Food Security Group Activities focusing on issues of food security, food policy, and general agricultural development, primarily in Africa http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/index.htm http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 16 May 2012 15:37:44 -0400 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:37:16 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.3.1) http://www.feedforall.com Demand for Maize Hybrids, Seed Subsidies, and Seed Decisionmakers in Zambia. Melinda Smale and Nicole Mason. HarvestPlus Working Paper, No. 8. May 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/maize/index.htm#zambia 89AD4280-7C30-41FD-ABE3-E6FAB2E5FACB Wed, 16 May 2012 15:37:16 -0400 Supply Response of Export Crops in Zambia: The Case of Coffee. Rhoda Mofya-Mukuka and Awudu Abdulai. Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute Policy Brief Number 55. Lusaka, Zambia. May 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/ps_55.pdf 2065F593-F405-4F6A-9D8B-26E83A0CD58A Wed, 16 May 2012 09:09:56 -0400 Disrupting Demand for Commercial Seed: Input Subsidies in Malawi and Zambia Nicole M. Mason and Jacob Ricker-Gilbert. IAPRI Working Paper No. 63. April 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/wp631.pdf 6F355A49-BA30-4B03-B0E3-45B993B9BA26 Mon, 14 May 2012 14:37:04 -0400 Seminário sobre "O Futuro da Agricultura de Conservação em Moçambique". 28 de Fevereiro de 2012. IIAM, Maputo, Moçambique. http://www.iiam.gov.mz/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=49&year=2012&month=05&day=11&Itemid=73 0300BBE4-38A3-4A96-8FDA-BA8CC591A116 Mon, 14 May 2012 10:12:12 -0400 Positioning the Cotton Sector As Zambia Develops the CAADP Investment Plan. Stephen Kabwe. Presentation at the Zambia Cotton Sector Exchange – Promotion of Cotton in Zambia, Cresta Golf View Hotel, Lusaka. 4 May 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/Zambia_Cotton_Sector_CAADP_Investment_Zambia_04_May_12.pdf 8E7B0BC7-5136-491A-80C1-F081BFE54856 Mon, 7 May 2012 16:00:23 -0400 Survey Data Cleaning Guidelines: (SPSS and Stata). 1st Edition. Margaret Beaver. MSU International Development Working Paper 123. April 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/papers/idwp123.pdf 2A610F24-F4D6-4F99-9A24-8E36AB723B5B Mon, 7 May 2012 15:47:31 -0400 Food Security Research Project transformation takes root. Zambia Daily Mail. 02 May 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/Zambia_Daily_Mail_FSRP_transformation_takes_root.pdf F585792F-D2C5-4BD1-8B20-01C119946855 Mon, 7 May 2012 13:38:43 -0400 Why are African commodity exchanges languishing? A case study of the Zambian Agricultural Commodity Exchange Sitko, N. and T.S. Jayne. (2012). Food Policy, 37: 275-282. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306919212000279 A5ACC754-9FE0-433D-ADD8-5BAF69E1E2AA Wed, 2 May 2012 13:23:56 -0400 Capacity Building for Food Policy Analysis Lessons: Learned from the Food Security Cooperative Agreement. Duncan Boughton and Eric Crawford. Presentation at USAID. Washington, D.C. March 13, 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/outreach/MSU_Lessons_Learned_Capacity_Building_for_Policy_Analysis_March_13_2012_FINAL_WITH_NOTES.pdf 889A8EC2-513A-42FC-8320-D7F1A50DD032 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:28:39 -0400 Non-Timber Forest Products and Rural Poverty Alleviation in Zambia. Brian P. Mulenga, Robert B. Richardson, and Gelson Tembo. IAPRI Working Paper 62. April 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/wp62.pdf A7AE4461-7A36-472A-952D-E745CC6A3AA6 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:27:40 -0400 Strengthening Mozambique's Capacity for Agricultural Policy Analysis, Productivity, Growth and Poverty Reduction Annual Narrative Reports : 2010/11 http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/mozambique/FY11_FINAL.pdf 5167C4A4-C36D-4288-A461-F63B469AB966 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:10:08 -0400 Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What Are the Policy Implications? Munguzwe Hichaambwa and T. S. Jayne. Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute Policy Brief Number 54. Lusaka, Zambia. April 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/ps_54.pdf 7E8DD2C0-8A0E-4FF7-B5DE-E4807B246F8E Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:50:43 -0400 Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What are the Policy Implications? Munguzwe Hichaambwa and T. S. Jayne. IAPRI Working Paper 61. April 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/wp61.pdf B2E53CDA-8A3E-4351-B21F-92BF605EE196 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:08:17 -0400 Agricultural Policies and Food Security Challenges in Zambia Auckland Kuteya. Presentation at the Africa Lead Champions for Change Leadership Training. Protea Hotel, Chisamba, Zambia. 16-20th April, 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/Agricultural_Policies_and_Food_Security_Challenges_in_Zambia_ak.pdf 14BF64C6-1C5D-454C-AFCB-C38509357FC0 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:17:56 -0400 Getting More "Bang for the Buck": Diversifying Subsidies Beyond Fertilizer and Policy Beyond Subsidies. William J. Burke, T. S. Jayne, and J. Roy Black. No. 52. March 2012 http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/ps_52.pdf 678AE4D8-30FB-4EFF-93B9-109EBE94ECF5 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:15:10 -0400 Assessing the Feasibility of Implementing the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) Through an Electronic Voucher System in Zambia. Nicholas J. Sitko, Richard Bwalya, Jolly Kamwanga, and Mukata Wamulume. Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute Policy Brief Number 53. Lusaka, Zambia. April 2012. http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/ps_53.pdf 50CAF5EF-72CC-4627-906B-30EA79799165 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:09:45 -0400 Seeing the forest for the fuel and food: Non-timber forest products and rural development in Zambia. Robert B. Richardson. GSO Brown Bag Seminar Series, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Michigan State. 10 April 2012. http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/AFRE_presentation_10Apr12.pdf 4E86A708-7DE3-451B-B22A-B4523CBFA4BF Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:05:39 -0400 MSU in Agriculture in Mozambique Presented by Cynthia Donovan for the MSU team. Platform for Agricultural Research and Innovation in Mozambique. Annual Meeting. IIAM, Maputo. 22 November 2011. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/mozambique/PIAIT2011_final.pdf 8B3235AD-7608-4E43-8DAA-2B591FA3EBA2 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:28:50 -0400 Food Production & Security Difficulties Facing Zambia A. Kuteya and T.S. Jayne. Presentation at the conference “Zambia 2012 - Shaping our Future,” Taj Pamodzi Hotel, Lusaka, 29-30 March, 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/Kuteya_Food_Production_and_Security_Difficulties_Facing_Zambia.pdf 565CB206-2D30-45B7-8038-297ABBF50B7A Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:06:12 -0400 FOOD SECURITY RESEARCH PROJECT III– ZAMBIA - Annual Report, 2010/2011 (October 2010 to September 2011) http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/FSRP_2010_2011_Annual_Report.pdf 7BB9DDE2-2518-4FD7-8909-C66C5B5553A3 Thu, 5 Apr 2012 15:09:55 -0400 Wildlife Conservation in Zambia: Impacts on Rural Household Welfare Richardson, Robert B., Ana Fernandez, David Tschirley, and Gelson Tembo. (2012). World Development Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 1068–1081. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X11002415 E69438FD-15B3-4808-B17B-56D485CAAD77 Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:28:16 -0400 Can the FISP More Effectively Achieve Food Production and Poverty Reduction Goals? William J. Burke, T.S. Jayne, and Nicholas J. Sitko. Policy Synthesis No. 51. March 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/ps_51.pdf 656BA248-85CA-4C53-B89C-73F317954F41 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:23:19 -0400 The Revisions to the Cotton Act, 2005. Stephen Kabwe. Presented at the Zambia Cotton Ginners Association Meeting, Cargill Board Room, Chipata. 