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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Dis-incentivizing Sustainable Intensification? The Case of Zambia’s Fertilizer Subsidy Program
Published on August 1, 2018
Stephen Morgan, Nicole Mason, Kendra Levine and Olipa Zulu-Mbata, 2018 International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), August 1, 2018 -
Recent Innovations to Zambia’s Farmer Input Support Program & Insights on Short-run Effects
Published on July 30, 2018
Nicole M. Mason, Auckland Kuteya & Hambulo Ngoma, International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Vancouver, Canada, July 30, 2018 -
Do Medium-scale Farms Improve Market Access Conditions for Zambian Smallholders?
Published on July 29, 2018
Thom S. Jayne, William J. Burke, Nicholas J. Sitko, Triennial International Conference of Agricultural Economists, July 29, 2918, Vancouver, B.C., Canada -
IAPRI-MSU Technical Training Intro to Applied Econometrics: Basic theory and Stata examples
Published on June 25, 2018
Nicole Mason, Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute, Lusaka, Zambia, June 25, 2018 -
IAPRI-MSU Technical Training Intro to Economic Experiments with a Focus on Framed Field Experiments
Published on June 22, 2018
Hambulo Ngoma (IAPRI), Nicole Mason (MSU), and Stephen Morgan (MSU), Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute, Lusaka, Zambia, June 22, 2018
People
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Thomas Jayne
MSU Foundation Professor emeritus
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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David Tschirley
Professor
tschirle@msu.edu
517-355-0134