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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Showing pesticides’ true colors: The effects of a farmer-to-farmer training program on pesticide knowledge.
Published on February 1, 2021
Goeb, J., & Lupi, F. (2021). Showing pesticides’ true colors: The effects of a farmer-to-farmer training program on pesticide knowledge. Journal of Environmental Management, 279, 111821. -
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
Chamberlin, J, Jayne, TS, Sitko, NJ. Rural in‐migration and agricultural development: Evidence from Zambia. Agricultural Economics. 2020; 1– 14. -
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. -
The Role of Liquidity in Preventing Dis-investment in Crop Inputs: Evidence from Zambia
Published on March 2, 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
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