Food Security Group: Research, Policy Dialogue, Training Projects

Outreach Contributions 2004/2005: (Activities listed as most recent from Sept 31, 2005 back to Oct 1, 2004)

• Grain Markets, Food Aid and the Poor: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward, A Roundtable Discussion. presentation by T. Jayne, organized by USAID/Africa Bureau, Washington, D.C. August 15, 2005.
• Building Long-Term Food Security while Managing Food Crises: Insights from Mali. John Staatz. Michigan State University. Presentation to USAID/AFR. July 28, 2005.
• Using Empirical Information in the Era of HIV/AIDS to Inform Mitigation and Rural Development Strategies: Selected Results from African Country Studies by D. Mather, C. Donovan, T.S. Jayne, and M. Weber. American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Principal Paper Session 1: What Role for Agricultural Economists in Addressing the HIV/AIDS Pandemic? Providence, Rhode Island, July 25th, 2005.
  • Power point presentation at Principal Paper Session
  • MSU Policy Synthesis No. 75
  • MSU International Development Working Paper No. 84
• Strategy Options for Promoting Food and Input Market Development in Africa, Presentation by T. Jayne to UK government officials at Department for International Development, London, England, July 1, 2005.
• Smallholder Farming in Difficult Circumstances: Policy Issues for Africa. Presentation by T. Jayne at the Conference on the Future of the Small Farm, June 27-29, 2005, Imperial College, Wye, England.
• Agriculture and HIV/AIDS: A primer on the dynamics with examples drawn from sub-Saharan Africa. Presentation by Cynthia Donovan at the IFPRI Workshop: Agriculture and Health Linkages: Towards Improved Co-ordination, Washington, D.C., June 23-24, 2005.
• Pretoria Workshop Agenda (June 21/22, 2005). Maize Marketing and Trade Policies in Southern Africa: Toward Defining Appropriate and Mutually Supportive Roles for the Public and Private Sectors. Maize Marketing and Trade Policies to Promote Household Food Security in Southern Africa Project. Funding by The Rockefeller Foundation.
• A Economia dos Agregados Familiares em Áreas de Fomento de Algodão e Tabaco do Vale do Zambeze, Moçambique. Presentation of research results from RP59E made by Rui Benfica (MSU) at the Ministry of Agriculture of Mozambique. Maputo, May 2005.
• HIV/AIDS and its Implications for Agricultural Policy, presented by T. Jayne at USDA/CSREES Seminar Series, USDA, Washington, D.C. May 12, 2005.
• HIV/AIDS and its Implications for Agricultural Policy. presentation by T. Jayne to the Office of Global AIDS Committee, USAID/Washington, USAID/Zambia, Lusaka, April 25, 2005.
• TEGEMEO Conference on Integrating Consumers in Policy and Program Agenda in Kenyan Agriculture. Egerton University/Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, 19 April 2005. Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. TEGEMEO Agricultural Monitoring and Policy Analysis (TAMPA) Project.
  • Effects of Government Marketing and Trade Policies on Maize Prices in Kenya. Presentation by T. Jayne.
• Key Gaps, Priorities, and Challenges for Research : HIV/AIDS and the Agricultural Sector in Eastern and Southern Africa: Anticipating the Consequences by T.S. Jayne, Marcela Villarreal, Prabhu Pingali and Günter Hemrich. Background report for a plenary presentation at the IFPRI/RENEWAL International Conference on HIV/AIDS, Food and Nutrition Security, Durban, South Africa, April 14-16, 2005. Presentation.
• Understanding Rwandan Agricultural Households’ Strategies to Deal with Prime Age Illness and Death: A Propensity Score Matching Approach by Cynthia Donovan and Linda Bailey. Michigan State University and Baruch College, NY. Paper presented at the IFPRI Conference. HIV/AIDS and Food Security and Nutrition: From Evidence to Action. Durban, April 14-16, 2005. Presentation.
• Attributes of Individuals Afflicted by AIDS-related Mortality in Rural Zambia. Presented at the RENEWAL/IFPRI Conference on Integrating HIV/AIDS with Food and Nutrition Security: From Evidence to Action. April 13-16, 2005, Durban, South Africa. Antony Chapoto and T.S. Jayne.
• World Bank Rural Week: Small Scale Producers in Changing Food Markets, April 6, 2005. Washington, D.C.
  • Changing Horticultural Supply Chains in Africa: Implications for Government and Donor Investments Evidence from Kenya and Implications for Africa. David Tschirley and Miltone Ayieko. Michigan State University and Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, Nairobi. Power Point.
• HIV/AIDS and the Agricultural Sector: Strategies for Improving Resistance and Resilience, presentation by T. Jayne at International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C., March 2, 2005.
• Food Marketing and Price Stabilization Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Review of Experience and Lessons Learned. Presentation by T. Jayne at the World Bank Conference on Managing Price Instability and Risk in Developing Countries, February 28-March 1, 2005, Washington, D.C.
• Competition and Coordination in Cotton Market Systems in Southern and Eastern Africa. Cross-Country Workshop. Lusaka, Zambia. February 2005. Competition and Coordination in Cotton Market Systems in Southern and Eastern Africa Project. Imperial College, UK.
• NEPAD Regional Conference on Successes in African Agriculture, 22-25 November 2004, in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Anticipating and Responding to Drought Emergencies in Southern Africa: Lessons from the 2002-2003 Experience. David Tschirley, Jan J. Nijhoff, Pedro Arlindo, Billy Mwinga, Michael T. Weber, and T.S. Jayne. November 2004.
  • Improving Kenya’s Domestic Horticultural Marketing System: Current Competitiveness, Forces of Change, and Challenges for the Future. David Tschirley, Miltone Ayieko, Kavoi Mutuku Muendo, Mary Mathenge, and Michael T. Weber. Power Point presentation. November 2004.
  • Vulnerability To Natural Disaster Shocks And Implications For Regional Food Security In Southern Africa. David Tschirley, Jan Nijhoff, Pedro Arlindo, Billy Mwinga, Michael T. Weber, and T.S. Jayne. Power Point presentation. November 2004.
  • Improving Kenya's Domestic Horticultural Production Marketing System: Current Competitiveness, Forces of Change, and Challenges for the Future Volume II: Horticultural Marketing. David Tschirley, Kavoi Mutuku Muendo, and Michael T. Weber. November 2004. Tegemeo Working Paper No. 08B/2004.
  • Where Do Consumers in Nairobi Purchase Their Food and Why Does This Matter? The Need for Investment to Improve Kenya's "Traditional" Food Marketing System. David L. Tschirley, Miltone Ayieko, Mary Mathenge, and Michael T. Weber. Tegemeo Policy Brief No. 3. November 2004.
  • Maize in Eastern and Southern Africa: "Seeds" of Success in Retrospect. T.S. Jayne, Melinda Smale, James Nyoro. Power Point presentation. November 2004.
  • Building on Successes in African Agriculture. Maize Breeding in East and Southern Africa, 1900–2000. Melinda Smale and T. S. Jayne. Focus 12, Brief 4 of 10, April 2004.
  • Maize in Eastern and Southern Africa: "Seeds" of success in Retrospect. Melinda Smale and Thom Jayne. International Food Policy Research Institute. EPTD Discussion Paper No. 97. January 2003.

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