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• Staple Food Market Sheds in West Africa. Steven Haggblade, Steven Longabaugh, Duncan Boughton, Nango Dembelé, Boubacar Diallo, John Staatz, and David Tschirley. International Development Working Paper #121. February 2012.
• Zambian Farmers’ Access to Maize Markets. Antony Chapoto and T.S. Jayne. FSRP Working Paper No. 57. September 2011.
• Unpacking the Meaning of “Market Access.” Jordan Chamberlin and Thomas S. Jayne. Staff Paper 2011-10. July 2011
• Food Price Spikes and Strategic Interactions between the Public and Private Sectors:  Market Failures or Governance Failures.  T.S. Jayne and David Tschirley, Commodity Market Review 2009-2010, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. 2010
• The Impacts of Trade Barriers and Market Interventions on Maize Price Predictability: Evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa. Antony Chapoto and T.S. Jayne. International Development Working Paper #102. Michigan State University. December 2009.
• Food Crises and Food Markets: Implications for Emergency Response in Southern Africa. by David Tschirley and T.S. Jayne. 2008. MSU IDWP 94, East Lansing Michigan.
• Food Crises and Food Markets: What has been Learned in Southern Africa over the Past Decade? David L. Tschirley and T.S. Jayne. Paper prepared for: "Vulnerability to and Early Warning for Food Emergencies: Conceptul Issues and Practical Implementation." A Workshop organized by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on Food and Agriculture, Trade and Markets Division FAO Headquarters, Rome (Italy), 6-7 December 2007
• Comparative Analysis of Organization and Performance of African Cotton Sectors: Learning From Experience of Cotton Sector Reform in Africa. Draft Final Report. David Tschirley, Colin Poulton, Nicolas Gergely, Patrick Labaste, John Baffes, Duncan Boughton, and Gérald Estur. September 6, 2007. (This paper was commissioned by the World Bank. This draft version appears here by the permission of the World Bank; the final version will be published as an official World Bank publication)
• The Many Paths of Cotton Sector Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons from a Decade of Experience by David Tschirley, Colin Poulton, and Duncan Boughton. 2006. MSU IDWP 88, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-ADG-871)
• Emergency Needs Assessments and the Impact of Food Aid on Local Markets by Cynthia Donovan, Megan McGlinchy, John Staatz, and David Tschirley. 2006. MSU IDWP 87, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE refernce PN-ADG-863)
• Smallholder Farming Under Increasingly Difficult Circumstances: Policy and Public Investment Priorities for Africa by T.S. Jayne, D. Mather, and E. Mghenyi. 2006. MSU IDWP 86, East Lansing Michigan.(CDIE reference PN-ADG-862)
• Maize Breeding in East and Southern Africa, 1900-2000. Smale, M. and T.S. Jayne. in S. Haggblade (ed.) Building of Successes in African Agriculture. 2020 Focus Paper 12/4, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC. 2004.
• Competitiveness of Kenya and Ugandan Maize Production: Challenges for the Future. Nyoro, J., L. Kirimi, and T. Jayne. Working Paper 10, Egerton University, Tegemeo Institute, Nairobi. 2004.
• Title II Food Aid and Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Principled Argument for When, and When Not, to Monetize (148KB PDF) by David Tschirley and Julie Howard. 2003. 30 pp. MSU IDWP 81, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE Reference PN-ACT-076)
• Maize in Eastern and Southern Africa: Seeds of Success in an Historical Perspective. Smale, M., and T.S. Jayne. Discussion Paper 97, Environment, Production, and Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C. 2003.
• Has AGOA Increased Agricultural Exports from Sub-saharan Africa to the United States? by Kofi Nouve and John StaatzAgEconSP 03-08. 2003.
