in Africa and India protect their crops from fall armyworm, an invasive pest that has proven devastating since it was first officially reported in West Africa in 2016.
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.
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.
Michigan State University researcher named 2020 International Academy of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Fellow

Published on September 30, 2020
Ajit Srivastava, professor in the MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, has been awarded one of the field’s highest honors.
MSU’s Saweda Liverpool-Tasie Appointed by President Biden to Board for International Food and Agricultural Development

Published on January 19, 2022
Dr. Liverpool-Tasie will play a key role in shaping our nation’s perspectives on international food and agriculture.
MSU Experts Available During U.S.- Africa Leaders Summit

Published on August 5, 2014
President Obama welcomes African heads of state and government August 4-6 for the U.S. - Africa Leaders Summit, the first such event of its kind.
New Report Uncovers the “Hidden Middle” of Africa’s Agricultural Economy

Published on October 3, 2019
In collaboration with AGRA, Food Security Group researchers from AFRE are reshaping the debate among Africa’s agricultural policy makers.