NEWS

We’ve Started our Website Update Our website is getting a face lift. Sam has started moving all our content from one content management system to another — a pretty long and arduous process. The new system looks like this . Email Sam if you have anything you’d like to see changed on the website.

Official Welcome to our Five New Faculty AFRE has welcomed five new faculty members during the 2017 fall semester. Learn more about their backgrounds and experience. READ THE ARTICLE

Choice Modeling, Grocery Stores, and Global Impact from David Ortega Assistant professor David Ortega tackles pressing retail and agricultural issues around the world, with the help of MSU, AFRE, and prominent economics methods.  READ THE ARTICLE

EVENTS

Brown Bag Seminar November 21, 11:50AM | 75 Ag Hall Ufedo Monday Shaibu, from Kogi State University, in Nigeria will speak on “Influence of Nigeria Agricultural Insurance Policy on Risk Management among Small Scale Farmers in Kogi State, Nigeria.” AFRE Seminar: Alessandro Bonanno November 30, 3:30-5:00 PM | 75 Ag Hall Alessandro Bananno, Associate Professor from the University of Connecticut, will be speak at our weekly AFRE seminar. 

PUBLICATIONS (Journal articles, books, book chapters)

Belton, B., Bush, S.R., Little, D.C. 2018. Not Just for the Wealthy: Rethinking farmed fish consumption in the Global South. Global Food Security. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2017.10.005 Belton, B., Hossain, M.A.R., Thilsted, S.H. 2018. Labour, Identity and Wellbeing in Bangladesh’s Dried Fish Value Chains. In: Johnson, D., Acott, T.G, Stacey, N., Urquhart, J., (Eds.). Social Wellbeing and the Values of Small-Scale Fisheries. New York: Springer Benfica, R., Boughton, D., Uaiene, R., and Mouzinho, B. (2017). “Food Crop Marketing and Agricultural Productivity in a High Price Environment: Evidence and Implications for Mozambique“.  Food Security. In Press. DOI 10.1007/s12571-017-0731-x  Bradford KJ, Dahal P, Van Asbrouck J, Kunusoth K, Bello P, Thompson J, Wu F (2017). The Dry Chain: Reducing Postharvest Losses and Improving Food Safety in Humid Climates. Trends in Food Science & Technology, accepted for publication. Garnache, C. and Mérel, P.R. (2017) “The Social Costs of Environmental Goods Provision: A Cautionary Guide to the Revealed-Preference Approach.” Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. 4(4):1025–1052.    Ogunade IM, Martinez-Tuppia C, Queiroz OCM, Jiang Y, Drouin P, Wu F, Adesogan AT. Mycotoxins in Silage: Occurrence, Effects, Prevention and Mitigation. Journal of Dairy Science, accepted for publication. Qanti, S.R., T. Reardon, A. Iswariyadi. 2017. “Triangle of linkages among modernizing markets, sprayer traders, and mango-farming intensification in Indonesia.” Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 53(2): 187-208.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00074918.2017.1299923   Toufique, K.A., Farook, S., Belton, B. 2017. Managing Fisheries for Food Security: Implications from demand analysis. Marine Resource Economics. 33(1) https://doi.org/10.1086/694792

OPPORTUNITIES

Call for Young African Researchers The Matasa Fellows Network announced a call for young African researchers to apply to become a fellow. Applications from young African researchers who are interested in addressing the challenges of young people and employment in Africa are being accepted until 12/7. LEARN MORE

Global Change and Agroecosystems Symposium A symposium titled "Global Change and Agroecosystems: Challenges and Opportunities" will be held on the MSU campus (room BPS 1410) on 15 January 2018. It will explore the influence of compound stressors on the stability and future of agroecosystems and the implications for food security. Register by 1/12/18. LEARN MORE

Regional Research Institute Summer Course in Spatial Econometrics Summer class offered from June 25 – 28, 2018 where students will learn how to model and incorporate spatial dependencies into their empirical analyses. The course will be held in West Virginia. LEARN MORE

JOBS

Assistant Professor: Delaware The Department of Applied Economics and Statistics plans to hire two full-time, tenure-track faculty positions in Food and Agribusiness Marketing and Management (FABM) beginning in fall 2018. LEARN MORE

Assistant Professor: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech seeks an Assistant Professor, tenure-track, in the area of Agricultural Trade and Policy. The position is for a nine-month appointment comprised of 70-percent research and 30-percent teaching. LEARN MORE

Assistant Professor: University of Guelph The Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph is looking for an Assistant Professor in Food Industry Economics and Management.  LEARN MORE

Assistant Professor: University of Florida The Food and Resource Economics Department seeks to fill a 12-month or 9-month tenure accruing position for an Assistant Professor with teaching and research interests in agribusiness marketing and management. LEARN MORE

Research Manager: Precision Agriculture for Development PAD is looking for a Research Manager in Boston to oversee their expansive research work. LEARN MORE

Cooperative Extension Specialist: UC Berkeley The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a full-time Specialist in Cooperative Extension (CE) in the area of Quantitative Policy Analysis expected to begin July 1, 2018.  LEARN MORE

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.