Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource EconomicsFood Security Group

Zambia

FSG works in Zambia in part through Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy (FSP) Zambia.

The capital and the largest city is Lusaka.
The official language is English
Area: 290,587 sq mi (approx. 3x the size of the State of Michigan)
Population approx. 17 million in 2016
Climate: Most of the country is classified as humid subtropical or tropical wet and dry, with small stretches of semi-arid steppe climate in the south-west and along the Zambezi valley.

Fun fact: Zambia’s main export is copper. They produce around 1.5 million tons a year.

Publications and Presentations

Pay, talk or ‘whip’ to conserve forests: Framed field experiments in Zambia

Published on January 15, 2020

Ngoma, H., Hailu, A. T., Kabwe, S., & Angelsen, A. (2020). Pay, talk or ‘whip’ to conserve forests: Framed field experiments in Zambia. World Development, 128, 104846.

Land and Opportunity Access: Migration Drivers for Youth and Young Adults in Rural Zambia

Published on January 7, 2020

Megan Bellinger, Milu Muyanga, David Mather, Henry Machina, and Nicole M. Mason, 2019. Land and Opportunity Access: Migration Drivers for Youth and Young Adults in Rural Zambia. FSP Policy Brief 112.

Climate-Smart Agriculture, Cropland Expansion, and Deforestation in Zambia: Linkages, Processes, and Drivers

Published on January 6, 2020

Hambulo Ngoma, Johanne Pelletier, Brian P Mulenga, and Mitelo Subakanya, 2019. Climate-Smart Agriculture, Cropland Expansion, and Deforestation in Zambia: Linkages, Processes, and Drivers, FSP Policy Brief 111.

Changes in Stakeholder Perceptions of the Quality of Institutional Architecture and Quality of Agriculture and Food Security Policy Processes in Zambia

Published on January 5, 2020

H. Ngoma, M. Maredia, N. M. Mason, M. Muyanga and A. Chapoto, 2020. Changes in Stakeholder Perceptions of the Quality of Institutional Architecture and Quality of Agriculture and Food Security Policy Processes in Zambia, FSP Research Brief 110.

Did the e-voucher approach to Zambia’s Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) outperform the traditional FISP? Evidence from the Crop Forecast

Published on January 3, 2020

N. M. Mason, A. Kuteya, H. Ngoma, Dagbegnon A. Tossou, and K. R. Baylis, 2020. Did the e-voucher approach to Zambia’s Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) outperform the traditional FISP? Evidence from the Crop Forecast, FSP Policy Brief 109.

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People

- Cynthia Donovan
- Deputy Director of Legume Systems Research Innovation Lab, Associate Professor, International Development
- 517-432-2664
- donovanc@msu.edu
- Thomas Jayne
- MSU Foundation Professor
- 517-432-9802
- jayne@msu.edu

- Mywish Maredia
- Professor; Director of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy
- 517-353-6602
- maredia@msu.edu
- Nicole Mason-Wardell
- Associate Professor
- 517-432-4446
- masonn@msu.edu

- Milu Muyanga
- Assistant Professor
- muyangam@msu.edu
- Robert Richardson
- Professor and Associate Chair
- 517-355-9533
- rbr@msu.edu

- David L. Tschirley
- Professor; FSG Co-director
- 517-355-0134
- tschirle@msu.edu

Zambia