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• Africa's Evolving Employment Trends

  Published on March 2, 2018
  Yeboah, Kwame, and T. S. Jayne. 2018. Africa's Evolving Employment Trends, Journal of Development Studies, 54(5)

• Intersection of Youth Livelihoods and Agriculture in Africa

  Published on November 30, 2017
  F. Kwame Yeboah, Thomas S. Jayne, Keynote Presentation at the 4th Annual ReNAPRI Stakeholders Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, November 30, 2017

• Lessons Learned from Private Sector-friendly Input Subsidy Programs in Tanzania and Ghana

  Published on April 3, 2017
  David L. Mather, GISAIA/Tanzania Working Paper #6, April 2017

• The Quiet Rise of Large-Scale Traders in East and Southern Africa

  Published on March 2, 2018
  Sitko, N., William J. Burke, and Thomas S. Jayne. 2018. The Quiet Rise of Large-Scale Traders in East and Southern Africa, Journal of Development Studies, 54(5)

• Africa’s Unfolding Economic Transformation

  Published on March 2, 2018
  Thomas S. Jayne, Jordan Chamberlin and Rui Benfica. 2018. Africa's Unfolding Economic Transformation, Journal of Development Studies, 54(5)

• The Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa - 12/3/17

  Published on December 3, 2017
  Milu Muyanga, T. S. Jayne, Felix Kwame Yeboah, Antony Chapoto, Nicholas Sitko. Cape Town, South Africa, December 3, 2017

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• MSU awarded $7.8 million grant to promote agricultural transformation in Malawi

  Published on April 22, 2019
  The Agricultural Transformation Initiative has awarded MSU a $7.8 million grant toward bettering the lives of smallholder farmers and the country's agricultural sector.

• PRCI set to officially launch activities in Africa at meeting in Uganda

  Published on November 12, 2019
  On November 22nd and 23rd, PRCI will bring together over 40 researchers and development professionals across 14 African agricultural policy research institutes to officially launch its activities on the continent.

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  Researchers to Study Legume Value Chains in West Africa

  Published on July 26, 2019
  MSU researchers Michael Olabasi and Mywish Maredia will study the legume value chain in West Africa through research commissioned by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research.

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  Deploying precision agriculture in developing countries provides opportunities, challenges

  Published on September 30, 2019
  MSU researchers are working with developing countries to bring innovative technologies and improve agricultural production and sustainability.

• PRCI finalizes its selection of three “African Centers for Policy Leadership”

  Published on October 22, 2019
  PRCI has now finalized its selection of three Centers for Policy Leadership in Africa, as a key part of its capacity strengthening work over the next five years.

• Research on Farm Input Subsidies has Important Implications for African Policymakers

  Published on October 3, 2019
  University Foundation Professor of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (AFRE), Thomas Jayne, recently spoke to African policymakers at the African Green Revolution Forum in Ghana.

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  MSU scientists lead effort to bring fall armyworm management to farmers

  Published on November 5, 2018
  MSU scientists have led the development of resources to help farmers in Africa and India protect their crops from fall armyworm, an invasive pest that has proven devastating since it was first officially reported in West Africa in 2016.

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  BHEARD Scholar Works to Immunize Plants Against Multiple Viruses

  Published on August 27, 2018
  Duncan Gitonga Ithinji, a BHEARD Scholar from Kenya and Washington State University graduate student is working to produce particles that could immunize plants against multiple viruses.

• FSG Faculty T. Jayne leads special issue of the Journal of Development Studies

  Published on March 5, 2018
  Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Africa’s Unfolding Economic Transformation, Journal of Development Studies, 54(5), March 2018

• New Report Uncovers the “Hidden Middle” of Africa’s Agricultural Economy

  Published on October 3, 2019
  In collaboration with AGRA, Food Security Group researchers from AFRE are reshaping the debate among Africa’s agricultural policy makers.

• Cynthia Donovan Talks Importance of Legumes in “Eye on Africa” Speaker Series

  Published on January 24, 2019
  AFRE's Cynthia Donovan spoke on the dynamics of African food systems and diets on campus in January as part of a speaker series for the Year of Global Africa.

• Empowering the Next Generation of Malian Researchers

  Published on February 8, 2019
  Through her work, Véronique Thériault’s betters the lives of individuals by mentoring young researchers.

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  SAWBO celebrates viewer milestone of 38 million in West Africa with broadcast partner

  Published on February 5, 2020
  Scientific Animations Without Borders, co-led by MSU faculty members Julia Bello-Bravo and Barry Pittendrigh, is a research and outreach program connecting global experts for on-the-ground local impact.