Celebrating: PSEG Associate Award
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EmailMSU and IFPRI received a 5-year award to improve food security policy research and capacity in Nigeria, focusing on policy formulation, research, and advocacy for sustainable agriculture and economic growth.
Celebrating: PSEG Associate Award
We're thrilled to announce that FSG, led by Saweda Liverpool-Tasie and Duncan Boughton, has been awarded a new, 5-year “associate award” under PRCI in Nigeria. The Nigeria Policy Support for Economic Growth (PSEG) Associate Award marks a significant milestone in our ongoing efforts to strengthen local capacity for food security policy research with impact. We are especially encouraged that the Nigeria USAID mission heavily emphasized the core tenets of PRCI’s core award in the design of this program. Like our work under the PRCI core award, PSEG will emphasize equitable partnership and local ownership including direct sharing of resources with our local partners; it will promote broad institutional strengthening with our partners; and it will do all of this with a focus on enhanced capacity for food security research with impact.
PSEG is a collaborative effort between Michigan State University (MSU), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and various Nigerian partners. Through research, training, and institutional capacity strengthening, the PSEG program aims to enhance the enabling environment for inclusive and sustainable agriculture-led economic growth in Nigeria.
Key Objectives of the PSEG initiative include:
- Policy Formulation and Implementation: Improving evidence-based decision-making processes related to food security and agriculture.
- Policy Research: Increasing the availability and quality of rigorous policy analysis, with a focus on women's agricultural productivity.
- Policy Advocacy: Amplifying the voices of private sector actors, civil society organizations, and academia in shaping public policy agendas.
The PSEG program will deliver a series of activities tailored to the needs of selected Nigerian states and the federal government, focusing on key areas such as state policy support, collaborative research, training, and individual capacity strengthening. These activities will be informed by a consultative process with stakeholders at both the state and federal levels to address critical issues surrounding food systems transformation.
Additionally, the PSEG Scholars' Program will recruit and support young Nigerians to implement evidence-based policy formulation and advocacy efforts, further strengthening research and advocacy capacity in the region.
Such support and engagement are invaluable as we work towards achieving food security and sustainable economic growth in Nigeria.
