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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Webinar Recording: The Rise of Medium-scale Farms in Africa
Published on May 23, 2017
Thomas Jayne, CGIAR Research Programs on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM), May 23, 2017 -
Incentivizing Unsustainable Intensification? Evidence from Zambia's Input Subsidy Program
Published on April 21, 2017
Stephen N. Morgan, Nicole M. Mason, N. Kendra Levine,and Olipa Zulu-Mbata, Madison, WI, April 21, 2017 -
The Effects of Kenya's ‘Smarter’ Input Subsidy Programme on Smallholder Behaviour and Incomes: Do Different Quasi‐experimental Approaches Lead to the Same Conclusions?
Published on February 1, 2017
Mason, N. M., Wineman, A. , Kirimi, L. and Mather, D. (2017), The Effects of Kenya's ‘Smarter’ Input Subsidy Programme on Smallholder Behaviour and Incomes: Do Different Quasi‐experimental Approaches Lead to the Same Conclusions?. J Agric Econ, 68: 45-69 -
The Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa
Published on January 31, 2017
Thom Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Titus Awokuse, Presentation at the Agricultural Policy Research in Africa Consortium Inception Workshop, Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Sussex, UK, January 31, 2017 -
The Geography of Zambia’s Customary Land: Assessing the Prospects for Smallholder Development
Published on December 1, 2016
Sitko, N. J., & Chamberlin, J. 2016. The Geography of Zambia’s Customary Land: Assessing the Prospects for Smallholder Development, Land Use Policy, 2016, Volume 55, 49-60
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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Robert Richardson
Professor
rbr@msu.edu
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David Tschirley
Professor
tschirle@msu.edu
517-355-0134