23 March 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/Revisions_Cotton_Act_2005_ZCGA_wayforwardV1.pdf 6F2AA00B-F3AD-4446-99A1-3A169B8E6053 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:22:36 -0400 Income and Poverty Impacts of USAID-Funded Programs to Promote Maize, Horticulture, and Dairy Enterprises in Kenya, 2004-2010. Melinda Smale, Mary K. Mathenge, Thomas S. Jayne, Eduardo Magalhaes, John Olwande, Lilian Kirimi, Mercy Kamau, and James Githuku. International Development Working Paper #122. February 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/papers/idwp122.pdf B41798D1-9E6B-4703-AB16-ABA9A67B5D6F Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:40:43 -0400 Staple Food Market Sheds in West Africa. Steven Haggblade, Steven Longabaugh, Duncan Boughton, Nango Dembelé, Boubacar Diallo, John Staatz, and David Tschirley. International Development Working Paper #121. February 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/papers/idwp121.pdf B11E315F-B181-4E15-ACEE-80EFF4723AD3 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:40:15 -0400 Análise de Custos e Rentabilidade da Produção Frangos no Sul de Moçambique – Estudo de Caso na Granja da Faculdade de Veterinária Custódio da C. do Amaral and Gilead Mlay. Relatório Preliminar de Pesquisa No. 1. Janeiro, 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/mozambique/WP_1_Amaral_v1.pdf 5FB2B56A-CE5D-4C6E-996C-22C37A095CC6 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:50:23 -0400 Inventário de Investimentos em Agricultura de Conservação em Moçambique. Cynthia Donovan, Bordalo Mouzinho. Apresentação no Workshop “O Futuro da Agricultura de Conservação em Moçambique”. IIAM. 28 Fevereiro, 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/mozambique/MSU_Donovan_Inventario.pdf 10B078F9-69AF-4123-87DA-B412672E61FB Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:32:03 -0400 A Modernização do Comércio Retalhista e o Investimento Publico-Privado nos Sistemas de Comercialização. Enfoque na horticultura com visão regional David Tschirley, Munguzwe Hichaambwa, Miltone Ayieko, Val Kelly, e Jenny Cairns. Apresentada no Diálogo sobre promoção de crescimento agrário em Moçambique. Maputo. 21 Julho 2011. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/mozambique/tschirley_modernization_21July2011.pdf B15A658B-195D-4012-A584-A5F8A31333AB Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:38:54 -0400 Introdução às Ligações Entre a Nutrição e a Agricultura Kimberly Chung. Fevereiro de 2012 http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/mozambique/WP72P_Chung_vf.pdf C9F6CFBE-22AB-457A-9D6F-6DF4B338684D Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:20:17 -0400 Input Subsidies, Poverty and Production: How policy could do more W.J. Burke, T.S. Jayne, J.R. Black and N.J. Sitko. Presentation to Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Directors, Mulungushi House, Lusaka, Zambia, March 15th, 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/Fertilizer_presentation_MAL_15Mar2012.pdf C13FD441-B2DF-4DE2-84FB-EF72399B2631 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:25:21 -0400 An Introduction to Nutrition-Agriculture Linkages. Kimberly Chung. February 2012 http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/mozambique/WP72Chung.pdf 6BD03BA2-8082-4CAD-B9FC-0166FDFB10EC Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:31:03 -0400 Determinants of Crop Income in Rural Mozambique, 2002-2005. David Mather. January 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/mozambique/WP71E_Determinants_of_crop_income_in%20rural%20Mozambique.pdf 45B429B6-6F2E-45F2-9256-710924E0C2EC Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:30:33 -0400 A Estrutura e Tendência da Despesa Pública Agrícola em Moçambique. Helder Zavale, Gilead Mlay, Duncan Boughton, Adriano Chamusso, Helder Gemo e Pius Chilonda. Dezembro 2011. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/mozambique/WP70pAgPER_Final.pdf AA0D1471-8ECE-41CC-BBAD-1C50884DAE24 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:30:02 -0400 Seeing the forest for the fuel and food: Rural poverty and forest sustainability in Zambia. Robert B. Richardson. International Resources Industries and Sustainability Centre (IRIS) Seminar. University of Calgary. 