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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Are Medium-Scale Farms Driving Agricultural Transformation in Africa?
Published on December 4, 2018
T. S. Jayne, M. Muyanga, F.K. Yeboah, A. Aromolaran, A. Chapoto, T. Shonhe, F. Dzanku, N. Mdoe and A. Wineman, APRA Annual Research Review and Planning Workshop University of Ghana, December 4, 2018 -
Africa’s Transforming Agrifood System: Implications for Youth Skills Development
Published on November 28, 2018
F. Kwame Yeboah, T.S. Jayne, Keynote Presentation at the 5th Annual ReNAPRI Stakeholders Conference, Zanzibar, Tanzania, November 28, 2018 -
The Changing Farm Structure in Africa: Causes, Consequences and Policy Implications
Published on November 23, 2018
Milu Muyanga, T. S. Jayne, Kwame Yeboah, Ayala Wineman, Antony Chapoto, Divan Vanderwesthuisen, Presentation at International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - Kenya Nairobi, November 23, 2018 -
Rapid Transformations of Asian Food Systems - VIDEO
Published on November 16, 2018
A special lecture by T. Reardon for the 26th annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Research Association, India, November 16, 2018 (0:44) -
The Intersection of Youth Access to Land, Migration and Employment Opportunities: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Published on November 9, 2018
F. Kwame Yeboah, T. S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Jordan Chamberlin. 2018. Sustainability and Development Conference University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, November 9-11, 2018
People
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Ben Belton
Associate Professor
beltonbe@msu.edu
+95 925-107-2892
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Duncan Boughton
Professor
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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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Robert Richardson
Professor
rbr@msu.edu
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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