• Trading out of Poverty: WTO Agreements and the West African Agriculture. A Report of the Food Security II Cooperative Agreement (179KB PDF) by Kofi Nouve, John Staatz, David Schweikhardt, and Mbaye Yade. 2002. 36 pp. MSU IDWP 80, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE Reference PN-ACR-046)
  Promouvoir les échanges commerciaux pour réduire la pauvreté : les accords de l’ OMC et l’agriculture en Afrique de l’ Ouest. Un rapport de l’ Accord de Coopération no. II sur la sécurité alimentaire (274KB PDF) par Kofi Nouve, John Staatz, David Schweikhardt, et Mbaye Yade. 2002. 36 pp. MSU IDWP 80F, East Lansing Michigan.(CDIE Reference PN-ACR-046)
• Effects of Cash Crop Production on Food Crop Productivity in Zimbabwe: Synergies or Trade-Offs? Govereh, Jones, and T. S. Jayne. International Development Working Paper 74, East Lansing, Michigan State University, 1999. MSU IDWP 74, East Lansing Michigan.(CDIE reference PN-ACF-371)
• Successes and Challenges of Food Market Reform: Experiences from Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe by T.S. Jayne, Mulinge Mukumbu, Munhamo Chisvo, David Tschirley, Michael T. Weber, Ballard Zulu, Robert Johansson, Paula Santos, and David Soroko. 1999. 45 pp. MSU IDWP 72, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-ACE-389)
• The Role of Regional Trade in Agricultural Transformation: The Case of West Africa Following Devaluation of the CFA Franc. M. Yade, A. Chohin-Kuper, V. Kelly, John Staatz, J. Tefft. Paper presented at the Workshop on Agricultural Transformation organized by Tegemeo Institute/Egerton University, ECAPAPA, MSU and USAID, Nairobi, Kenya, June 27-30, 1999.
• Effects of the CFA Franc Devaluation on Urban Food Consumption in West Africa: Overview and Cross-Country Comparisons. Diagana, Bocar; Francis Akindès; Kimseyinga Savadogo; Thomas Reardon and John M. Staatz. Food Policy, v. 24, no. 5 (October 1999), pp. 465-478. (Special Feature Papers: The Effects of the Franc CFA Devaluation on Urban Household Food Consumption in West Africa: Case Studies and Policy Implications. Guest editor, T. Reardon.)
• Sécurité alimentaire et filières agricoles en Afrique de l'Ouest: Enjeux et perspectives quatre ans après la dévaluation du franc CFA. A set of policy syntheses prepared for a workshop by the same title organized by INSAH and MSU, Dakar, Senegal, December 1998. Filière bovine | Consommation | Filière Coton | Filières Maraîchères
• Food Security and Agricultural Subsectors in Africa: Future Prospects and Key Issues Four Years After the Devaluation of the CFA Franc. A set of policy syntheses prepared for a workshop by the same title organized by INSAH and MSU, Dakar, Senegal, December 1998. Beef Subsector | Consumption | Cotton Subsector | Horticultural subsectors
• Improving the Impact of Market Reform on Agricultural Productivity in Africa: How Institutional Design Makes a Difference (472KB PDF) by T.S. Jayne, James D. Shaffer, John M. Staatz, and Thomas Reardon. 1997. 39 pp. MSU IDWP 66, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-ACB-867)
• Market Information Sources Available Through the Internet: Daily to Yearly Market and Outlook Reports, Prices, Commodities and Quotes (244KB PDF) by Jean-Charles Le Vallée. 1996. 21 pp. MSU IDWP 64, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-ABZ-754)
• Transforming Poultry Production and Marketing in Developing Countries: Lessons Learned with Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa (294KB PDF) by Laura L. Farrelly. 1996. 46 pp. MSU IDWP 63, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-ABY-849)
• Food Marketing and Pricing Policy in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons for Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Access to Food (1.02MB PDF) by T.S. Jayne and Stephen Jones. 1996. 40 pp. MSU IDWP 56, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-ABY-547)
• Trends in Real Food Prices in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries (2.30MB PDF) by T.S. Jayne, et al. 1996. 70 pp. MSU IDWP 55, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-ABY-172)
• Confronting the Silent Challenge of Hunger: A Conference Synthesis (306KB PDF) by T.S. Jayne, David Tschirley, Lawrence Rubey, Thomas Reardon, John M. Staatz, and Michael Weber. 1995. 37 pp. MSU IDWP 51, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-ABW-276)
• Une approche stratégique pour la planification du programme de recherche agricole en Afrique sub-saharienne (405KB PDF) by Duncan Boughton, Eric Crawford, Julie Howard, James Oehmke, James Shaffer et John Staatz. 1997. 67 pp. MSU IDWP 49F, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-ACA-071)
• Effects of Market Reform on Access to Food by Low-Income Households. T.S. Jayne, L. Rubey, D. Tschirley, M. Mukumbu, M. Chisvo, A. Santos, M. Weber, and P. Diskin. USAID/SD Technical Paper 25. Washington, D.C. 1996.
