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

Factor Market Activity and the Inverse Farm Size-Productivity Relationship in Tanzania

Published on July 30, 2017
Ayala Wineman and Thomas S. Jayne, Chicago, Illinois. July 30-August 1, 2017
Africa's Evolving Employment Structure: Trends and Implications for Youth Livelihoods

Published on July 25, 2017
F. Kwame Yeboah & Thomas S. Jayne, Legon, Accra, Ghana, July 25-26, 2017
Building Bridges Among African Agricultural Policy Research Institutes

Published on July 25, 2017
T. S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga and Felix Kwame Yeboah, Bunda Campus, Malawi, July 25, 2017
Megatrends Transforming Africa’s Agrifood System

Published on July 25, 2017
F. Kwame Yeboah, T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Ayala Wineman, Lulama Traub, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, July 25-26, 2017
Megatrends Driving Agricultural Transformation in Africa

Published on July 24, 2017
T. S. Jayne, Kwame Yeboah, and Milu Muyanga, Lilongwe, Malawi, July 24, 2017