Food Security Group: Research, Policy Dialogue, and Training Projects

Outreach Contributions 2009/2010: (Activities listed as most recent from Sept 30, 2010 back to Oct 1, 2009)

• What are the Enduring Benefits of Fertilizer Subsidies on Household Well-Being? Evidence from Malawi. J. Ricker-Gilbert T.S. Jayne. Contributed Paper Presentation for the African Association of Agricultural Economists Meeting. September 19-23, 2010. Cape Town, South Africa.
• Crop Forecasting Accuracy and Price Instability. T.S. Jayne and Shahidur Rashid. Presented at the Fourth Policy Symposium of the African Agricultural Markets Programme, Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA). September 7, 2010. Lilongwe, Malawi.
• Overview: Food Security Program at Michigan State University. Eric W. Crawford. Presentation at Nepal National Agricultural Research Council, July 21, 2010.
• Grantee visit to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation by Michigan State University’s Food Security Group: August 10-11, 2010
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  • Helping Farmers and Traders to Overcome Constraints on Productivity Growth of Staple Food Production and Market Development. T.S. Jayne and Nicholas Sitko.
  • Guiding Investments, Policies, and Programs to Support Smallholder Agriculture and Poverty Reduction in Africa. T.S. Jayne, Duncan Boughton, and Steve Haggblade.
  • Pathways into and out of Poverty: Determinants of Rural Household Wealth Dynamics in Kenya. Milu Muyanga, T.S. Jayne, and William J. Burke.
  • Modernizing Africa’s Fresh Produce Supply Chains without Rapid Supermarket Takeover. Towards a definition of Research and Investment Priorities. David Tschirley
  • Unscrambling Africa: Regional investments and policies required for raising agricultural productivity. Steven Haggblade.
  • Emerging Insights from Regional Cassava Value Chains. Steven Haggblade.
  • How Can the Poorest Smallholder Farmers Benefit More From Staple Food Markets? Duncan Boughton, David Mather, Nango Dembele, T.S. Jayne and Abdoul Murekezi.
• Food Security by The Numbers. Observations from the USAID-MSU Food Security Cooperative Agreement FS III. Challenges in Collecting and Using Information To Inform Goals of Poverty Reduction, Food Security, Enhanced Productivity and Income Growth for Small-Scale Farmers. Michael T. Weber. Presented at 2010 USAID Economic Growth Officer’s Conference. Washington DC. June 21-25, 2010.
• The Impact of Fertilizer Subsidies on Displacement & Total Fertilizer Use. J. Ricker-Gilbert, T.S. Jayne. Presentation for the AISP Workshop. Lilongwe, Malawi May 11, 2010
• Do Fertilizer Subsidies Improve Food Security & Well-being? Evidence from Malawi. J. Ricker-Gilbert, T.S. Jayne. Future of Food & Nutrition Conference, Tufts University. April 10, 2010.
• Pathways by Which Improved Information Can Affect Market Performance: Implications for Evaluation of MIS Impacts. John Staatz. Workshop on Agricultural Market Information Systems in Africa: Renewal & Impact Montpellier, France, 29-31 March 2010.
• USAID EGAT/AG and AFR/SD Briefing on Insights for the Implementation of the GHFSI. USAID, Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC. February 19, 2010.
  • Food Security III and the GHFSI. Eric Crawford and Duncan Boughton.
  • Regional Dimensions of Effective Food Security Strategies in Africa. Steven Haggblade.
  • Smallholder Productivity Growth and Market Access: Recent Findings and Implications for GHFSI Implementation. T.S. Jayne.
• Staple Food Trade in the COMESA Region. The Need for a Regional Approach to Stimulate Agricultural Growth and Enhance Food Security Cris Muyunda and Jan Nijhoff. Nairobi, November 2nd, 2009.
• 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

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