Isaac Joseph Minde
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Isaac Minde, joined AFRE as Professor in International Development on a fixed-term contract in 2011 and was a member of the AFRE family through 2022. As a PhD graduate of MSU in Agricultural Economics in 1985, he taught and did research at the University of Dar es Salaam and later Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania. He later worked in the CGIAR, first with IITA and later with ICRISAT and also in the sub-regional agricultural research –the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa. His first assignment was at the University of Pretoria as Team Leader of a network of four universities (MSU included) on research in Modernizing African Food Systems and later as Deputy Project Director of a USAID Feed the Future which is a six-university consortium capacity building project based in Tanzania. Currently Isaac Minde is mostly dealing with research on linking farmers to markets—especially input and output markets with the overall motive of enhancing agricultural productivity growth which is so critical in getting the majority of farmers out of poverty. Isaac Minde is a distinguished fellow of the African Association of Agricultural Economists. At the moment, he is mostly involved in a project—Agricultural Sector Policy and Institutional Reform Strengthening (ASPIRES). He is currently working on: Guiding Investments in Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Africa - GISAIA.
Research and Outreach Interests
- Initially appointed District Agricultural Development Officer, and this continues to stimulate his interest in smallholder agricultural development. In this regard, research and extension linkage and the associated factors affecting adoption of crop and natural resource technologies, agricultural policy analysis and policy formulation: dealing with the policy change cycle; moving from data to analysis to dialogue to uptake of policy analysis results by policy makers.
- As Deputy Project Director of a 5-year agricultural training and research project in Tanzania, currently heavily involved in training a new generation of agricultural managers, teachers and researchers.
Teaching Experience
- University teaching: Lectured graduate and undergraduate course for over 8 years
Related Work
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Dr. Minde retires after long and successful international development career
Published on March 21, 2023
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5th Annual Agricultural Policy Conference in Tanzania
Published on February 12, 2019
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Tax Reforms Benefit Farmers and Traders: A Case of Tea Production and Marketing in Tanzania
Published on September 26, 2018
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ASPIRES Supports Tanzania’s Agricultural Sector Development Program II (ADSP II)
Published on June 12, 2018
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Towards a Definition of Nutrition Research Priorities in Tanzania
Published on May 21, 2018
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The Changing Farm Structure in Africa: Causes, Consequences and Policy Implications
Published on February 14, 2018
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Factors Influencing Youth Decision to Exit From Farming and Implications for Industrial Development
Published on February 14, 2018
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Access to Productive Land and Youth Livelihoods: Factors Influencing Youth Decision to Exit From Far
Published on February 14, 2018
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Synergies Between Small- and Medium- Scale Farmers in Tanzania
Published on February 14, 2018