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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Pay, Talk, or 'Whip' to Conserve Forests: Framed Field Experiments in Zambia
Published on August 26, 2019
Hambulo Ngoma, Amare Teklay Hailu, Stephen Kabwe, and Arild Angelsen, 2019. Pay, Talk, or 'Whip' to Conserve Forests: Framed Field Experiments in Zambia Feed the Future Innovation Lab for FSP Paper 145. East Lansing: Michigan State University. -
Irrigation Development for Climate Resilience in Zambia: The Known Knowns and Known Unknowns
Published on August 21, 2019
Ngoma, Hamududu, Hangoma, Samboko, Hichaambwa, Kabaghe, 2019. Irrigation Development for Climate Resilience in Zambia: The Known Knowns and Known Unknowns. FSP Research Paper 144. East Lansing: Michigan State University. -
Are Agricultural Subsidies Gender Sensitive? Heterogeneous Impacts of the Farmer Input Support Program in Zambia
Published on August 7, 2019
Henry Machina, Hambulo Ngoma, Auckland N. Kuteya, 2019. Are Agricultural Subsidies Gender Sensitive? Heterogeneous Impacts of the Farmer Input Support Program in Zambia. FSP Research Paper 141. East Lansing: Michigan State University. -
Value Chain Analysis of Goats in Zambia: Challenges and Opportunities of Linking Smallholders to Markets
Published on July 30, 2019
Thelma Namonje-Kapembwa, Harrison Chiwawa, Nicholas Sitko, 2019. Value Chain Analysis of Goats in Zambia: Challenges and Opportunities of Linking Smallholders to Markets. FSP Research Paper 139. East Lansing: Michigan State University. -
Do Crop Income Shocks Widen Disparities in Smallholder Agricultural Investments? Panel Survey Evidence From Zambia
Published on July 29, 2019
Yoko Kusunose, Nicole M. Mason, Solomon Tembo, 2019. Do Crop Income Shocks Widen Disparities in Smallholder Agricultural Investments? Panel Survey Evidence From Zambia. FSP Research Paper 137. East Lansing: Michigan State University.
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