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Food Security Group researchers' participation at events dealing with GISAMA topics (though not necessarily financed by GISAMA).

• Food Price Spikes and Strategic Interactions between the Public and Private Sectors: Market Failures or Policy Failures? T.S. Jayne and David Tschirley. Presented at the expert meeting on “Institutions and Policies to Manage Global Market Risks and Price Spikes in Basic Food Commodities,” FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy. 27-28 October 2009.
• Fruit and Vegetable Production, Marketing and Consumption in Zambia:  Overview of Empirical Analysis by FSRP. Chance Kabaghe, Munguzwe Hichaambwa, and David Tschirley.  Presented at the ZNFU Fruits and Vegetables Annual General Meeting, Mulungushi International Conference Centre, Lusaka. 13 October 2009
• Measuring the impacts of trade barriers and market interventions on maize price instability: Evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa. A. Chapoto and T. S. Jayne. Presentation at the FAO Regional Consultation Workshop on: “ The Use and Impact of Trade and Domestic Policy Interventions on Cereal Value Chain Stakeholders in Eastern and Southern Africa”. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 3-4, 2009.
• Guiding Investments in Sustainable Agricultural Markets in Africa (GISAMA). Jan Nijhoff. Presentation made at ACTESA Work Plan Meeting. Livingstone, May 21-22, 2009.
• Conference on Agricultural Markets, organized by the CGIAR system and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), May 13-15,2009. Nairobi, Kenya. 
  • Improving the Performance of Staple Markets to Exploit the Productive Potential of Smallholder Agriculture. T. S. Jayne, A. Chapoto, and B. Shiferaw. Plenary presentation.
  • Modernizing Africa’s Fresh Produce Supply Chains without Rapid Supermarket Takeover Towards a Definition of Research and Investment Priorities. David Tschirley, Miltone Ayieko, Munguzwe Hichaambwa, Joey Goeb. Wayne Loescher
• Symposium on The Food and Financial Crisis and their Impacts on Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. Institute for African Development. Cornell University. 2 May 2009
  • Are staple foods becoming more expensive for urban consumers in eastern and southern Africa? N. Mason, T. Jayne, C. Donovan and A. Chapoto. Presentation.
  • Are Staple Foods Becoming More Expensive for Urban Consumers in Eastern and Southern Africa?  Trends in Food Prices, Marketing Margins, and Wage Rates in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. Nicole Mason, T.S. Jayne, Cynthia Donovan and Antony Chapoto. Paper. Draft for review: April 24, 2009
  • Exploring the Logic Behind Southern Africa’s Food Crises. T.S. Jayne and David Tschirley.
• Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Successes and Challenges as LRP Moves into its Second Generation. David Tschirley. Panel on “Opportunities: Local and Regional Procurement”. International Food Aid Conference. Kansas City, MO. Wednesday, 8 April, 2009.
• Recent Work on Food Staple Markets and Regional Trade. David Tschirley. Presented at the "Eastern Africa Regional Meeting Global Food Security Response". USAID Mission, Nairobi, March 18 – 20, 2009
• Selected Thoughts on Retail Modernization in Africa With Special Reference to Zambia. David Tschirley. Presentation at University of Pretoria. 16 March 2009
• Exploring the Logic Behind Southern Africa’s Food Crises. David Tschirley. Presentation at University of Pretoria. 16 March 2009.
• Conference on Escaping Poverty Traps:  Connecting the Chronically Poor to Economic Growth, organized by USAID/Economic Growth and Trade, February 26-27, 2009, Washington, D.C. 
  • Discussion of session on: How, Where and When Agriculture Can Be Used to Address Chronic Poverty. Thom Jayne.
• Discussion with USAID on Regional Trade in Food Staples. Washington DC. January 13, 2009
  • Regional Trade in Food Staples: Stimulating Agricultural Growth and Improving Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa. Steve Haggblade
• USAID Africa Bureau seminar on Agricultural Markets. Washington, D.C., January 13, 2009.
  • The 2008/09 Food Pricing and Food Security Situation in Eastern and Southern Africa: Implications for Immediate and Longer Run Responses. T. Jayne, A. Chapoto, I. Minde, and C. Donovan.
• The 2008/09 Food Pricing and Food Security Situation in Eastern and Southern Africa: Implications for Immediate and Longer-Run Responses. T. Jayne, A. Chapoto, I. Minde, and C. Donovan. Presentation at African Agricultural Markets Policy Workshop Sponsored by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). Nairobi, Kenya, December 11, 2008.
• Rising World Food Prices and their Implications for Food Security Policy in Southern Africa. Thomas Jayne, Antony Chapoto, Isaac Minde, Cynthia Donavan and Femi Olubude-Awosola. Presentation made by Dr. Isaac Minde at the Southern Africa Regional Conference on Agriculture. Grand Palm Hotel, Gaborone, Botswana. 8-9 December 2009.
• Potential for Intra-Regional Maize Trade in Southern Africa: An Analysis For Zambia at the Sub-National Level. Steven Haggblade, Thomas Jayne, David Tschirley and Steve Longabaugh.  Presented by M.T. Weber.  Michigan State University – Food Security Group. Presentation at the SADC Southern Africa Regional Conference on Agriculture. Grand Palm Hotel, Gaborone, Botswana, December 8-9, 2008.