Tanzania
- The capital is Dodoma and the largest city is Dar es Salaam.
- The official languages are French and Swahili
- Area: 365,756 sq mi (approx. 3x the size of the State of Michigan)
- Population approx. 56 million in 2016
- Climate: Tanzania’s climate is tropical with coastal areas being hot and humid, while the northwestern highlands are cool and temperate.
Fun fact: Mt Kilimanjaro is located in Tanzania and at 19,341 feet above sea level, it is the highest mountain in Africa.
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Publications and Presentations
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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 -
Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa: Causes and Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distributions
Published on December 6, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Jordan Chamberlin, Ayala Wineman, Ward Anseeuw, Antony Chapoto, and Nicholas Sitko, Cape Town, South Africa, December 6, 2017 -
The Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa: Causes and Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distribution
Published on December 3, 2017
Milu Muyanga, T. S. Jayne, Felix Kwame Yeboah, Antony Chapoto, Nicholas Sitko, 3rd Annual Global Food Security Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, December 3, 2017 -
Assessment of the Quality of Agriculture and Food Security Policy Processes and Institutional Architecture in Tanzania: Results of the 2016 Stakeholder Survey
Published on December 2, 2017
Edith Lazaro and Mywish K. Maredia, 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 89. -
The Future of Work in African Agriculture: Trends and Drivers of Change
Published on December 1, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Felix Kwame Yeboah, and Carla Henry, International Labour Office, Working Paper No. 25, December 2017
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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Nicole Mason-Wardell
Associate Chairperson, Graduate Program Director, and Associate Professor
masonn@msu.edu
517-432-4446
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David Mather
Assistant Professor
matherda@msu.edu
517-449-9694
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Isaac Joseph Minde
Professor
mindeisa@msu.edu
+25 523-260-0742
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Milu Muyanga
Associate Professor
muyangam@msu.edu
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David Nyange
Associate Professor
nyange@msu.edu
+255-754-272-573
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Robert Richardson
Professor
rbr@msu.edu
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Oyinkan Chukuka Tasie
Assistant Professor
otasie@msu.edu
517-355-0131
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David Tschirley
Professor
tschirle@msu.edu
517-355-0134