Wentworth, C., Warsaw, P., Isaacs, K., Traore, A., Hammon, A., Lewis, A., 2023. The resilience and viability of farmers markets in the United States as an alternative food network: case studies from Michigan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Agric Hum Values. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-023-10445-3
Isaacs, K., Smit, M., Samaké, B., Rattunde, F., Cissé, F., Diallo, A., Sidibe, M., Weltzien, E., 2023. Participatory Evaluation of Sorghum Processing and Sensory Attributes in Mali: Methodology for Improving Food Security Outcomes from Variety Development Efforts. Sustainability 15, 4312. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054312
Kidasso, E., Maredia, K., and Isaacs, K. 2022. Seed Systems Challenges of smallholder farmers in Africa. The African Seed. Issue #8.
Warsaw, P., Wentworth, C., Lewis, A., Isaacs, K., Traore, A., 2022. Manager and vendor perceptions of farmers’ markets’ impacts on communities: evidence from Michigan. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 42, 712–726. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-10-2021-0268
Cichy, K., Chiu, C., Isaacs, K., Glahn, R. 2022. Dry Bean Biofortification with Iron and Zinc. In: Kumar, S., Dikshit, H.K., Mishra, G.P., Singh, A. (eds) Biofortification of Staple Crops. Springer, Singapore. DOI: https://10.1007/978-981-16-3280-8
de Boef, W.S., Singh, S., Trivedi, P., Yadav, K.S., Mohanan, P.S., Kumar, S., Yadavendra, J.P., Isaacs, K. 2021. Unleashing the social capital of self-help groups for strengthening seed systems in Uttar Pradesh, India. Global Food Security 29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100522
Acevedo M., Zinyengere N., Cichy K., Meng S., Tufan H., Pixley K., Bizikova L., Isaacs K., Ghezzi-Kopel K., Porciello J. 2020. A scoping review of adoption of climate-resilient crops by small-scale producers in low- and middle-income countries. Nature Plants 6, 1231–1241 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-020-00783-z
Paterson, A.H., W. Kong, R.M. Johnston, P. Nabukalu, G. Wu, W. Poehlman, V. Goff, K. Isaacs, TH. Lee, et al. 2020. The Evolution of an Invasive Plant, Sorghum halepense L. (‘Johnsongrass’). Frontiers in Genetics 11: 317. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00317.
Weltzien E., Rattunde H.F.W., Christinck A., Isaacs K., and Ashby J. 2019. Gender and farmer preferences for varietal traits: evidence and issues for crop improvement. Plant Breeding Reviews. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. P. 243-278. doi: 10.1002/9781119616801.ch7
Diallo C., Isaacs K., Gracen V., Toure A., Weltzien E., Danquah E.Y., Sidibe M., Dzidzienyo D.K., Rattunde H.F.W., Nébie B., Sylla A., and Tongoon P.B. 2018. Learning from farmers to improve sorghum breeding objectives and adoption in Mali. Crop Improvement 32(6): 829-846. doi: 10.1080/15427528.2018.1531800
Isaacs K., Weltzien E., Diallo C., Sidibe M., Diallo B., Rattunde H.F.W. 2018. Farmer engagement in culinary testing and grain quality evaluations provides crucial information for sorghum breeding strategies in Mali. In: Tufan HA et al. (eds.). State of the Knowledge for Gender in Breeding: Case Studies for Practitioners. Lima (Peru). CGIAR Gender and Breeding Initiative Working Paper No 3. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/92819
Rattunde H.F.W., Sidibé M., Diallo B., van den Broek E., Somé H., vom Brocke K., Diallo A., Nebie B., Touré A., Isaacs K., and Weltzien E. 2018. Involving women farmers in variety evaluations of a “men’s crop”: Consequences for the sorghum breeding strategy and farmer empowerment in Mali. In: Tufan HA et al. (eds.). State of the Knowledge for Gender in Breeding: Case Studies for Practitioners. Lima (Peru). CGIAR Gender and Breeding Initiative Working Paper No 3. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/92819
Teeken, B., Tufan, H., Kulakow, P., Egesi, C., Madu, T., Chijioke, U., Olaosebikan, O., Bello, A., Tegbaru, A., Isaacs, K., Murphy, S., Ileubbey, P., Durodola, O., Ogunade, O., Okoro, M., Onyeka, J. Intersectional gender tool focusing task groups. Gender and Breeding Meeting. Nairobi, Kenya.
Isaacs K., Snapp S.S., Chung K., and Waldman K.B. 2016. Assessing the value of diverse cropping systems under a new agricultural policy environment in Rwanda. Food Security 8(3): 491-506. doi: 10.1007/s12571-016-0582-x
Isaacs K., Snapp S.S., Kelly J.D., and Chung K. 2016. Farmer knowledge identifies a common bean ideotype for maize-bean intercrop systems in Rwanda. Agriculture and Food Security 5(1). doi: 10.1186/s40066-016-0062-8
Chung K., Cashin K., Isaacs K., and Grabowski P. 2015. An Introduction to Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Programming. Washington, DC: USAID’s FANTA Project at FHI 360. https://www.agrilinks.org/training/nutrition-sensitive-agricultural-programming
Waldman K., Kerr J., and Isaacs K. 2014. Combining participatory on-farm agronomic trials and experimental auctions to estimate farmer preferences for improved common bean in Rwanda. Food Policy 46: 183-192. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.03.015
Isaacs K., Mohler C.L., Caldwell B., Schindelbeck R., and Van Es H. 2007. Organic management improves soil health: Results from the Organic Grain Cropping Systems Experiment. What’s Cropping Up 18: 5-7.
