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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Maize Marketing Boards and Sustainable Intensification: Panel Survey Evidence from Kenya
Published on August 1, 2017
David Olson, Nicole M. Mason, Joyce Makau, and Lilian Kirimi, Chicago, Illinois, August 1, 2017 -
Food System Transformation and Market Evolutions: An Analysis of the Rise of Large-Scale Grain Trading in Sub-Saharan Africa
Published on August 1, 2017
IDWP 153. Nicholas J. Sitko, T.S. Jayne, William J. Burke, and Milu Muyanga. September 2017 -
Is Small Still Beautiful? The Farm Size-Productivity Relationship Revisited
Published on July 30, 2017
Milu Muyanga & T.S. Jayne, Chicago, Illinois, July 30-August 1, 2017 -
Webinar Recording: The Rise of Medium-scale Farms in Africa
Published on May 23, 2017
Thomas Jayne, CGIAR Research Programs on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM), May 23, 2017 -
Weather extremes and household welfare in rural Kenya
Published on April 1, 2017
Wineman, A., Mason, N. M., Ochieng, J., & Kirimi, L. (2017). Food Security
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