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
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Does smallholder maize intensification reduce deforestation? Evidence from Zambia
Published on July 31, 2020
Pelletier, J., Ngoma, H., Mason, N. M., & Barrett, C. B. (2020). Does smallholder maize intensification reduce deforestation? Evidence from Zambia. Global Environmental Change, 63, 102127. -
Rural in-migration and agricultural development: Evidence from Zambia
Published on April 9, 2020
Jordan Chamberlin, T. S. Jayne and Nicolas J. Sitko. 2020. Rural in-migration and agricultural development: Evidence from Zambia. Agricultural Economics, Volume 51, Issue 4 (July 2020), 491-504. -
Rural in‐migration and agricultural development: Evidence from Zambia
Published on April 9, 2020
Chamberlin, J, Jayne, TS, Sitko, NJ. Rural in‐migration and agricultural development: Evidence from Zambia. Agricultural Economics. 2020; 1– 14. -
The Role of Liquidity in Preventing Dis-investment in Crop Inputs: Evidence from Zambia
Published on March 3, 2020
Yoko Kusunose, Nicole Mason-Wardell, Solomon Tembo, The Role of Liquidity in Preventing Dis-investment in Crop Inputs: Evidence from Zambia, Journal of African Economies, , ejz031 -
Changes in Stakeholder Perceptions of the Quality of Institutional Architecture and Quality of Agriculture and Food Security Policy Processes in Zambia
Published on January 15, 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 Paper 168.
People
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Thomas Jayne
MSU Foundation Professor
jayne@msu.edu
517-432-9802
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Mywish Maredia
Professor
maredia@msu.edu
517-353-6602
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Nicole Mason-Wardell
Associate Chairperson, Graduate Program Director, and Associate Professor
masonn@msu.edu
517-432-4446
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Milu Muyanga
Associate Professor
muyangam@msu.edu
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Robert Richardson
Professor and Associate Chair
rbr@msu.edu
517-355-9533
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David Tschirley
Professor
tschirle@msu.edu
517-355-0134
