Information Portal for Africa (FSIP for Africa)

A Directory of Publications, Presentations, and Useful Links Prepared by Food Security Group Researchers at Michigan State University and Their Host-Country Collaborators

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• Applying Information and Communication Technology to Enhance African Capacity in Agriculture and Food Policy Research, Outreach and Teaching: A Collaborative Internet-Based Initiative to Build a Food Security and Policy Information Portal for Africa (FSIP). Josué Dioné, and Joan Kagwanja (UNECA/SDD), and Michael T. Weber, John Staatz, and Valerie Kelly (MSU). Paper accepted for presentation at the XIth IAALD World Congress/USAIN Biennial Conference. “The Globalization of Information: Agriculture at the Crossroads. Lexington,” Lexington, KY USA from May 15-21, 2005. See also a Powerpoint Presentation at the IAALD/USAIN meetings: “A Partnership to Build & Maintain A Food Security and Food Policy Information Portal For Africa (FSIP)” by Michael T. Weber.
• Building a Food Security and Policy Information Portal for Africa (FSIP). Josué Dioné and Joan Kagwanja (UNECA/SDD), and Michael T. Weber, John Staatz, and Valerie Kelly (MSU). Paper accepted for presentation in plenary session and for publication in proceeding of the Inaugural Symposium of the African Agricultural Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE), Nairobi, Kenya, December 6-9, 2004.
• Applying Information and Communication Technology to Enhance African Capacity in Agriculture and Food Policy Research, Outreach and Teaching: A Collaborative Internet-Based Initiative to Build a Food Security and Policy Information Portal for Africa (FSIP). Josué Dioné (UNECA/SDD), Michael T. Weber, John Staatz, and Valerie Kelly (MSU). Presented at an International Seminar "Role of Information Tools in Food and Nutrition Security in ACP-Countries", Annual CTA-Seminar, Maputo, Mozambique 8-12 November, 2004