NEWS

A Guide to Giving to MSUAFRE Put together by Scott Swinton, this article and our new and improved giving page make it a bit easier to navigate our funds during this season of giving. READ THE ARTICLE

FSP's Impact on International Development The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy (FSP), has released eight stories of the incredible impact our researchers are making around the world. Read them here and be on the lookout for individual features on our social media. READ THE ARTICLES

Leading Environmental Economics at MSU and Beyond Chris Semrinec, Environmental Economics and Management senior and founder of the Sustainable Business Association at MSU, has been making the new AFRE major known to the industry.  If you have students similar to Chris, email Sam their names! READ THE ARTICLE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

We had a round of good news announced in the past few weeks, so help us congratulate our colleagues for their following appointments, achievements, and promotions. Frank Lupi: received the William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award Dave Tschirley: appointed Lead External Author for The International Fund for Agricultural Development’s 2019 Rural Development Report Dave Weatherspoon: appointed as Senior Advisor to the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Dean of Undergraduate Studies (for the period Dec. 1, 2017 through Aug. 15, 2018). Anne Schneller: promoted to Senior Academic Specialist Dale Elshoff: changed to “Continuing Status” as Academic Specialist

PUBLICATIONS (Journal articles, books, book chapters)

Bush, S.R., Marschke, M., Belton, B. 2018. Labour, social sustainability and the underlying vulnerabilities of work in Southeast Asia’s seafood value chains. In: Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Development. McGregor, A., Law, L., Miller, F (Eds.). Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge Haider, H., Smale, M., and Theriault, V. 2017. Intensification and intrahousehold decisions: Fertilizer adoption in Burkina Faso. World Development, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.11.012  Ortega, D., Wolf, C. Demand for farm animal welfare and producer implications: Results from a field experiment in Michigan. Food Policy, Volume 74, January 2018, 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.11.006  Rie Muraoka, Songqing Jin, and T.S. Jayne. Land Access, Land Rental and Food Security: Evidence from Kenya. Land Use Policy, Volume 70, January 2018, 611-622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.10.045  Steele-Adjognon, M. and D. Weatherspoon (2017). "Double Up Food Bucks program effects on SNAP recipients' fruit and vegetable purchases." BMC Public Health 17(1): 946.

JOBS

USDA Agricultural Economist The USDA is looking for an Agricultural Economist working in the area of data management, computer programming, and modeling analyst for the USDA Baseline.  LEARN MORE

Master's Level Economist: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City There is an opening at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City for a Masters level economist to help support the Kansas City Fed’s work in agricultural economics and finance, to be located in Omaha, NE. LEARN MORE (Use the link and then search for Assistant Economist-253340)

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.