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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Africa’s Unfolding Diet Transformation and Farm Employment: Evidence from Tanzania
Published on February 3, 2017
David Tschirley, Benedito Cunguara, Steven Haggblade, Thomas Reardon, and Mayuko Kondo. 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 43. -
Youth Employment in Fragile Countries: Youth Employment Opportunities in African Agrifood Systems
Published on February 1, 2017
Andrea Allen, Julie Howard, M. Kondo, Amy Jamison, Thomas Jayne, J. Snyder, David Tschirley and Kwame Felix Yeboah, February/March 2017 -
Enhancing United States Efforts to Develop Sustainable Agri-food Systems in Africa
Published on February 1, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Chance Kabaghe, and Isaac Minde, Washington, D.C., February 1, 2017 -
Youth Employment Opportunities in African Agrifood Systems
Published on February 1, 2017
Allen, A., Howard, J., Kondo, M. (et al.). Youth employment opportunities in African agrifood systems. GREAT Insights Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 1. February/March 2017 -
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
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