The African Studies Center will host a Brown Bag Series discussion titled “Privatizing Agricultural Extension in Africa: Insights from Mozambique,” featuring speaker Carl Eicher.

The discussion will be held at noon Thursday in room 252 Erickson Hall.

Yacob Fisseha, assistant director at the African Studies Center, said Eicher is an expert on African agriculture.

“He is the leading expert on African agriculture,” he said. “He is also a distinguished MSU professor, and that’s why we are having him come speak.”

Eicher’s discussion will be based on his study in Mozambique, where he analyzed the evolution of agricultural.

In 1961, Eicher earned a doctorate at Harvard University in economics, and later joined MSU’s Department of Agricultural Economics and African Studies Center. In 1992, he was appointed as a distinguished professor at MSU.

He retired from MSU in 2000, and is currently working as a consultant to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Mozambique.

This Brown Bag discussion is a part of a year-long series sponsored by the African Studies Center.

Chrystal Griffin