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

From Theory to Practice: Exploring Sustainable Solutions to Africa’s Developmental Challenges

Published on March 25, 2017
F. Kwame Yeboah and Thomas S. Jayne, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, March 25, 2017
Intra-Rural Migration and Pathways to Greater Well-Being: Evidence from Tanzania

Published on March 19, 2017
Ayala Wineman and Thomas S. Jayne, Oxford, U.K., March 19-21, 2017
Megatrends Transforming Africa’s Agri-food Systems

Published on March 14, 2017
T.S. Jayne, with Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Ayala Wineman, Lulama Traub, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, March 14, 2017
Megatrends Transforming Tanzania’s Agri-food Systems: Towards Inclusive Economic Transformation?

Published on March 1, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Ayala Wineman, Lulama Traub, March 2, 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