Antony Chapoto joined MSU in July 2006 as a Visiting Assistant Professor associated with Food Security III. He is currently on a long term assignment with MSU’s USAID-funded Food Security Research Project in Lusaka, Zambia. Whilst in Zambia, Antony is involved in food policy research, capacity building and outreach.
Professional Interests
- Analysis of food system organization and performance in Sub Saharan Africa
- Agricultural marketing and price analysis
- Market Information Systems
- Understanding the effects of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods and its implications on AIDS mitigation and poverty reduction strategies
- Collection and use of household data for agricultural policy analysis
- Human and organizational capacity building
Selected Publications
- Chapoto, A., Jayne, T. S. (2008). Impact of AIDS-Related Mortality on Farm Households Welfare in Zambia. Economic Development And Cultural Change, 56(2), 327-374.
- Byron, E., Chapoto, A., Gillespie, S., Hamazakaza, P., Jayne, T. S., Kadiyala, S. (2007). AIDS and Agriculture in Zambia. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 28(2), 339-334.
- Chapoto, Antony and T.S. Jayne. 2006. Socioeconomic Characteristics of Individuals Afflicted by AIDS-Related Prime-Age Mortality in Zambia, in Gillespie, S. (ed.), AIDS, Poverty, and Hunger: Challenges and Responses, Washington, D.C., IFPRI.
- Jayne, T.S., T. Yamano, M. Weber, D. Tschirley, R. Benfica, A. Chapoto, and B. Zulu. Smallholder Income and Land Distribution in Africa: Implications for Poverty Reduction Strategies. Food Policy, Vol. 28 (3) (2003): 253-275.
- Jayne, T. S., J. Govereh, A. Mwanaumo, J.K. Nyoro, A. Chapoto. False Promise or False Premise? The Experience of Food and Input Market Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa. World Development 30 (11) (2002): 1967-1985.
- Jayne T.S., A. Chapoto, E. Byron, M. Ndiyoi, P. Hamazakaza, S. Kadiyala, and S. Gillespie. Community-level Relationships between Prime Age Mortality and Rural Welfare: Panel Survey Evidence from Zambia, Review of Agricultural Economics, August 2006.
Funded Research Projects
- MSU/USAID-Zambia Food Security Research Project (FSRP)
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