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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Does Sustainable Intensification of Maize Production Enhance Child Nutrition? Evidence from Rural Tanzania
Published on October 13, 2017
Jongwoo Kim, Nicole M. Mason, and Sieglinde Snapp, 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 80. -
Factor Market Activity and the Inverse Farm Size-Productivity Relationship in Tanzania
Published on October 12, 2017
Ayala Wineman and Thomas S. Jayne, 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 79. -
Land Policies and Land Distribution Affect Smallholder Livelihoods and Agricultural Transformation
Published on October 10, 2017
Thomas Jayne, Seattle, WA, October 10, 2017 -
Are African Farmers Experiencing Improved Incentives to Use Fertilizer?
Published on October 9, 2017
Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie, Thomas Jayne, Milu Muyanga, and Awa Sanou, 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 78. -
Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa: Causes and Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distributions
Published on October 9, 2017
Milu Muyanga, T.S. Jayne, Kwame Yeboah, Jordan Chamberlin, Ayala Wineman, Ward Anseeuw, Antony Chapoto, Nicholas Sitko, Rome, Italy, October 9, 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