Selected Current Projects to INNOVATE FOR FOOD SECURITY
“Research program on childhood hunger”
Principal Investigators: Craig Gundersen and J. Ziliak
Contact: cggunders@illinois.edu
“Identifying policy interventions to reduce household food insecurity”
Principal Investigators: V. Tarasuk and C. Gundersen
Contact: cggunder@illinois.edu
“FoodAPS geography study”
Principal Investigator: Craig Gundersen
Contact: cggunder@illinois.edu
“Genomics-accelerated breeding of multipurpose edible Jatropha for smallholders’ perennial hillside agriculture in Haiti”
Principal Investigator: Patrick Brown
Contact: pjb34@illinois.edu
“Fabrication and field testing of a manual grain planter for Sierra Leone”
Principal Investigators: Richard Cooke and Alan Hansen
Contact: rcooke@illinois.edu
“Mitigating postharvest storage losses in Southeast Asia”
Principal Investigator: Kent Rausch
Contact: krausch@illinois.edu
“Harnessing the genetic potential of the soybean to understand its responses to phosphorus deficiency”
Principal Investigator: Brian Diers
Contact: bdiers@illinois.edu
“Agricultural technology transfer in Northern Ghana”
Principal Investigator: Lulu Rodriguez
Contact: lulurod@illinois.edu
“Journalistic techniques to counter assaults against the best available evidence about controversial agriculture issues”
Principal Investigator: Lulu Rodriguez
Contact: lulurod@illinois.edu
Selected Current Projects to EMPOWER FOR FOOD SECURITY
“Meeting the Challenges of Agricultural/Food Systems Development in Myanmar” UIUC-Yezin Agricultural University-Wilmar International Symposium, 17-19 September 2014
Project Leaders: George Czapar, Prasanta Kalita, Laurie Kramer, Neal Merchen, Alex Winter-Nelson
Contact: gfc@illinois.edu
“Farmer Advisory Services in Tajikistan” (FAST)
Project Leader: Paul McNamara
Contact: mcnamar1@illinois.edu
“Strengthening Extension and Advisory Services in Georgia” (SEAS)
Project Leader: Paul McNamara
Contact: mcnamar1@illinois.edu
“Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services” (INGENAES)
Project Leader: Paul McNamara
Contact: mcnamar1@illinois.edu
Selected Current Projects to EVALUATE FOR FOOD SECURITY
“Evaluating the impacts of livestock development on Poverty and Food Insecurity in Zambia”
Principal Investigators: Alex Winter-Nelson, Peter Goldsmith and Hope Michelson
Contact: alexwn@illinois.edu
“Evaluation of Afterschool and Summer Program Efficiencies”
Principal Investigator: Barbara Fiese
Contact: bhfiese@illinois.edu