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7 Unmistakable Signs of Agri-food Systems Transformation in Africa

April 10, 2018 - Author: T.S. Jayne and Holger Kray

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1. Major growth in per capita incomes
2. Impressive agricultural growth rates
3. Rise of commercialized African investor farmers
4. Rapid investment in agricultural value chains by African entrepreneurs
5. Diversification of the labor force into off-farm activities
6. Greater vibrancy of agricultural factors markets
7. Improved market access conditions for African farmers

A seminar by T.S. Jayne and Holger Kray at the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Tanzania
Dodoma, Tanzania, April 10, 2018

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Authors

Thomas Jayne
jayne@msu.edu

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