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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The Farm Size-Productivity Relationship in Tanzania: Preliminary Findings
Published on February 1, 2017
Ayala Wineman & Thomas S. Jayne, Washington, D.C., February 1-2, 2017 -
Youth Employment in Fragile Countries: Youth Employment Opportunities in African Agrifood Systems
Published on February 1, 2017
Andrea Allen, Julie Howard, M. Kondo, Amy Jamison, Thomas Jayne, J. Snyder, David Tschirley and Kwame Felix Yeboah, February/March 2017 -
The Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa
Published on January 31, 2017
Thom Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Titus Awokuse, Presentation at the Agricultural Policy Research in Africa Consortium Inception Workshop, Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Sussex, UK, January 31, 2017 -
Assessing the Drivers of Tanzania’s Fertilizer Subsidy Programs, 2003-2016
Published on October 12, 2016
David Mather and Daniel Ndyetabula. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 34. -
Access to Agricultural Land, Youth Migration and Livelihoods in Tanzania
Published on September 25, 2016
Ntengua Mdoe, Milu Muyanga, T.S. Jayne, and Isaac Minde, 5th Conference of AAAE, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 25, 2016
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