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

Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa: Causes and Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distributions

Published on October 9, 2017
Milu Muyanga, T.S. Jayne, Kwame Yeboah, Jordan Chamberlin, Ayala Wineman, Ward Anseeuw, Antony Chapoto, Nicholas Sitko, Rome, Italy, October 9, 2017
Agriculture Transformation in Africa and Prospects for the Grain Sector: A Case for Tanzania

Published on October 3, 2017
David Nyange, Milu Muyanga, David Tschirley, Thomas S. Jayne
Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa: Causes and Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distributions

Published on September 20, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Jordan Chamberlin, Ayala Wineman, Ward Anseeuw, Antony Chapoto, and Nicholas Sitko, Uppsala, Sweden, September 20-21, 2017
The Future of Work in African Agriculture: Trends and Drivers of Change

Published on September 15, 2017
Thomas Jayne and F. Kwame Yeboah, Geneva, Switzerland, September 15, 2017
Megatrends Driving Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Published on September 12, 2017
T. S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Felix Kwame Yeboah, Ayala Wineman, LulamaTraub, Nairobi, Kenya, September 12, 2017