Kenya
- The capital and main city is Nairobi. Mombasa is the second largest city.
- The official language is Kiswahili
- Area: 224,081 sq mi (approx. 2x the size of the State of Michigan)
- Population approx. 49 million in 2017
- Climate: Kenya's climate varies from tropical along the coast to temperate inland to arid in the north and northeast parts of the country
Fun Fact: Kenya shares Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest fresh water lake behind Lake Superior, with Uganda and Tanzania
Publications and Presentations
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Revisiting the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship Based on a Relatively Wide Range of Farm Sizes: Evidence from Kenya
Published on March 25, 2019
Muyanga, Milu, and T. S. Jayne. 2019. Revisiting the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship Based on a Relatively Wide Range of Farm Sizes: Evidence from Kenya. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, March 2019. -
The Looming Youth Employment Challenge in sub-Saharan Africa
Published on November 21, 2018
Milu Muyanga, Ntengua Mdoe, Dennis Otieno, TS Jayne, Presentation at the South Eastern Kenya University, Kitui, Kenya, November 21, 2018 -
Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education in Africa (SHAEA): Description and Selected Findings to Date
Published on October 25, 2018
John Bonnell, Thomas Jayne, Amy Jamison, Suresh Babu, and Peter Goodman, Presentation at RUFORUM Annual Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, October 25, 2018 -
Megatrends Shaping Rural Transformation in Africa
Published on September 25, 2018
F. Kwame Yeboah & Thomas S. Jayne, Keynote Address at the Annual Conference of GIZ’s Green Innovation Centers Cotonou, Benin September 25, 2018 -
Are Medium-Scale Farms Driving Agricultural Transformation in Africa?
Published on August 28, 2018
T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Ayala Wineman, Antony Chapoto, Divan Vanderwesthuisen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, School of Economics and Business, August 28, 2018
People
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Thomas Jayne
MSU Foundation Professor emeritus
jayne@msu.edu
517-432-9802
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Mywish Maredia
Professor
maredia@msu.edu
517-353-6602
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Milu Muyanga
Associate Professor
muyangam@msu.edu
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David Tschirley
Professor
tschirle@msu.edu
517-355-0134