MSU’s Saweda Liverpool-Tasie appointed by President Biden to Board for International Food and Agricultural Development

President Joe Biden has appointed Michigan State University economist Saweda Liverpool-Tasie to the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development. BIFAD advises the United States Agency for International Development on agriculture and higher education issues pertinent to food insecurity. Along with other BIFAD board members, 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,” stated Liverpool-Tasie. “I am looking forward to the opportunity and particularly with such a distinguished group of professionals.” 

Liverpool-Tasie is an associate professor in MSU’s Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics and a long-standing member of the department’s Food Security Group. She is the first member of AFRE to serve as a BIFAD board member. Her research focuses on emergent issues related to smallholder productivity and welfare within dynamic and transforming food systems in sub- Saharan Africa and alongside poorly functioning markets in the region. Liverpool-Tasie is also an expert in developing international capacity for food and agricultural policy.

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