Food Security

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  Food Security

  The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and MSU Extension work to support food security initiatives affecting students, faculty, staff, researchers and people in the state of Michigan.

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• Plant Breeding to Fight Hunger1

  Plant Breeding 14 Week Online Course. Application Deadline April 30, 2021. Participants awarded a certificate upon completion of course.

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  Food Packaging Basics

  Interactive, hands-on workshop designed for those who have a role in managing packaging for food and related operations within their organizations. The three-day workshop offers full insight in all aspects of food packaging to reduce food waste including function, materials, systems and processes, basic principles and commercial status of selected conventional and advanced packaging technologies, distribution, food security, packaging trends and more!

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  Plant Health. Healthier Planet.

  Published on July 1, 2020
  This series of Futures articles supports the United Nation's 2020 Year of Plant Health. From combating food insecurity to fighting disease and invasive pests, we highlight our research and its impact on plant health here.

• Food Security and Food Waste, featuring Dr. Norbert Wilson

  Published on August 7, 2020

  Professor Norbert Wilson discusses the impacts of COVID-19 on food security and food waste.

• 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.

• Food Security and COVID-19, featuring Dr. Bailey Norwood

  Published on May 15, 2020

  Aleks and Trey talk with Professor Bailey Norwood about the impacts of COVID-19 on U.S. food security.

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  Kimberly Chung

  Associate Professor
  kchung@msu.edu
  517-432-6140
  

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  Dan Clay

  Professor
  clay@msu.edu
  

• Update on Agricultural, Nutrition and Food Security Policies in Malawi

  Published on August 16, 2018
  Joseph S. Kanyamuka and Flora J. Nankhuni, NRDP Stakeholders Meeting, Lilongwe, August 16, 2018

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  Michigan State University signs an MoU with the University of Segou to further strengthen the collaboration on research and capacity building activities

  Published on November 1, 2018
  “Without good teachers, it’s like ploughing an ocean.” — Professor Souleymane Kouyate, President, University of Segou, Mali

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  "Put Your Own Mask on Before Helping Someone Else": The Capacity of Food Hubs to Build Equitable Food Access

  Published on December 7, 2018
  Examining 11 Michigan food hubs, this paper asks about the extent to which and under what conditions food hubs can successfully achieve their dual social and economic goals.

• "Train One to Train Others": Project Scholars Train Nigerian Faculty on Using "R" for Data Analysis

  Published on August 20, 2019
  Highlights 49, Mr. Chukwudi Charles Olumba and Mrs. Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa, August 2019.

• The social, economic, and environmental importance of inland fish and fisheries

  Published on February 9, 2016
  Though reported capture fisheries are dominated by marine production, inland fish and fisheries make substantial contributions to meeting the challenges faced by individuals, society, and the environment in a changing global landscape

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  When Healthy Food is Out of Reach: A Food Access Survey in Northwest Lower Michigan

  Published on June 28, 2019
  A food access survey of Benzie and Antrim counties reveals ways that the food system can better serve community residents.

• Spatial-temporal assessment of water footprint, water scarcity and crop water productivity in a major crop production region

  Published on April 2, 2019
  

• Using Participatory Modeling Processes to Identify Sources of Climate Risk in West Africa

  Published on October 4, 2017
  Schmitt Olabisi, L. K., Liverpool-Tasie, L.S.O., Rivers, L., Ligmann-Zielinska, A., Du, J. Denny, R., Li, J. Marquart-Pyatt, S. & Sidibe, A. Environment Systems and Decisions, October 2017

• AASR 2019 Press Release

  Published on September 4, 2019
  Press Release for AGRA featuring Tom Reardon.

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  Supporting Individuals, Families and Communities in Michigan through Nutrition and Physical Activity Education

  Published on June 8, 2021
  Through MSU Extension’s nutrition and physical activity programming, Michigan adults, families and children gained crucial knowledge about nutrition and healthy foods, increased their daily physical activity and reduced their food insecurity.

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  Webinar - Food Sovereignty and the Role of Extension: Partnerships that Work

  Published on September 19, 2019
  Learn how partnerships between First Nations communities and Extension can advance food sovereignty.

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  PRCI Year 1 Annual Report

  Published on December 23, 2020
  A summary of the activities, successes, and lessons learned during year one of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity, and Influence.