Food Crises in Southern Africa. Round Table Discussion facilitated

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MSU AgEcon Food Security International Updates : November 2005**
New on the FS III Web site http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/
Michigan State University
Department of Agricultural Economics
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major headings and subheadings of the site, as specified below:
I. FS III & Related Projects Overview
A. Current/Recent Outreach Contributions
1. Regional Trade, Growth and Emergency Response: Strategic Options for Dealing with Recurrent
Food Crises in Southern Africa. Round Table Discussion facilitated by Michigan State University
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement. Thursday, November 17, 2005.
2. Program and Background Documents by Participants in the Round Table
3. How Can Markets Respond Better to the 2005/06 Food Crisis: Evidence from
Zambia. Food Security Research Project – Zambia
4. Learning From Experience and Emerging Research. David Tschirley & Research
Teams in Mozambique and Zambia.
5. Price Hedging & Food Security. Government of Malawi's SAFEX-based Option
Strategy. "Regional Trade, Growth and Emergency Response: Strategic Options
for Dealing with Recurrent Food Crises in Southern Africa”. The World Bank With
support from SECO and the Dutch Development Corporation.
6. Towards a Conceptual Approach to Integrating Markets, Livelihoods, and
Entitlement Needs in the Identification of Appropriate Emergency Response
Options. John Hoddinott. International Food Policy Research Institute
II. Cross-Country Research and Outreach Topic Directories
A. Agricultural Input Use, Input Market Development and Natural Resource
Management.
7. Fertilizer Demand in Sub-Saharan Africa: Realizing the Potential.
8. Alternative Approaches for Promoting Fertilizer Use in Africa, with Emphasis on the Role of
Subsidies.
9. Vision of Donor Support for Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction in sub-Saharan Africa.
III. FS III In-Country/Regional Activities and Publication Directories
A. Mozambique Productivity and Policy
10. Cooperation between the Ministry of Agriculture (Minag) and The Department of
Agricultural Economics at Michigan State University (MSU)
11. Learning from the 2002/03 Food Crisis in Southern Africa: Lessons for the
Current Year.
12. Mudanças no mercado e na produção para melhorar a segurança alimentar em
Mozambique.
13. Improving Production and Marketing to Enhance Food Security in Mozambique.
14. The Economics of Smallholder Households in Tobacco and Cotton Growing Areas
of the Zambezi Valley of Mozambique.
15. Análise da Comercialização Agrícola nas Zonas Rurais de Moçambique:
Implicações para Estratégias de Segurança Alimentar e Alívio à Pobreza.
Resultados do TIA 2002.
16. Análise do Crescimento do Rendimento dos Agregados Familiares Rurais em
Moçambique 1996-2002: Implicações para o Desenvolvimento Agrário no
contexto do ProAgri 2e PARPA II.
17. 2005 National Agricultural Household Survey (TIA05): Panel Questionnaire, Nova
Questionnaire
18. 2003 National Agricultural Household Survey (TIA03): Village/Community
Questionnaire (English, Portuguese), Small and Medium Farms - with Field
Measurements (English, Portuguese), Pequenas E Médias Explorações - Sem
Medição, Grandes Explorações
19. What do we know about smallholder input use in Mozambique? Background
information from MADER’s national agricultural surveys
20. Determinantes do Rendimento, Pobreza, e Percepção do Progresso Económico
dos Agregados Familiares nas Zonas Rurais de Moçambique em 2001-2002.
21. Dinâmica do Sector Agrário em Moçambique. O Papel da Agricultura Comercial
Familiar na Redução da Pobreza.
B. Mali Food Security Initiative
22. 2005/06 Project Work Plan
23. Fundamental Restructuring of Mali’s Approach to Food Security
24. President Amadou Toumani Touré Launches Food Security Website
25. Compte rendu de l'atelier du 30 juin 2005 sur la proposition d'éléments de suiviévaluation de la situation alimentaire au Mali
26. Methodological Workshop on the Concept of Food Security held at the
Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire, October 21, 2004. Atelier
méthodologique sur le concept de la sécurité alimentaire. Équipe CSA –APCAM –
MSU - USAID. Power point presentation. Report
27. Development of Local Food Security Plans. Draft Plans : Région de Gao
28. Rapport de mission au Mali par Marthe Diallo, de juin au août 2005
C. Rwanda
29. Income and Nutritional Outcomes in Rwanda's Rural Areas, 1990 and 2000.
D. Zambia
30. Socio-economic Characteristics of Individuals Afflected by Aids-related Prime-age Mortality in
Zambia.
31. Vision of Donor Support for Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction in sub-Saharan Africa.
32. Where Should Public and Donor Investments be Targeted?
33. Using Empirical Information in the Era of HIV/AIDS to Inform Mitigation and Rural Development
Strategies: Selected Results from African Country Studies.
34. Post- Harvest Survey (2000/2001) for Small and Medium-Sized Holdings (Synthetic
Questionnaire)
35. Post- Harvest Survey (2001/2002) for Small and Medium-Sized Holdings (Synthetic
Questionnaire)
IV. Related In-Country/Regional Projects and Publications Directories
A. TEGEMEO Agricultural Monitoring and Policy Analysis (TAMPA) Project, Kenya
36. Where Should Public and Donor Investments be Targeted?
37. Working Age Adult Mortality and Primary School Attendance in Rural Kenya.
Abstract.
B. Mozambique Sustainable Nutrition
Avaliação Do Impacto Da Introdução Da Batata Doce De Polpa Alaranjada (Bpda)
Em Moçambique E Progresso No Melhoramento De Novas Variedades De Bdpa Nos
Últimos Dois Anos. A ter lugar no dia 27 de Setembro de 2005.
38. Convite Ao Seminário, Agenda
39. O Impacto da Introdução de Batata Doce de Polpa Alaranjada (BDPA) e a
Promoção de Mudanças nas Práticas de Alimentação das Crianças nas
Areas Vulneráveis a Seca em Zambézia
40. Desenvolvendo um Instrumento para a Medição de Attitudes nas Zonas
Rurais de Moçambique
41. Licões Aprendidas sobre a uma Abordagem Integrada de Promoção de
Produção e Comercialização de BDPA em Zambézia
42. Disseminação e Adopção das Variedades da Batata Doce de Polpa
Alaranjada em Moçambique
43. Análise de Adopção e Produção de Batata Doce de Polpa Alaranjada:
Estudo de Caso de dois distritos da Provincia de Gaza
44. Adaptação de 21 Clones de Batata Doce de Polpa Alaranjada com Alta
Matéria Seca em Diferentes Zonas Agro-ecológicas de Moçambique:
Identificação de Caracteres Fisiológicas Relacionadas com a Seca
45. Perspectivas para o Futuro: Expansão de Áreas de Intervenção e
Prioridades a Serem Investigadas
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