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Dr. Saweda Liverpool-Tasie Receives NAAE Award
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Help us in congratulating Dr. Saweda Liverpool-Tasie
, for receiving a Meritorious Award from the Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists, for her “outstanding contribution as a great academic and for the development of research among young agricultural economists in developing nations.”
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Grad student Wen Lin Wins IFPRI Paper Competition
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Graduate student Wen Lin’s paper (citation below), presented by David Ortega at the IFPRI-China conference was selected as one of four Outstanding Conference Papers! The competition field included over 60 papers from researchers in China’s top universities as well as from peer U.S. and European institutions. Congratulations to Wen!
Lin, W., D. L. Ortega, V. Caputo. “Are Ex-Ante Hypothetical Bias Calibration Methods Context Dependent? Evidence from Online Food Shoppers in China.”
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Condolences to family of AFRE Extension Specialist Mary Zehner
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The department sends their condolences to the friends and family of
Mary Zehner, who was an AFRE extension specialist for many years.
A memorial service will be held at The Peoples Church, 200 W Grand River Ave in East Lansing on Saturday October 28 at 1PM.
Read her obituary here.
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AFRE Brown-Bag Seminar:
Dr. Giovanni Sogari
October 24, 11:50-1:00PM |
75 Ag Hall
Dr. Giovanni Sogari, postdoctoral researcher at University of Parma, visiting scholar at Cornell University and Marie Curie Action (MSCA) Fellow of the European Commission will speak on “Market Scenarios of Traditional and Novel Food Products.”
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AFRE Seminar: Cloe Garnache
October 26, 3:30-5:00 PM |
75
Ag Hall
AFRE faculty member Dr. Cloe Garnache will speak on "When Your View Goes Up in Flames: Effect of Wildfires on Property Values."
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PUBLICATIONS
(Journal articles, books, book chapters)
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Adjognon, GS,
Liverpool-Tasie, LSO,
T. Reardon. 2018. “Financing agricultural inputs in Africa: own cash or credit?” Chapter 4 in Christiaensen, L., Demery, L. (editors). Agriculture in Africa : Telling Myths from Facts. Directions in Development - Agriculture and Rural Development, Washington, DC: World Bank; pages 29-38.
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28543
Caputo, V., Van Loo, E. J., Scarpa, R., Nayga, R. M. and Verbeke, W. (2017), Comparing Serial, and Choice Task Stated and Inferred Attribute Non-Attendance Methods in Food Choice Experiments. J Agric Econ.
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oi:10.1111/1477-9552.12246
Liverpool-Tasie, L.SO, Bolarin T. Omonona, Awa Sanou, and Wale Ogunleye. Maize Farming and Fertilizers: Not a Profitable Mix in Nigeria. Chapter 12 in Christiaensen, L., Demery, L. (editors). Agriculture in Africa : Telling Myths from Facts. Directions in Development - Agriculture and Rural Development, Washington, DC: World Bank; pages 105.-113
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28543
Liverpool-Tasie, L. S.O
., B. Omonona, A. Sanou, W. Ogunleye, S. Padilla, and T
. Reardon
(2017). Growth and transformation of chicken and eggs value chains in Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Agricultural Economics 7(1):1-15
Jayne, T
., Wineman A. “Land Prices Heading Skyward? An Analysis of Farmland Values across Tanzania.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, ppx038,
https://doi.org/10.1093/aepp/ppx038
Reardon T
. 2017. How to meet the needs of an evolving food system in
State of Food and Agriculture
. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7899e.pdf
Reardon T
. 2017. Agrifood markets and value chains in
Rural Development Report 2016: Fostering Inclusive Rural Transformation
. Internatinational Fund for Agricultural Development.
Reardon, T
. and D. Zilberman. 2017. “Climate Smart Food Supply Chains in Developing Countries in an Era of Rapid Dual Change in Agrifood Systems and the Climate,” Chapter in L. Lipper, N. McCarthy, D. Zilberman, S. Asfaw, G. Branca (eds.). Climate Smart Agriculture: Building Resilience to Climate Change. Natural Resource Management and Policy. Volume 52. Amsterdam & Rome: Springer & FAO; pages 335-352.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-61194-5_15
Riva, C., Marquart-Pyatt, S., Ligmann-Zielinska, A., Schmitt Olabisi, L.K., Rivers, L., Du, J., &
Liverpool-Tasie, L.S.O.
(2017). Food Security in Africa: A Cross-scale, Empirical Investigation using Structural Equation Modeling. Environment Systems and Decisions.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-017-9652-7
Sanou, A., Osuntade, B.,
Liverpool-Tasie, L.S.O
. and
Reardon, T.
(2017). Climate Change and the Poultry Value Chain in Nigeria: Issues, Emerging Evidence, and Hypotheses. Nigerian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 7(1):45-53
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. (2017). Using Participatory Modeling Processes to Identify Sources of Climate Risk in West Africa. Environment Systems and Decisions.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-017-9653-6
Toufique, K.A., S.N. Farook,
B. Belton
. 2017. “Managing fisheries for food security: Implications from demand analysis.”
Marine Resource Economics
, 33(1), published online before print version, August.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/694792
Tschirley, D., T. Reardon, S. Haggblade, T.S. Jayne, S. Liverpool-Tasie, T. Awokuse, M. Muyanga
, A. Wangalachi, A. Makani. 2017. “Engaging the agribusiness sector in inclusive value chain development: Opportunities and challenges,” Chapter 3 In AGRA Africa Agriculture Status Report 2017: The Business of Smallholder Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Issue 5). Nairobi, Kenya: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa; pages 45-64.
https://agra.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Final-AASR-2017-Aug-28.pdf
Wineman, A., and
Liverpool-Tasie, L. S.O.
(2017) Land markets and the distribution of land in northwestern Tanzania (2017). Land Use Policy. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.09.043.
Wineman, A. Y., &
Liverpool-Tasie, L. S.O.
(2017). Land Markets and Women's Land Access in Northwestern Tanzania. World development. 100 : 108–122
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Join us in welcoming Mirjam Schoonhoven, a visiting graduate student from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. She’s here until the end of the week, working with Tom Reardon on one of her thesis chapters concerning institutional viability in the Ugandan oilseeds sector.
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JOBS, OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES
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Post-doc position: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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PIK is looking for a postdoctoral researcher in climate and energy economics and policy analysis.
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Public and Private Mandate Analyst: Congressional Budget Office
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The CBO is a nonpartisan agency that provides economic analysis to Congress. The Budget Analysis Division is seeking an analyst for its Public and Private Mandates Unit to help CBO carry out its responsibilities under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
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Extension Agricultural Economists: Kansas Farm Management Association
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K-State Research & Extension’s Kansas Farm Management Association program is searching for candidates desiring to join our team of professionals as Extension Agricultural Economists.
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Updates go out every other Tuesday — e
mail your updates to Samantha Ward, AFRE Communications Manager, at
wardsam2@msu.edu
no later than Friday at 12:00 PM.
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