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Dan Clay

Professor, Community Sustainability
http://www.csus.msu.edu/people/dan_clay

Expertise

agricultural and rural development, food security

Current Research

smallholder food security and coffee value chain development in Rwanda and Burundi, satellite-based methods for forecasting and famine early warning in Senegal, horticulture value chains and food safety in Vietnam and Thailand (WTO sponsored) and Rwanda (EU sponsored)

Selected Publications

  • Clay, Daniel C., J. Turetsinze and Nathan J. Clay. Baseline Report on the Rwanda Horticulture Organisations Survey (RHOS). Final Report. Rwanda National Agriculture Export Development Board (NAEB). 2014.

  • Clay, Daniel C., et al. “Export Crops: Toward a Significant Contribution to Growth.” In Baghdadli, Harborne and Rajadel, Breaking the Cycle: A Strategy for Conflict-sensitive Rural Growth in Burundi. World Bank Working Paper No. 147. 2008.

  • Clay, Daniel C., E. Kamwenubusa and J. Hussein. “Coffee Value Chain Study.” Burundi Agribusiness Program. USAID. 59 pp. 2008.

Government Focus

International

Media Coverage

MSU lands $1.8M USAID award to boost African Great Lakes’ coffee industry
MSU Professor maintains projects in Rwanda
Coffee project sustains Rwandans

Public Service

Founder and director, Partnership to Enhance Agriculture in Rwanda through Linkages Project.
2000-2006