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Nicole Mason joined MSU in August 2011 as a Visiting Assistant Professor, International Development, associated with the Food Security Group. She is currently on long-term assignment in Lusaka, Zambia with the Indaba Agriculture Policy Research Institute (IAPRI), formerly the Food Security Research Project. As part of the IAPRI team, Nicole is involved in food policy research, outreach, and capacity building activities. As part of her capacity building portfolio, she is collaborating with Zambian counterparts to strengthen the new masters program in agricultural economics at the University of Zambia. Prior to her graduate studies, Nicole served as a Peace Corps Volunteer working on agricultural development and environmental education projects in a rural community in Guinea. She also worked at the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa.
Professional Interests
- Food security and poverty reduction strategies in Africa
- Agricultural input and output markets and price analysis
- Understanding the impacts of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods
- Agriculture-nutrition linkages
- Climate change and rural livelihoods
Selected Publications
N. Mason, T. S. Jayne, A. Chapoto, and C. Donovan. “Putting the 2007/08 global food crisis in longer-term perspective: Trends in staple food affordability in urban Zambia and Kenya.” Food Policy 36 (3): 350-367. June 2011.
A. Chapoto, T. S. Jayne, and N. Mason. “Widows' land security in the era of HIV/AIDS: Panel survey evidence from Zambia.” Economic Development and Cultural Change. 59 (3): 511-547. April 2011.
N. Mason, T. S. Jayne, A. Chapoto, and R. Myers. “A test of the new variant famine hypothesis: Panel survey evidence from Zambia.” World Development 38 (3): 356-368. March 2010.
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