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President Joe Biden Appoints Nigerian-American From MSU; Saweda Tasie As BIFAD Board Member
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President Joe Biden Appoints Nigerian-American From MSU; Saweda Tasie As BIFAD Board Member
EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Joe Biden has appointed Michigan State University (MSU) economist Dr. Saweda Liverpool-Tasie to the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD).
Recall that BIFAD advises the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on agriculture and higher education issues pertinent to food insecurity, along with other BIFAD board members.
Dr. Liverpool-Tasie will play a key role in shaping the nation’s perspectives on international food and agriculture.
“It is a privilege to be appointed to serve in this capacity,”
“I am looking forward to the opportunity and particularly with such a distinguished group of professionals.” Stated Liverpool Tasie.
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The Michigan State University’s Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (AFRE) and a long-standing member of the department’s Food Security Group (FSG) is the first member of AFRE to serve as a BIFAD board member.
USAID Executive Director of BIFAD, Clara Cohen, says, “I am delighted to congratulate and welcome Dr. Liverpool-Tasie and other newly appointed members of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD).
US President Joe Biden
The diversity and depth of expertise among the new members will bring thought leadership and broaden the dialogue to reduce hunger, respond to climate change, and lead more inclusive development around the world.”
The University of Jos Alumni research work is focused on emergent issues related to small-holder productivity and welfare within dynamic and transforming food systems in sub- Saharan Africa alongside poorly functioning markets in the region.
The BIFAD Board Member is also an expert in developing international capacity for food and agricultural policy.
AFRE Chairperson, Scott Swinton said “BIFAD has gained a board member with deep understanding of evolving agri-food supply chains and firm commitment to institution-building in the Global South,”
“As a university colleague and as a U.S. citizen, I am excited to see her helping to shape our international food and agricultural development policy.”
Worthy of note is the fact that, before joining MSU, Dr Liverpool-Tasie was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
She is a 2016 recipient of the Michigan State University John K. Hudzik Emerging Leader in Advancing International Studies and Programs Award, and the 2017-18 chair of the Africa section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association professional society.
The research fellow served at the advisory boards of MSU’s African Studies Center and the Alliance for African Partnership.
She is also a 2018/19 winner of the MSU Teacher-Scholar Award, which recognizes early career MSU faculty members, who link excellent teaching to scholarly work.
FSG co-directors, David Tschirley and Eric Crawford notes, “Dr. Liverpool-Tasie has stood out from the very beginning of her career for her commitment to doing high quality academic research on development challenges in a way that builds local capacity, promotes local ownership, and has real effects on policy and program design.
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