Food Security Group
Department of Agricultural Food and Resource Economics
207 Agricultural Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1039, U.S.A.
Patterns and Trends Affecting Food Staples Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa: Toward the Identification of Priority Investments and Strategies for Developing Staple Food Markets (1.a, June 2009)
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 (March 2010).
Assessing the Impacts of Road Improvement on Farm Production, Marketing, and Livelihoods (3.a, May 2010)
The Maize Value Chains of Eastern and Southern Africa: Policy and Investment Options to Improve National Food Security and Farm Productivity (2.a, March 2011)
Priority Actions to Enable Staple Food Markets to Promote a Green Revolution in Africa (1.a, June 2011)
A Comparative Assessment of the Structure, Performance, and Directions of Change of Fresh Produce Production and Marketing Systems in East and Southern Africa (2c, May 2010)
Fresh Produce Production and Marketing Systems in East and Southern Africa: Towards a Synthesis of Key Challenges and Investment Priorities (2c, November 2010)
On the Ability of Cotton to Drive Food Crop Productivity Growth: The Interplay of Market and Institutional Structure (2d, May 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] (October 2010)
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] (English version, May 2010; French version, December 2010)
How Market Information Affects Market Participation and Incomes of Small Farmers and other Value Chain Participants: Potential Pathways and Implications for Strategic Investments (December 2009)
Impact of MIS Activities on Market Performance in Mali and Stakeholders’ Perceptions of MIS Strengths and Weaknesses [Syntheses in English and French] (Oct. 2010)
Impact of MIS Activities on Market Performance in Mozambique and Stakeholders’ Perceptions of MIS Strengths and Weaknesses [Reports in English and Portuguese] (Oct. 2010)
Pathways Out of Poverty for Successful Smallholder Farmers in Kenya and Zambia (October 2010)
Cassava Commercialization in Southern Africa: Contrasting Experiences in Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia (April 2011)
Assessing the Impacts of Road Improvement on Farm Production, Marketing, and Livelihoods (3.a, April 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 (March 2010).
The Maize Value Chains of Eastern and Southern Africa: Policy and Investment Options to Improve National Food Security and Farm Productivity (2.a, February 2011)
Priority Actions to Enable Staple Food Markets to Promote a Green Revolution in Africa (1.a June 2011)
A Comparative Assessment of the Structure, Performance, and Directions of Change of Fresh Produce Production and Marketing Systems in East and Southern Africa (2c, final report May 2010)
Fresh Produce Production and Marketing Systems in East and Southern Africa: Towards a Synthesis of Key Challenges and Investment Priorities (2c, final report November 2010)
On the Ability of Cotton to Drive Food Crop Productivity Growth: The Interplay of Market and Institutional Structure (2d, final report May 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] (English version, May 2010; French version, October 2010)
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] (English version, May 2011; 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 (October 2009)
Impact of MIS Activities on Market Performance in Mali and Stakeholders’ Perceptions of MIS Strengths and Weaknesses [Reports in English and French] (June 2010)
Impact of MIS Activities on Market Performance in Mozambique and Stakeholders’ Perceptions of MIS Strengths and Weaknesses [Reports in English and Portuguese] (June 2010)
Pathways Out of Poverty for Successful Smallholder Farmers in Kenya. (August 2009)
Pathways Out of Poverty for Successful Smallholder Farmers in Zambia. (October 2010)
Structure and Dynamics of Mozambique's Cassava Value Chain Report.
Cassava Commercialization in Southern Africa: Contrasting Experiences in Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia. (April 2011)
Communications and Outreach
Anticipated
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.
