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  Feed the Future Interviews FSP Scientists

  Published on October 31, 2017
  Thom Jayne and Kwame Yeboah (C4), report on their research about youth in agriculture in Africa, and make recommendations.

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  Diet transformation in South Eastern Africa

  Published on October 3, 2017
  Diets are transforming in 3 important ways. This means a change in the entire agrifood system. See D. Tschirley's presentation at ILSI.

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  FSP scientist T. Reardon on BBC World Service

  Published on September 25, 2017
  Tom Reardon (FSP C4b, Nigeria, Senegal) interview, 9/25/2017. Africa has increased it's rural-urban supply chain by 700% in 30 years.

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  FSP and MSU AFRE are recognized at AAEA Annual Meeting

  Published on August 1, 2017
  The AAEA is the world's leading professional association for Agricultural and Applied Economics, and several FSP faculty from MSU AFRE department were well recognized at its 2017 Annual Meeting.

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  Loss of Fertile Land Fuels ‘Looming Crisis’ Across Africa

  Published on July 29, 2017
  MSU researcher Thomas Jayne cited in New York Times article, Disappearance of Fertile Land Fuels ‘Looming Crisis’ in Africa, by Jeffrey Gettleman, page 1, Sunday, July 30, 2017. Print edition.

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  Promoting US national interests through supporting agricultural development in Africa

  Published on June 2, 2017
  Thomas Jayne's testimonial at the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Agriculture, regarding The Next Farm Bill: The Future of International Food Aid and Agricultural Development.

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  How Cities Reshape Food Systems

  Published on May 23, 2017
  The explosive growth of cities and the rapid emergence of an urban middle class are driving changes in food production and consumption in developing countries: A new book chapter by FSP team.

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  Webinar: The Rise of Medium-scale Farms in Africa

  Published on May 23, 2017
  Watch T. Jayne's CGIAR webinar highlighting the causes and consequences of changing farm size distributions in sub-Saharan Africa.

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  More and Better Jobs for Youth in Agrifood System

  Published on May 12, 2017
  VIDEO: By 2050, it is estimated that 864 million people in Africa will live in cities, and 10 million young people will join the labor market every year. What implications? Can the agrifood sector development be the solution?

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  Africa’s Evolving Employment Trends: Implications for Economic Transformation

  Published on April 15, 2017
  While agro-processing is growing rapidly in percentage terms, its share of overall employment is quite low and hence will not generate nearly as many new jobs as farming.

• What Drives Policy Change? Insights from the Kaleidoscope Model of Food Security Policy

  Published on March 30, 2017
  Steven Haggblade, Sheryl Hendriks, and Danielle Resnick, March 29, 2017, IFPRI, Washington, DC

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  Why the US Has a Lot to Gain from Investing in Africa’s Agri-food Systems

  Published on February 1, 2017
  The US’s incoming administration has an historic opportunity to extend America’s global leadership by promoting the economic transformations underway in Africa.

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  “Urbanization, Food Systems and the Diet Transformation in Developing Countries”

  Published on January 31, 2017
  David Tschirley was the Keynote Speaker at "Hungry Cities: The Global Revolution in Food Systems" conference, January 23, 2017, La Jolla, CA

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  Surprising Facts about Africa’s Rapidly Expanding Middle Class

  Published on January 5, 2017
  With the rapid rise of the middle class to about one-third of Africa’s population, we observe important changes in food consumption. These impact the entire agrifood system.

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  At Last, Evidence that African Agriculture is Powering Economic Transformation

  Published on January 4, 2017
  The evidence is now in and the verdict is that Africa´s agriculture is powering economic transformation in the region. African agriculture has shown remarkable improvement compared to its precarious state 15 years ago. However...

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  Where in the World is FSP?

  Published on January 5, 2016
  FSP works in Myanmar and Bangladesh in Asia, and in eight African countries or regions: Africa Great Lakes Coffee Region (Burundi and Rwanda), Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, West Africa Region, and Zambia.