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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Agricultural Land Dynamics and Land Policy in Rural Tanzania
Published on February 25, 2016
Milu Muyanga, Isaac Minde, David Nyange, Ntengua Mdoe, Charles Mgeni, Christopher G. Magomba, Judith V. Rejea, Ayala Wineman, & T.S. Jayne, 2nd Annual Agricultural Policy Conference, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, February 25, 2016 -
Where Will They Land? Keeping Rural Youth in Business
Published on February 1, 2016
T.S. Jayne and Lulama Traub, February 2016 -
Megatrends Transforming Africa’s Food Systems
Published on February 1, 2016
T.S. Jayne and Lulama Traub. Megatrends Transforming Africa’s Food Systems. Foreign Affairs, special edition on African Farmers in the Digital Age: How Digital Solutions Can Enable Rural Development, February 2016. -
Challenges for Agricultural Education and Training Institutions in Preparing Growing Student Populations for Productive Careers in the Agri-food System
Published on November 1, 2015
Isaac Minde, Stephanus Terblanche, Bernard Bashaasha, Ignacio Casper Madakadze, Jason Snyder, and Anthony Mugisha. 2015. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2015, Vol. 5 Iss: 2pp.137 - 169. -
Implications of Changing Agri-food System Structure for Agricultural Education and Training
Published on August 1, 2015
J. D. Kabasa, J. Kirsten, and I. Minde. 2015. Implications of Changing Agri-food System Structure for Agricultural Education and Training in sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2015, Vol. 5 Iss: 2, pp. 190–199.
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