Youth Employment/Entrepreneurship
With 62% of Africa’s population being under 25 years of age, youth employment is crucial.
Early findings show that the productivity of youth labor (and rural labor in general) employed in both farming and non-farming sectors is significantly influenced by local farmland distribution patterns. Strategies that effectively improve productivity and profitability of farming are critical to expanding employment opportunities and improving youth livelihoods.
Publications and Presentations
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Patterns, Drivers and Impacts of Rural-Rural Migration in Zambia
Published on December 1, 2017
Jordan Chamberlin, Nicholas J. Sitko, T.S. Jayne, Rome, Italy, December 1, 2017 -
The Future of Work in African Agriculture: Trends and Drivers of Change
Published on December 1, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Felix Kwame Yeboah, and Carla Henry, International Labour Office, Working Paper No. 25, December 2017 -
Intersection of Youth Livelihoods and Agriculture in Africa
Published on November 30, 2017
F. Kwame Yeboah, Thomas S. Jayne, Keynote Presentation at the 4th Annual ReNAPRI Stakeholders Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, November 30, 2017 -
Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa: Causes and Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distributions
Published on November 16, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Jordan Chamberlin, Ayala Wineman, Ward Anseeuw, Antony Chapoto, and Nicholas Sitko, Washington, D.C., November 16, 2017 -
Causes, Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distributions in Africa, and Implications on Youth Employment
Published on October 19, 2017
Milu Muyanga, T.S. Jayne, A. Chapoto, N. Sitko, C. Nkonde, K. Yeboah, J. Chamberlin, A. Wineman, W. Anseeuw, D. Godwin, Lusaka, Zambia, October 19, 2017
People
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Thomas Jayne
MSU Foundation Professor emeritus
jayne@msu.edu
517-432-9802
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Saweda Liverpool-Tasie
MSU Foundation Professor
lliverp@msu.edu
517-432-5418
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Mywish Maredia
Professor
maredia@msu.edu
517-353-6602
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Felix Kwame Yeboah
Assistant Professor
yeboahfe@msu.edu
517-353-4667