Sustainable Agricultural Intensification

Over the period 2013–2017, FSG team has been working with 10 African universities, institutes and government ministries in seven countries (Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Malawi, Burkina Faso, and Mali) to implement effective policy and programmatic strategies that help African farmers become more productive and food-secure. The team has also built the capacity of national policy institutes to guide and support their countries agriculture ministries and eventually accepted and managed international grants.

This research has been mainly supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the GISAIA project.

Publications and Presentations

The Effects of Kenya's ‘Smarter’ Input Subsidy Programme on Smallholder Behaviour and Incomes: Do Different Quasi‐experimental Approaches Lead to the Same Conclusions?

Published on February 1, 2017
Mason, N. M., Wineman, A. , Kirimi, L. and Mather, D. (2017), The Effects of Kenya's ‘Smarter’ Input Subsidy Programme on Smallholder Behaviour and Incomes: Do Different Quasi‐experimental Approaches Lead to the Same Conclusions?. J Agric Econ, 68: 45-69
The Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa

Published on January 31, 2017
Thom Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Titus Awokuse, Presentation at the Agricultural Policy Research in Africa Consortium Inception Workshop, Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Sussex, UK, January 31, 2017
Farmer Demand for Soil Fertility Management Practices in Kenya’s Grain Basket

Published on November 1, 2013
IDWP 132. Mercy Kamau, Melinda Smale, and Mercy Mutua. November 2013
Improving the Impact of Market Reform on Agricultural Productivity in Africa: How Institutional Design Makes a Difference

Published on October 31, 1997
IDWP 66. T.S. Jayne, James D. Shaffer, John M. Staatz, and Thomas Reardon. November 1997. 39 pp.
Food Marketing and Pricing Policy in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons for Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Access to Food

Published on January 3, 1996
IDWP 56. T.S. Jayne and Stephen Jones. 1996. 40 pp.