Hello, having received messages from people and web sites in health, I
thought this might interest this list. Our food security project at Michigan
State University concentrates on Africa and is a cooperative agreement
between USAID and our Department of Agricultural Economics. You may visit
our website at http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/ as you will find all the
information there. Plusieurs travaux portent sur l'Afrique de l'Ouest
egalement. The fact sheets and policy syntheses are in html and pdf (or
Adobe Acrobat) format. A description of research available and topics
covered is given below.

Description: The fact sheets cover the Mali Maize Subsector Study, Mali
Market Information Study (SIM), Mozambique Study, Rwanda Study, Sahel
Regional Program, Ethiopia Food Security Project, Agricultural Productivity
Studies, Food Access Synthesis Studies, Strategic Planning Studies,
Technology Assessment Studies, and Agricultural Transformation. The various
Policy Syntheses cover:

- Trends in Real Food Prices in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries.
- Promoting Farm Investment for Sustainable Intensification of African
Agriculture.
- Improving the Measurement and Analysis of African Aricultural
Productivity: Promoting
Complementarities Between Micro and Macro Data.
- Effects of Market Reform on Access to Food by Low-Income Households:
Evidence from Four
Countries in Eastern and Southern Africa.
- Promoting Food Security in Rwanda Through Sustainable Agricultural
Productivity: Meeting the
Challenges of Population Pressure, Land Degradation, and Poverty.
- Cash Crop and Foodgrain Productivity in Senegal: Historical View, New
Survey Evidence, and
Policy Implications. (French and English)
- A Strategic Approach to Agricultural Research Program Planning in
Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Will the CFA Franc Devaluation Enhance Sustainable Agricultural
Intensification in the
Senegalese Peanut Basin? (French and English)
- PRISAS/INSAH-MSU-USAID Sahel Regional Food Security Project: Results and
Impact.
- USAID Contributes to Building National Capacity to Strengthen Food
Security: an Example From Mali.
- Food Marketing and Pricing Policy in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons
for Increasing
Agricultural Productivity and Access to Food.
- Fostering Agricultural and Food System Transformation in Africa.
- Facilitating Effective Food Security Policy Reform.
- Zimbabwe Food Security Success Story: Maize Market Reforms Improve Access
to Food Even
While Government Eliminates Food Subsidies.
- Mozambique Food Security Success Story.
- Payoffs to Investments in Agricultural Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Relief Through Development: Maize Market Liberalization in Urban Kenya.
- Determinants of Farm Productivity in Africa: A Synthesis of Four Case
Studies.
- Assessing the Impact of Cowpea and Sorghum Research and Extension in
Northern Cameroon.
- The Impact of Millet, Sorghum, and Cowpea Research and Technology Transfer
in Niger.
- How Non-research Investments Affect Research Impact: The Case of Maize
Technology Adoption in southern Mali.
- Zambia's Stop-and-Go Revolution: The Impact of Policies and Organizations
on the Development and Spread of Hybrid Maize.
- Returns to Oilseed and Maize Research in Uganda.

Please let me know of other sites or discussion groups that you know of that
would be interested in this information. You may pass on the word of course.
I am also interested inthe work you do, projects, etc. Do not hesitate to
write to me if you have any questions. Je parle francais, hablo espanol. I
look forward to hearing from you soon. Cheers, Jean-Charles Le Vallee
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Jean-Charles Le Vallee                           [log in to unmask]
Visiting Research Specialist
Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University
416 Agriculture Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1039, USA
Tel: (517) 353-1851   Fax: (517) 432-1800

Food Security II Project Web Site, information,
policy syntheses and fact sheets (pdf Adobe Acrobat and html formats)
http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/

The Agricultural Market Information Virtual Library
http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/market_information.htm