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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Genre, génération et intensification agricole: Le cas de deux céréales de la Savane soudanienne
Published on October 4, 2016
Melinda Smale, Alpha Kergna, Véronique Thériault, Amidou Assima, and Naman Keita. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 26 - FR. -
Access to Agricultural Land, Youth Migration and Livelihoods in Tanzania
Published on September 25, 2016
Ntengua Mdoe, Milu Muyanga, T.S. Jayne, and Isaac Minde, 5th Conference of AAAE, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 25, 2016 -
Revitalized Agriculture for Balanced Growth and Resilient Livelihoods: Toward a Rural Development Strategy for Mon State, Myanmar
Published on September 1, 2016
IDWP 146. Multiple Authors from: Center for Economic and Social Development, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Michigan State University. September 2016 -
Gender, Generation and Agricultural Intensification: A Case of Two Cereals in the Sudanian Savanna
Published on August 2, 2016
Véronique Thériault, Melinda Smale, Alpha Kergna, Amidou Assima, and Naman Keita, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2, 2016 -
Intra-Rural Migration in Tanzania and Pathways of Welfare Change
Published on July 31, 2016
Ayala Wineman and Thomas S. Jayne, Paper presented at the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, July 31-August 2, 2016
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