Isaacs, K., Smit, M., Samaké, B., Rattunde, F., Cissé, F., Diallo, A., Sidibe, M., Weltzien, E., 2023. Participatory Evaluation of Sorghum Processing and Sensory Attributes in Mali: Methodology for Improving Food Security Outcomes from Variety Development Efforts. Sustainability 15, 4312. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054312
Kidasso, E., Maredia, K., and Isaacs, K. 2022. Seed Systems Challenges of smallholder farmers in Africa. The African Seed. Issue #8.
Warsaw, P., Wentworth, C., Lewis, A., Isaacs, K., Traore, A., 2022. Manager and vendor perceptions of farmers’ markets’ impacts on communities: evidence from Michigan. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 42, 712–726. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-10-2021-0268
Cichy, K., Chiu, C., Isaacs, K., Glahn, R. 2022. Dry Bean Biofortification with Iron and Zinc. In: Kumar, S., Dikshit, H.K., Mishra, G.P., Singh, A. (eds) Biofortification of Staple Crops. Springer, Singapore. DOI: https://10.1007/978-981-16-3280-8
de Boef, W.S., Singh, S., Trivedi, P., Yadav, K.S., Mohanan, P.S., Kumar, S., Yadavendra, J.P., Isaacs, K. 2021. Unleashing the social capital of self-help groups for strengthening seed systems in Uttar Pradesh, India. Global Food Security 29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100522
Acevedo M., Zinyengere N., Cichy K., Meng S., Tufan H., Pixley K., Bizikova L., Isaacs K., Ghezzi-Kopel K., Porciello J. 2020. A scoping review of adoption of climate-resilient crops by small-scale producers in low- and middle-income countries. Nature Plants 6, 1231–1241 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-020-00783-z
Paterson, A.H., W. Kong, R.M. Johnston, P. Nabukalu, G. Wu, W. Poehlman, V. Goff, K. Isaacs, TH. Lee, et al. 2020. The Evolution of an Invasive Plant, Sorghum halepense L. (‘Johnsongrass’). Frontiers in Genetics 11: 317. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00317.
Weltzien E., Rattunde H.F.W., Christinck A., Isaacs K., and Ashby J. 2019. Gender and farmer preferences for varietal traits: evidence and issues for crop improvement. Plant Breeding Reviews. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. P. 243-278. doi: 10.1002/9781119616801.ch7
Diallo C., Isaacs K., Gracen V., Toure A., Weltzien E., Danquah E.Y., Sidibe M., Dzidzienyo D.K., Rattunde H.F.W., Nébie B., Sylla A., and Tongoon P.B. 2018. Learning from farmers to improve sorghum breeding objectives and adoption in Mali. Crop Improvement 32(6): 829-846. doi: 10.1080/15427528.2018.1531800
Isaacs K., Weltzien E., Diallo C., Sidibe M., Diallo B., Rattunde H.F.W. 2018. Farmer engagement in culinary testing and grain quality evaluations provides crucial information for sorghum breeding strategies in Mali. In: Tufan HA et al. (eds.). State of the Knowledge for Gender in Breeding: Case Studies for Practitioners. Lima (Peru). CGIAR Gender and Breeding Initiative Working Paper No 3. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/92819
Rattunde H.F.W., Sidibé M., Diallo B., van den Broek E., Somé H., vom Brocke K., Diallo A., Nebie B., Touré A., Isaacs K., and Weltzien E. 2018. Involving women farmers in variety evaluations of a “men’s crop”: Consequences for the sorghum breeding strategy and farmer empowerment in Mali. In: Tufan HA et al. (eds.). State of the Knowledge for Gender in Breeding: Case Studies for Practitioners. Lima (Peru). CGIAR Gender and Breeding Initiative Working Paper No 3. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/92819
Teeken, B., Tufan, H., Kulakow, P., Egesi, C., Madu, T., Chijioke, U., Olaosebikan, O., Bello, A., Tegbaru, A., Isaacs, K., Murphy, S., Ileubbey, P., Durodola, O., Ogunade, O., Okoro, M., Onyeka, J. Intersectional gender tool focusing task groups. Gender and Breeding Meeting. Nairobi, Kenya.