29 February 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/inputs/NTFP_Zambia_seminar_UCalgary_29Feb12.pdf B708AC7E-E5D3-47CA-B421-721998FFCCC5 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:46:52 -0400 Etude nationale sur les bassins de production des spéculations céréales au Mali Décembre 2011 http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/promisam_2/synth%E8se_nationale_recon_bassin_dern_version%20%20fevrdoc.pdf 58C9D617-6F4C-4F4C-AEEF-06618E7237BC Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:40:10 -0500 Constraints on FISP as a Poverty Reduction Strategy W.J. Burke, T.S. Jayne, J.R. Black and N.J. Sitko. Presentation for the Agricultural Cooperating Partners Meeting. Lusaka, Zambia. February 21, 2012 http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/Fertilizer_presentation_CP_21Feb2012.pdf AD154911-07E4-4AA0-91BE-954579BB6D98 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:23:22 -0500 Value Chain Investments and Improved Food Security Outcomes: Natural Partners or Arranged Marriage? Duncan Boughton. USAID Value Chain Learning Event. Washington, DC. February 7 - 8 , 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/outreach/Boughton_Value_Chains_and_Food_Security_Outcomes_final_020312.pdf 5EB0B1F4-31DE-403B-92D9-87776AC71BAA Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:25:44 -0500 Emerging Land Issues in African Agriculture: Toward the Identification of Appropriate Rural Development Strategies. T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Jordan Chamberlin. African Studies Center Seminar, Michigan State University, January 19, 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/gisama/Jayne_Chamberlin_Muyanga_MSU_ASC_Jan_19_2012_v1.pdf B18D42D3-FA95-4C94-8FCE-7B38DD4A4513 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:20:30 -0500 Emerging Land Issues in African Agriculture: Toward the Identification of Appropriate Rural Development Strategies T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Jordan Chamberlin. Global Food Policy and Food Security Symposium Series, Stanford Center for Food Security and the Environment. Palo Alto, January 12, 2012. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/gisama/Jayne-Chamberlin-Muyanga-Stanford_Jan_12_2012_v5.pdf DDFA4025-90C4-4242-AB40-1095AC6E40B1 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:19:40 -0500 US to contribute over US$12 million to Agriculture policy research in Zambia Lusaka Times. 10 February 2012. http://www.lusakatimes.com/2012/02/10/contribute-us12-million-agriculture-policy-research-zambia/ 31E71CE4-BC57-455D-889E-333DA0DBDF44 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:56:25 -0500 Analysis of Fertilizer Profitability and Use in Kenya Sheahan, Megan. Master's Thesis, 2011. Major Professor: Thomas Jayne. Department 2011 Best M.S. Thesis http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/Megan_Sheahan_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf 1343181F-AE88-4E18-8AD6-BC99CF841D2C Wed, 8 Feb 2012 15:40:10 -0500 Cassava Commercialization in Mozambique. Cynthia Donovan, Steven Haggblade, Venâncio Alexandre Salegua, Constantino Cuambe, João Mudema, and Alda Tomo. International Development Working Paper No. 120. December 2011. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/papers/idwp120.pdf D4653D4C-2ADD-4966-B49D-BA7D24D05207 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:26:48 -0500 The Effects of the Food Reserve Agency on Maize Market Prices in Zambia. Nicole M. Mason and Robert J. Myers. Policy Syntheses No. 50. December 2011. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/ps_50.pdf 1A9B458F-7EAE-4D5F-A649-009F07BB4A70 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:45:26 -0500 Zambian Smallholder Behavioral Responses To Food Reserve Agency Activities. Nicole M. Mason, T. S. Jayne, and Robert J. Myers. Policy Syntheses No. 49. December 2011. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/ps_49.pdf 67CA5A45-D774-4851-ACFE-1DA56D7C406B Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:44:51 -0500 The Effects of the Food Reserve Agency on Maize Market Prices in Zambia. Nicole M. Mason and Robert J. Myers. FSRP Working Paper No. 60. December 2011. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/wp60.pdf D006F610-FA73-49E6-8D46-95BE9DB0BD7A Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:44:16 -0500 Zambian Smallholder Behavioral Responses To Food Reserve Agency Activities Nicole M. Mason, T. S. Jayne, and Robert J. Myers. FSRP Working Paper No. 59. December 2011. http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/wp59.pdf C53EE2F0-F96F-4EE7-AF7C-6267DEBEB20A Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:43:18 -0500