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.

Agriculture, Land Access and Economic Growth in Africa: An Instrumental Variable Approach

Published on April 30, 2019
Chukwudi Charles Olumba, 2019. Agriculture, Land Access and Economic Growth in Africa: An Instrumental Variable Approach, FSP Policy Research Brief 86. East Lansing: Michigan State University.
Fraudulent pesticides in West Africa: quality comparisons and policy implications

Published on April 2, 2019
Haggblade, Diarra, Jiang Assima, Keita, Traore, and Traore, Fraudulent pesticides in West Africa: quality comparisons and policy implications. April 2, 2019.
Sustainable agricultural intensification in an era of rural transformation in Africa

Published on March 26, 2019
T. S. Jayne, Sieglinde Snapp, Frank Place, Nicholas Sitko. Sustainable agricultural intensification in an era of rural transformation in Africa, Global Food Security, Volume 20, March 2019, 105-113.
Revisiting the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship Based on a Relatively Wide Range of Farm Sizes: Evidence from Kenya

Published on March 25, 2019
Muyanga, Milu, and T. S. Jayne. 2019. Revisiting the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship Based on a Relatively Wide Range of Farm Sizes: Evidence from Kenya. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, March 2019.
An Analysis of the Mango Value Chain in Malawi

Published on March 13, 2019
Zephania Bondera Nyirenda, Flora Janet Nankhuni, and Michael Andrew Bret, 2019. An Analysis of the Mango Value Chain in Malawi. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 80. East Lansing: Michigan State University.