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

The Next Farm Bill: The Future of International Food Aid and Ag Development

Published on June 22, 2017
Thomas Jayne, June 22, 2017
Megatrends Transforming Africa’s Agri-food Systems

Published on June 21, 2017
Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Ayala Wineman, Nicholas Sitko, Lulama Traub, Washington, D.C., June 21, 2017
There’s More to Agriculture than Handhoes: Rising Opportunities for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in African Agrifood Systems

Published on June 14, 2017
Andrea Allen, Julie Howard, M. Kondo, Amy Jamison, Thomas Jayne, J. Snyder, David Tschirley, and F. Kwame Yeboah, June 14, 2017
Webinar Recording: The Rise of Medium-scale Farms in Africa

Published on May 23, 2017
Thomas Jayne, CGIAR Research Programs on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM), May 23, 2017
Transforming African Economies

Published on March 30, 2017
Thomas S. Jayne, interviewed by Ann Veneman, former US Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., March 30, 2017