Agrifood System Transformation
FSG documents the rapid changes underway in agrifood systems, from farm to fork. Key drivers of this transformation are rapid growth in per capita incomes and urbanization. These drivers result in the rapid rise in demand for food through markets (as opposed to own production), and the rising demand for processed and perishable foods (as opposed to grains and staple root crops).
The combination of these forces is creating enormous agribusiness opportunities for local entrepreneurs, which promise to make important contributions to continued growth and to employment. Thus, a special focus of work is on the challenges to promoting the ability of small- and medium-size food processing firms to compete in local and regional markets.
Publications and Presentations
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Enhancing United States Efforts to Develop Sustainable Agri-Food Systems in Africa
Published on February 1, 2017
Prof. Thomas Jayne, Hon. Chance Kabaghe, and Prof. Isaac Minde. Farm Journal Foundation Policy Brief, February 2017 -
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 -
Etat des lieux et facteurs-clés pour un meilleur accès des producteurs Maliens à la mecanisation
Published on February 1, 2017
Zana Jean-Luc Sanogo et Boubacar Diallo, February 1, 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 -
Enhancing United States Efforts to Develop Sustainable Agri-food Systems in Africa
Published on February 1, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Chance Kabaghe, and Isaac Minde, Washington, D.C., February 1, 2017
People
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Ben Belton
Professor
beltonbe@msu.edu
+95 925-107-2892
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Duncan Boughton
Professor
boughton@msu.edu
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Thomas Jayne
MSU Foundation Professor emeritus
jayne@msu.edu
517-432-9802
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Saweda Liverpool-Tasie
MSU Foundation Professor
lliverp@msu.edu
517-432-5418
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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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David Tschirley
Professor
tschirle@msu.edu
517-355-0134
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Felix Kwame Yeboah
Assistant Professor
yeboahfe@msu.edu
517-353-4667
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