Nigeria
- The capital is Abuja.
- The official language is English
- Area: 356,669 sq mi (approx. 4x the size of the State of Michigan)
- Population approx. 186 million in 2016
- Climate: Nigeria has a tropical hot climate with temperatures varying according to the seasons of the year. The two major seasons are determined by rainfall with a rainy season and dry season.
Fun fact: Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa
Main Research Themes
- Agrifood System Transformation
- Climate Change
- Input Use and Market Development
- Land
- Policy Research and Capacity Building
- Sustainable Agricultural Intensification
- Training and Capacity Building
- Value Chain Analysis
- Youth Employment/Entrepreneurship
News
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Publications and Presentations
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Climate Change and the Poultry Value Chain in Nigeria: Issues, Emerging Evidence, and Hypotheses
Published on March 1, 2017
Awa Sanou, Bukola Osuntade, Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, and Thomas Reardon. 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 45. -
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 -
Growth & Transformation of Food Systems in Africa: Evidence from the Poultry Value Chain in Nigeria
Published on January 1, 2017
Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Bolarin Omonona, Awa Sanou, Wale Ogunleye, Samantha Padilla, and Thomas Reardon. 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 25. -
Contrary to Conventional Wisdom, Smuggled Chicken Imports are not Holding Back Rapid Development of the Chicken Value Chain in Nigeria
Published on November 11, 2016
Ogunleye, W. O., Sanou, A., Liverpool-Tasie, L. S. O., & Reardon, T. (2016). Contrary to Conventional Wisdom, Smuggled Chicken Imports are not Holding Back Rapid Development of the Chicken Value Chain in Nigeria (No. 1878-2017-2488). -
Contrary to Conventional Wisdom, Smuggled Chicken Imports are not Holding Back Rapid Development of the Chicken Value Chain in Nigeria
Published on November 1, 2016
Wale O. Ogunleye, Awa Sanou, Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie, and Thomas Reardon. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 19
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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Steve Longabaugh
Specialist International Development
longabau@msu.edu
517-432-0018
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Mywish Maredia
Professor
maredia@msu.edu
517-353-6602
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Laura Schmitt Olabisi
Professor
schmi420@msu.edu
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Oyinkan Chukuka Tasie
Assistant Professor
otasie@msu.edu
517-355-0131