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

Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Role for Parliamentarians

Published on November 30, 2017
T.S. Jayne and Milu Muyanga, Keynote Address at 4th Annual RENAPRI Stakeholder Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, November 30, 2017
Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa: Causes and Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distributions

Published on November 16, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Jordan Chamberlin, Ayala Wineman, Ward Anseeuw, Antony Chapoto, and Nicholas Sitko, Washington, D.C., November 16, 2017
Links among innovation, food system transformation, and technology adoption, with implications for food policy: Overview of a Special Issue

Published on October 27, 2017
Reardon, T., L. Lu, D. Zilberman. Food Policy, October 2017
Input Subsidy Programs and Climate Smart Agriculture: Current Realities and Future Potential

Published on October 21, 2017
Jayne T.S., Sitko N.J., Mason N.M., Skole D. (2018) In: Lipper L., McCarthy N., Zilberman D., Asfaw S., Branca G. (eds) Climate Smart Agriculture. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 52. Springer, Cham
Land Policies and Land Distribution Affect Smallholder Livelihoods and Agricultural Transformation

Published on October 10, 2017
Thomas Jayne, Seattle, WA, October 10, 2017