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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An Overview of the Malawi and Zambia Input Subsidy Programs
Published on February 20, 2018
Charles Jumbe, Stevier Kaiyatsa, & Nicole Mason. Jinja, Uganda, February 20, 2018 -
Taking Stock of Africa’s Second-generation Agricultural Input Subsidy Programs
Published on February 14, 2018
Thomas S. Jayne, Nicole M. Mason, William J. Burke, Joshua Ariga (2018). Food Policy, Volume 75, February 2018 -
Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa: Causes and Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distributions
Published on December 6, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Jordan Chamberlin, Ayala Wineman, Ward Anseeuw, Antony Chapoto, and Nicholas Sitko, Cape Town, South Africa, December 6, 2017 -
The Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa: Causes and Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distribution
Published on December 3, 2017
Milu Muyanga, T. S. Jayne, Felix Kwame Yeboah, Antony Chapoto, Nicholas Sitko, 3rd Annual Global Food Security Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, December 3, 2017 -
The Future of Work in African Agriculture: Trends and Drivers of Change
Published on December 1, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Felix Kwame Yeboah, and Carla Henry, International Labour Office, Working Paper No. 25, December 2017
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