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Food Security Group: Research, Policy Dialogue
and Training Projects
Press Reports and Success Stories
Project Stories
Food Security Group at MSU/AEC
FS III Core
Press Reports
(Views expressed by the correspondents do not necessarily reflect the views of Michigan State University)
- Food Security Research Project transformation takes root. Zambia Daily Mail. 02 May 2012.
- US to contribute over US$12 million to Agriculture policy research in Zambia. Lusaka Times. 10 February 2012.
- Why have farming subsidies failed to reduce poverty? Zambian Economist. 8 December 2011.
- Expert urges agric diversification. Zambia Times. November 2011.
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Experts debate path to ‘food security’. The Stanford Daily. 27 May 2011
- US Professor Advises Govt on Managing Bumper Harvests. The Post. 7 March 2011.
- FRA to Export More Maize. Zambia Daily Mail. 7 March 2011.
- A Broken Maize Marketing Policy. Zambian Economist. 22 February 2011
- State’s foray into maize marketing distorts pricing, hurts stakeholders. Steve Mbogo. Business Daily. November 1, 2010
- Maize storage: For food security or for profits? Charles Mpaka. Malawi News. 14 September 2010. (Local newspaper exposé of FSG report on maize marketing in Malawi).
- Zambia: US lecturer urges strengthening of food forecast systems in Africa. The Post, September 9, 2010
- MALAWI: All about the price of maize.IRIN News Service, February 18, 2009
- MALAWI/ZAMBIA: Food crisis looming in early 2009.IRIN News Service, December 23, 2008.
- SOUTHERN AFRICA: SADC meal planning.IRIN News Service, August 22, 2008
- AFRICA: Political will needed to check hunger.IRIN News Service, February 21, 2008
- MALAWI: Subsidising agriculture is not enough.IRIN News Service, February 5, 2008
- SOUTHERN AFRICA: New research questions link between food crisis and AIDS. IRIN News Service, June 1, 2005.
- The state of smallholder farming.... Zambian Economist. Monday, 30 June 2008.
- WEST AFRICA: How can West Africa become more food-secure? IRIN. 28 May 2008. (PDF)
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AFRICA: Political will needed to check hunger. IRIN humanitarian news and analysis. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 21 February 2008. (Quotes work done by the Food Security Group.)
- Budgetary funding to agriculture reduces. Nicholas Mwale. Zambia Daily Mail from the week of 7-14 Feb 2008. (Quotes work done by the Food Security Group.)
- Even as Africa Hungers, Policy Slows Delivery of U.S. Food Aid. Celia W. Dugger. The New York Times. April 7, 2007. (Quotes work done by the Food Security Group.)
- Zambia Herald Business News rerport on FSRP
presentation at the the Agricultural Sector Budget Analysis meeting,
organized by the Agricultural Consultative Forum, Pamodzi Hotel, Lusaka,
February 7, 2006.
- New solutions
needed to lessen HIV/AIDS impact on farming. Durban, 26 Apr 2005
(PLUSNEWS)
- New
thinking needed on impact of HIV/AIDS on agriculture. Johannesburg,
15 Mar 2005 (IRIN/PLUSNEWS)
- HIV/AIDS and the
agricultural sector in eastern and southern Africa: anticipating
the consequences. id21 Research Highlight: 15 June 2005
- Agricultural Commodity Levies: Who Benefits? Mwiinga, B., J. Shawa, T.S. Jayne and J. Shaffer. 2005. The Farmer, Vol. 8, No. 5: 11-12.
- DG's Petersberg
Prize recognizes innovations by Food Security III's Mali
Agricultural Market Information Support Team (PASIDMA). June
27, 2004.
- Mali's
Agricultural Market Watch (or L'Observatoire
du marché agricole au Mali) by Niama Dembélé.
ICT Update. Issue 9. December 31, 2002.
- World Food Summit & Southern Africa a
12 June 02 radio discussion by E, Wongibe on RDW’s "Africa Report" program.
(Note: 2MB .wav file)
- Listen to Mali Tech, a 20 March
02 report by Silvia Sansoni on Public Radio International's "The World" program.
(Note 1.6MB file)
- This requires a RealAudio player. If you don't have it,
you can download it from Real.com.
- Read Silicon Mali,
an article about the Mali Market Information project, from the 4 February
2002 issue of Forbes.
- Kenya’s Maize “Glut” Only Hurting Rich Farmers. Jayne, T.S., G. Nyambane, and G. Argwings-Kodhek. The EastAfrican Newspaper, January 18-24, 1999, p. 19.
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