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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Are Medium-Scale Farms Driving Agricultural Transformation in Africa?
Published on August 1, 2018
T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Ayala Wineman, Antony Chapoto, Divan Vanderwesthuisen, 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, August 1, 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada -
Do Medium-scale Farms Improve Market Access Conditions for Zambian Smallholders?
Published on July 29, 2018
Thom S. Jayne, William J. Burke, Nicholas J. Sitko, Triennial International Conference of Agricultural Economists, July 29, 2918, Vancouver, B.C., Canada -
MSU FSG Wins a $1.2 Million Award: The Evaluation of the Marketplace for Nutritious Foods Program
Published on June 11, 2018
The project led by MSU FSG aims at increasing the capacity and willingness of consumers, especially low-income consumers, to acquire and consume more nutritious foods. -
Fertilizer Subsidies and the Role of Targeting in Crowding out: Evidence from Kenya
Published on April 2, 2018
David L. Mather & Thomas S. Jayne. Food Security, February 2018 -
Africa’s Unfolding Agri-food System Transformation (World Bank, Jan. 2018)
Published on January 25, 2018
T.S. Jayne and Holger Kray, World Bank Senior Leadership, Paris, France, January 25, 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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Robert Richardson
Professor
rbr@msu.edu
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David Tschirley
Professor
tschirle@msu.edu
517-355-0134