Isaacs K., Snapp S.S., Chung K., and Waldman K.B. 2016. Assessing the value of diverse cropping systems under a new agricultural policy environment in Rwanda. Food Security 8(3): 491-506. doi: 10.1007/s12571-016-0582-x
Isaacs K., Snapp S.S., Kelly J.D., and Chung K. 2016. Farmer knowledge identifies a common bean ideotype for maize-bean intercrop systems in Rwanda. Agriculture and Food Security 5(1). doi: 10.1186/s40066-016-0062-8
Chung K., Cashin K., Isaacs K., and Grabowski P. 2015. An Introduction to Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Programming. Washington, DC: USAID’s FANTA Project at FHI 360. https://www.agrilinks.org/training/nutrition-sensitive-agricultural-programming
Waldman K., Kerr J., and Isaacs K. 2014. Combining participatory on-farm agronomic trials and experimental auctions to estimate farmer preferences for improved common bean in Rwanda. Food Policy 46: 183-192. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.03.015
Isaacs K., Mohler C.L., Caldwell B., Schindelbeck R., and Van Es H. 2007. Organic management improves soil health: Results from the Organic Grain Cropping Systems Experiment. What’s Cropping Up 18: 5-7.
Select Media and Seminars
Reflection on the work of Beatriz Cortez and its dual nature. MSU Broad Art Museum. 2021. https://soundcloud.com/msubroad/seeds-of-resistance-dr-krista-isaacs
Isaacs, K. “Inclusion, accessibility, and equity in plant breeding.” Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Symposium: Orphan Crop Breeding for Diverse and Sustainable Food Options. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Dec 9 -10, 2021.
Isaacs, K. Science Festival Panel: Seeds of Resistance. Interdisciplinary panel exploring the subterranean power of seed in our lives, with artists and scientists. Michigan State Eli Broad Museum of Art. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, April 21, 2021. Link
Isaacs, K., Rattunde F., Diallo B., Sidibe, M., Some, H., Nebie, B., Weltzien, E. “A network approach for large-scale participatory variety-by-context testing: results from sorghum variety trials in Mali.” Breeding and Seed Sector Innovations for Organic and Low Input Agriculture, Latvia, Online Mar 8-10, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI8l7W8GKfo at 1:21:16
Isaacs K. “Brokering power and access: case studies of gender and seed systems.” University Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Michigan State University, Oct 2, 2020. Link
Isaacs K. Community-academic partnership Food Literacy for All, “The Politics, Ecology, and Future of Seeds,” University of Michigan Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, Feb 2, 2019.
Isaacs K. “What’s in a seed? Overcoming barriers to adoption of new sorghum varieties in Mali.” University of Kentucky invited seminar speaker. October 19, 2018. Link
Weltzien E. and Isaacs K. “Why Gender Matters in Plant Breeding?” GREAT: Gender-Responsive Cereal Grain Breeding Course. Makarere University, Kampala, Uganda. July 23, 2018.
Isaacs K. “Reflecting on the big questions in Seed Systems.” Gender dynamics in seed systems session at CGIAR Gender Annual Scientific Meeting, Tropical Royal Institute, Amsterdam, Holland, Dec 5-8, 2017.
Weltzien, E. and K. Isaacs. “Changing sorghum breeding in Mali through gender insights.” CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers, and Bananas. Aug 25, 2017. Link
Reflection on the work of Beatriz Cortez and its dual nature. MSU Broad Art Museum. 2021. https://soundcloud.com/msubroad/seeds-of-resistance-dr-krista-isaacs
Isaacs, K. “Inclusion, accessibility, and equity in plant breeding.” Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Symposium: Orphan Crop Breeding for Diverse and Sustainable Food Options. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Dec 9 -10, 2021.
Isaacs, K. Science Festival Panel: Seeds of Resistance. Interdisciplinary panel exploring the subterranean power of seed in our lives, with artists and scientists. Michigan State Eli Broad Museum of Art. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, April 21, 2021. Link
Isaacs, K., Rattunde F., Diallo B., Sidibe, M., Some, H., Nebie, B., Weltzien, E. “A network approach for large-scale participatory variety-by-context testing: results from sorghum variety trials in Mali.” Breeding and Seed Sector Innovations for Organic and Low Input Agriculture, Latvia, Online Mar 8-10, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI8l7W8GKfo at 1:21:16
Isaacs K. “Brokering power and access: case studies of gender and seed systems.” University Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Michigan State University, Oct 2, 2020. Link
Isaacs K. Community-academic partnership Food Literacy for All, “The Politics, Ecology, and Future of Seeds,” University of Michigan Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, Feb 2, 2019.
Isaacs K. “What’s in a seed? Overcoming barriers to adoption of new sorghum varieties in Mali.” University of Kentucky invited seminar speaker. October 19, 2018. Link
Weltzien E. and Isaacs K. “Why Gender Matters in Plant Breeding?” GREAT: Gender-Responsive Cereal Grain Breeding Course. Makarere University, Kampala, Uganda. July 23, 2018.
Isaacs K. “Reflecting on the big questions in Seed Systems.” Gender dynamics in seed systems session at CGIAR Gender Annual Scientific Meeting, Tropical Royal Institute, Amsterdam, Holland, Dec 5-8, 2017.
Weltzien, E. and K. Isaacs. “Changing sorghum breeding in Mali through gender insights.” CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers, and Bananas. Aug 25, 2017. Link