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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Intra-Rural Migration and Pathways to Greater Well-Being: Evidence from Tanzania
Published on March 19, 2017
Ayala Wineman and Thomas S. Jayne, Oxford, U.K., March 19-21, 2017 -
VIDEO: Young Africa Works Summit 2017 Debate
Published on March 15, 2017
David Tschirley, Young Africa Works Summit 2017 Debate -
Megatrends Transforming Africa’s Agri-food Systems
Published on March 14, 2017
T.S. Jayne, with Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Ayala Wineman, Lulama Traub, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, March 14, 2017 -
Employment Intensity and Scale of Operation in Agro-processing: A Case of Cereal Millers in Tanzania
Published on March 2, 2017
Jason Snyder, David Tschirley, Claire Ijumba, Mayuko Kondo, 3rd Annual Agricultural Policy Conference, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, March 3, 2017 -
Megatrends Transforming Tanzania’s Agri-food Systems: Towards Inclusive Economic Transformation?
Published on March 1, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Ayala Wineman, Lulama Traub, March 2, 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