• A Strategic Approach to Agricultural Research Program Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa (221KB PDF) by Duncan Boughton, Eric Crawford, Julie Howard, James Oehmke, James Shaffer, and John Staatz. 1995. 59 pp. MSU IDWP 49, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-ABU-948)
• Effects of Market Reform on Access to Food by Low-Income Householde: Evidence from Four Countries in Eastern and Southern Africa (2.12MB PDF) by T.S. Jayne, L. Rubey, D. Tschirley, M. Mukumbu, M. Chisvo, A. Santos, M. Weber, and P. Diskin. 1995. 83 pp. MSU IDP 19, East Lansing Michigan.. (CDIE reference PN-ABX-754)
• Market-Oriented Strategies to Improve Household Access to Food: Experience from Sub-Saharan Africa (262KB PDF) by T.S. Jayne, D.L. Tschirley, John M. Staatz, James D. Shaffer, Michael T. Weber, Munhamo Chisvo, and Mulinge Mukumbu. 1994. 61 pp. MSU IDP 15, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-ABS-755)
• Food Security Policy and the Competitiveness of Agriculture in the Sahel: A Summary of the "Beyond Mindelo" Seminar (2.1MB PDF) by Thomas S. Jayne and Nicholas Minot. 1989. 27 pp. MSU IDWP 32, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-ABF-570)
• Improving Food Marketing Systems in Developing Countries: Experiences from Latin America (7.3MB PDF) by Kelly Harrison, Donald Henley, Harold Riley and James Shaffer. 1987. 135 pp. Reprint #9. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-125)
• Influencing the Design of Marketing Systems to Promote Development in Third World Countries (1.7MB PDF) by James D. Shaffer with Michael Weber, Harold Riley and John Staatz. 1987. 21 pp. Reprint #2. (CDIE reference PN-AAV-230)
• Private Decisions and Public Policy: The Price Dilemma in Food Systems in Developing Countries (2.8MB PDF) by C. Peter Timmer. 1986. 58 pp. MSU IDP 7, East Lansing Michigan.(CDIE reference PN-AAZ-091)
• Contract Farming and Its Effect on Small Farmers in Less Developed Countries (5.6MB PDF) by Nicholas William Minot. 1986. 86 pp. MSU IDWP 31, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-105)
• Rapid Reconnaissance Guidelines for Agricultural Marketing and Food System Research in Developing Countries (4.1MB PDF) by John S. Holtzman. 1986. 75 pp. MSU IDWP 30, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-104)
• Fundamentals of Price Analysis in Developing Countries' Food Systems: A Training Manual to Accompany the Microcomputer Software Program 'MSTAT' (7.2MB PDF) by Stephen Goetz and Michael T. Weber. 1986. 148 pp. MSU IDWP 29, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-103)
• Subsector Analysis: Its Nature, Conduct and Potential Contribution to Small Enterprise Development (2.4MB PDF) by James J. Boomgard, Stephen P. Davies, Steve Haggblade and Donald Mead. 1986. 57 pp. MSU IDWP 26, East Lansing Michigan. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-101)