Youth Employment/Entrepreneurship
With 62% of Africa’s population being under 25 years of age, youth employment is crucial.
Early findings show that the productivity of youth labor (and rural labor in general) employed in both farming and non-farming sectors is significantly influenced by local farmland distribution patterns. Strategies that effectively improve productivity and profitability of farming are critical to expanding employment opportunities and improving youth livelihoods.
Publications and Presentations
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Challenges for Africa in an Age of Global Employment Deindustrialization: Implications for Tanzania
Published on February 28, 2017
David Tschirley, 3rd Annual Agricultural Policy Conference, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, March 1, 2017 -
VIDEO: Movers and Shakers, Youth and Women in Agriculture (Tanzania)
Published on February 28, 2017
Video presented at the 3rd Annual Agricultural Policy Conference, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, March 1–3, 2017 -
Access to Agricultural Land, Youth Migration and Livelihoods in Tanzania
Published on February 28, 2017
Ntengua Mdoe, Milu Muyanga, T.S. Jayne and Isaac Minde. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, March 1–3, 2017 -
Africa’s Evolving Employment Trends: Implications for Economic Transformation
Published on February 28, 2017
Felix Kwame Yeboah and Thomas S. Jayne. 2017. Africa’s Evolving Employment Trends: Implications for Economic Transformation. Africa Growth Agenda, Volume 14, Issue 1, 18-22. -
Farmland Concentration and Rural Labor Productivity: Evidence from Tanzania
Published on February 21, 2017
Jordan Chamberlin and T.S. Jayne, February 21, 2017
People
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Thomas Jayne
MSU Foundation Professor emeritus
jayne@msu.edu
517-432-9802
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Saweda Liverpool-Tasie
MSU Foundation Professor
lliverp@msu.edu
517-432-5418
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Mywish Maredia
Professor
maredia@msu.edu
517-353-6602
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Felix Kwame Yeboah
Assistant Professor
yeboahfe@msu.edu
517-353-4667