Food Security Group
Department of Agricultural Food and Resource Economics
207 Agricultural Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1039, U.S.A.
Pathways Out of Poverty for Successful Smallholder Farmers in Kenya and Zambia (1.b October 2010)
The Impacts of State Marketing Board Operations on Smallholder Crop Production and Marketing Patterns: Implications for the Role of the State in Promoting an African Green Revolution (3.b.5 September 2010).
Assessing the Impacts of Road Improvement on Farm Production, Marketing, and Livelihoods (3.a.4, August 2010)
The Maize Value Chains of Eastern and Southern Africa: Policy and Investment Options to Improve National Food Security and Farm Productivity (2.a.5, August 2010)
Priority Actions to Enable Staple Food Markets to Promote a Green Revolution in Africa (1.a.8, August 2011)
A Comparative Assessment of the Structure, Performance, and Directions of Change of Fresh Produce Production and Marketing Systems in East and Southern Africa (2.c.3, October 2010)
Fresh Produce Production and Marketing Systems in East and Southern Africa: Towards a Synthesis of Key Challenges and Investment Priorities (2.c.5, Feb. 2011)
On the Ability of Cotton to Drive Food Crop Productivity Growth: The Interplay of Market and Institutional Structure (2.d.2, July 2011)
Patterns and Trends Affecting Coarse Grains Markets in Mali: Implications of Key Drivers for Priority Policies and Investments to Promote Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction, and Food Security [Syntheses in English and French] (2.e.9, November 2011)
The Changing Impacts of Participation in the Cotton Value Chain on Farm-Level Incomes, Coarse Grain Productivity, and Food Security: Implications for Building Markets and Reducing Poverty in an Increasingly Globalized and Uncertain Economic Environment [Syntheses in English and French] (2.e.7 English version, July 2011; 2.e.9 French version, November 2011)
How Market Information Affects Market Participation and Incomes of Small Farmers and other Value Chain Participants: Potential Pathways and Implications for Strategic Investments (3.c.1 December 2009)
Impact of MIS Activities on Market Performance in Mali and Stakeholders’ Perceptions of MIS Strengths and Weaknesses [Syntheses in English and French] (3.c.3 December 2010)
Impact of MIS Activities on Market Performance in Mozambique and Stakeholders’ Perceptions of MIS Strengths and Weaknesses [Reports in English and Portuguese] (3.c.3 December 2010)
Cassava Commercialization in Southern Africa: Contrasting Experiences in Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia (2.b April 2011)
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.
Pathways from Improved Market Information to Better Market Performance: Implications for the Evaluation of Investments in Agricultural Market Information Systems. (3.c) John M. Staatz, Andrew M. Kizito, Michael T. Weber and Niama Nango Dembélé. Being prepared for submission to CAHIERS AGRICULTURESSpecial issue on Market Information Systems. August 2010.
Assessing the Impacts of Road Improvement on Farm Production, Marketing, and Livelihoods (3.a.3, August 2010)
The Impacts of State Marketing Board Operations on Smallholder Crop Production and Marketing Patterns: Implications for the Role of the State in Promoting an African Green Revolution (3.b.4 September 2010).
The Maize Value Chains of Eastern and Southern Africa: Policy and Investment Options to Improve National Food Security and Farm Productivity (2.a.4, August 2010)
Priority Actions to Enable Staple Food Markets to Promote a Green Revolution in Africa (1.a.7 August 2011)
A Comparative Assessment of the Structure, Performance, and Directions of Change of Fresh Produce Production and Marketing Systems in East and Southern Africa (2.c.3, final report October 2010)
Fresh Produce Production and Marketing Systems in East and Southern Africa: Towards a Synthesis of Key Challenges and Investment Priorities (2.c.5, final report February 2011)
On the Ability of Cotton to Drive Food Crop Productivity Growth: The Interplay of Market and Institutional Structure (2.d.3, final report July 2011)
Patterns and Trends Affecting Coarse Grains Markets in Mali: Implications of Key Drivers for Priority Policies and Investments to Promote Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction, and Food Security [Reports in English and French] (2.e.8 November 2011)
The Changing Impacts of Participation in the Cotton Value Chain on Farm-Level Incomes, Coarse Grain Productivity, and Food Security: Implications for Building Markets and Reducing Poverty in an Increasingly Globalized and Uncertain Economic Environment [Reports in English and French] (2.e.7 English version, July 2011; 2.e.9 French version, November 2011)
How Market Information Affects Market Participation and Incomes of Small Farmers and other Value Chain Participants: Potential Pathways and Implications for Strategic Investments (3.c.1 December 2009)
Impact of MIS Activities on Market Performance in Mali and Stakeholders’ Perceptions of MIS Strengths and Weaknesses [Reports in English and French] (3.c.2, August 2010)
Impact of MIS Activities on Market Performance in Mozambique and Stakeholders’ Perceptions of MIS Strengths and Weaknesses [Reports in English and Portuguese] (3.c.2, August 2010)
Pathways Out of Poverty for Successful Smallholder Farmers in Kenya. (1.b.8 November 2010)
Pathways Out of Poverty for Successful Smallholder Farmers in Zambia. (1.b.4 February 2010)
Cassava Commercialization in Southern Africa: Contrasting Experiences in Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia. (2.b.5 April 2011)
Presentation:Unpacking the Meaning of "Market Access" in Kenya. Jordan Chamberlin and T.S. Jayne. Presentation by Chamberlin at MSU's Africanist Graduate Student Research Conference, East Lansing. October 8, 2011.
