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.
Main Research Themes
- Agrifood System Transformation
- Input Use and Market Development
- Land
- Nutrition
- Policy Research and Capacity Building
- Sustainable Agricultural Intensification
- Training and Capacity Building
- Value Chain Analysis
News
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Publications and Presentations
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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 -
Women’s Welfare and Livelihoods Outside of Marriage: Evidence from Rural Tanzania
Published on April 27, 2017
Ayala Wineman, Chicago, Illinois, April 27-29, 2017 -
Lessons Learned from Private Sector-friendly Input Subsidy Programs in Tanzania and Ghana
Published on April 3, 2017
David L. Mather, GISAIA/Tanzania Working Paper #6, April 2017 -
Intra-Rural Migration and Pathways to Greater Well-Being: Evidence from Tanzania
Published on March 19, 2017
Ayala Wineman and Thomas S. Jayne, Oxford, U.K., March 19-21, 2017 -
The Farm-size Relationship Revisited
Published on March 2, 2017
Milu Muyanga, Ayala Wineman, Debrah Godwin, Chewe Nkonde, T.S. Jayne. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, March 3, 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