Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Food Security Group

West Africa / Sahel

Publications

• Food Systems Transformation in West Africa: Implications for Jobs and Policy

  Published on June 18, 2018
  Tom Reardon and Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, OECD Seminar: Urbanization, Food Economy, Employment, and Women, Paris, France, June 18, 2018

• Industry Efforts to Combat Counterfeit and Other Illegal Pesticides

  Published on June 14, 2018
  Bama O. Yao, World Bank-International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research Conference on "Disruptive Innovations and Rural Development", Washington DC, June 14, 2018

• Farm Family Effects of Adopting Improved and Hybrid Sorghum Seed in the Sudan Savanna of West Africa

  Published on January 10, 2018
  Smale, M., Assima, A., Kergna, A., Theriault, V., and Weltzien, E. 2018. Farm family effects of adopting improved and hybrid sorghum seed in the Sudan Savanna of West Africa. Food Policy, 74 (January): 162-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.01.001

• Using Participatory Modeling Processes to Identify Sources of Climate Risk in West Africa

  Published on October 4, 2017
  Schmitt Olabisi, L. K., Liverpool-Tasie, L.S.O., Rivers, L., Ligmann-Zielinska, A., Du, J. Denny, R., Li, J. Marquart-Pyatt, S. & Sidibe, A. Environment Systems and Decisions, October 2017

• Trends in Per Capita Food Availability in West Africa, 1980-2009

  Published on February 1, 2013
  IDWP 130. Nathalie M. Me-Nsope and John M. Staatz. February 2013

People

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  Eric Crawford

  Professor Emeritus
  crawfor5@msu.edu
  517-432-2481
  

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  Steven Haggblade

  Adjunct Professor
  blade@msu.edu
  

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  Steve Longabaugh

  Specialist International Development
  longabau@msu.edu
  517-432-0018
  

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  Laura Schmitt Olabisi

  Professor
  schmi420@msu.edu
  

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  Melinda Smale

  Professor Emeritus
  msmale@msu.edu
  703-231-8492
  

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  John M. Staatz

  Professor Emeritus
  staatz@msu.edu
  517 896 4390
  

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  Oyinkan Chukuka Tasie

  Assistant Professor
  otasie@msu.edu
  517-355-0131
  

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  Michael T. Weber

  Professor Emeritus 1944-2021