Presentation:Zambia's Maize Policy Challenges: Issues and Options for CAADP. T.S. Jayne, William Burke, Arthur Shipekesa, Antony Chapoto, and Nicole Mason. Presentation at the ACF-FSRP-MACO Conference on Managing Maize Bumper Harvests and Food Policy Challenges, Sandy's Creation Lodge, Lusaka, 16 August 2011.
Presentation: Market Information and UNECA: Where’s the Value Added? John Staatz. Keynote Address, UNECA Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on The African Food and Agricultural Market Information Hub (AFAMIH): A Platform for Strengthening Collaboration between Regional Market Information Systems in Africa. Addis Ababa. 9-11 May 2011.
"Smallholder-led Agricultural Commercialization and Poverty Reduction: How to Achieve It?" Policy Symposium: COMESA/ACTESA/MINAGRI. Lemigo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda. 20-22 April 2011.
"Successful Smallholder Commercialization: How do you do it?"Training Workshop: COMESA/ACTESA/MINAGRI. Lemigo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda. 18 -19 April 2011.
Conference: African Agricultural Markets Programme Policy Symposium and Training Seminar. Organized by the Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA) and the World Bank. Focus on price risk management and the development of structured trading mechanisms. Lilongwe, Malawi. September 6-10, 2010.
Presentation: Pathways into and out of Poverty: A Study of Determinants of Rural Household Wealth Dynamics in Kenya. Milu Muyanga, T.S. Jayne, and William J. Burke. Paper presented at the Conference on Understanding African Poverty over the Longue Durée, co-organized by Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the International Institute for the Advanced Study of Cultures, Institutions and Economic Enterprise, Accra, Ghana. July 15-17, 2010.
Conference: ACF/FSRP Horticultural Markets Development Workshop. Pamodzi Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia. 2 July 2010.
Conference: Awakening the Sleeping Giant: Making Grain Markets Work for Smallholder Farmers and Consumers in Eastern and Southern Africa. Sponsored by the CAADP Programme, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA); and by the Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA). Financial support for this conference is provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the Guiding Investments in Sustainable Markets in Africa program (GISAMA), jointly implemented by COMESA and Michigan State University. Lusaka Zambia. May 10, 2010.
Research findings and policy issues derived from the analysis will be disseminated through the following conduits:
Stakeholder discussion fora, generally convened by our collaborating partner organizations in Africa;
working papers and policy briefs, widely disseminated in hard copy;
working papers and policy briefs, posted on MSU and collaborating partner web sites;
feeding stories to journalists for coverage in new service internet and magazine articles.
taking advantage of other organizations’ outreach efforts (e.g., conferences and seminars organized by IFPRI, the World Bank, African Development Bank, CILSS, AGRA, USAID, etc.) to further publicize the key findings from analysis under GISAMA.
MSU will follow its established model of providing intensive in-service training by working directly with local partners in conceiving the work, designing any data collection activities, carrying out analysis, and writing the report. Local contractors are conceived of as work partners with MSU faculty, not simply individuals providing a product to MSU. This is an essential feature of the MSU model that distinguishes our approach to collaborative analysis because it jointly contributes to capacity building. Each of the GISAMA research activities are designed such that MSU faculty work with local collaborators to design the work, jointly conduct field work and data analysis, and work with the contractor on the write-up and outreach. Where relevant, MSU also provides short formal training in aspects of data entry and data analysis using SPSS and Stata software packages. This basic approach – carrying out all stages of the research, from conception, to data collection, to analysis, to report preparation, to outreach – in collaboration with our African partners is our main approach for capacity building.
Status Reports on West African Activity: The contribution of cotton and coarse grain value chains to productivity and poverty reduction: Insights from Mali
