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Zambia Food Security Research Project (FSRP)

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FSRP Project Overview

• Project Brochure: Summarizes project approach and selected outputs (to be posted)
• Project Annual Narrative Report: 2007/2008, 2006/07, 2005/06, 2004/05
• Cumulative Project Output Reports: 2007/08, 2006/07, 2005/06, 2004/05
• Contact Information: in-country personnel, U.S. based backstop and collaborative institutions.
• Prior Project Fact Sheet: summarizes project approach and output, August 1999-September 2003.

FSRP Recommended Zambian Website Links       See Complete List of Links

FSRP Research and Outreach Top

Policy Syntheses       See Complete List of Policy Syntheses

• Factors Influencing the Profitability of Fertilizer Use on Maize in Zambia. Z. Xu, Z. Guan, T.S. Jayne, and Roy Black. Number 32, February 2009.
• Marketing Policy Options for Consumer Price Mitigation Actions In the 2008/09 Maize Marketing Season in Zambia. Antony Chapoto, Steven Haggblade, Julius Shawa, Thomas Jayne and Michael Weber.  Number 31, September 2008.
• Smallholder Income Diversification in Zambia: The Way Out of Poverty?  Arne Bigsten and Sven Tengstam. Number 30, July 2008.

Research Reports        See Complete List of Research Reports

• Factors Influencing the Profitability of Fertilizer Use on Maize in Zambia. Zhiying Xu, Zhengfei Guan, T.S. Jayne, and Roy Black. Working Paper No. 39. Lusaka, Zambia. June 2009.
• Are Staple Foods Becoming More Expensive for Urban Consumers in Eastern and Southern Africa? Trends in Food Prices, Marketing Margins, and Wage Rates in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia.  Nicole Mason, T.S. Jayne, Cynthia Donovan, and Antony Chapoto. IDWP 98. June 2009.
• Effects of Maize Marketing and Trade Policy on Price Unpredictability in Zambia. Antony Chapoto and T.S. Jayne. Working Paper No. 38. June 2009.

Policy Presentations       See Complete List of Policy Presentations

• Agricultural Consultative Forum (ACF) & Food Security Research Project (FSRP) News: Information on the Fertilizer Support Programme (FSP) Review 2009. ACF and FSRP. June 2009
• Measuring the impacts of trade barriers and market interventions on maize price instability: Evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa. A. Chapoto and T. S. Jayne. Presentation at the Regional Consultation Workshop on: “ The Use and Impact of Trade and Domestic Policy Interventions on Cereal Value Chain Stakeholders in Eastern and Southern Africa”. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 3-4, 2009.
• Coming Policy Attractions – An Overview of On-Going Research & Potential Outreach. Presentation for Discussion at a Meeting of Donor Cooperating Partners and The ACF/ FSRP Research/Outreach Team. By the ACF/FSRP Team. ACF Offices, June 2, 2009.

Professional Publications        See Complete List of Professional Publications

• Xu, Z., Guan, Z., Jayne, T.S. and Black , R. 2009. "Factors influencing the profitability of fertilizer use on maize in Zambia". Agricultural Economics Volume 40 (2009): 437 - 446.
• Xu, Z., Burke, W. J., Jayne, T.S., and J. Govereh. 2009. "Do Input Subsidy Programs 'Crowd in' or 'Crowd out' Commercial Market Development? Modeling Fertilizer Demand in a Two-Channel Marketing System." Agricultural Economics 40 (2009): 79-94.  
• Haggblade, S., Maureen Chitundu and Klaus Droppelmann. 2008. Intervening in Value Chains: Lessons from Zambia's Task Force on Acceleration of Cassava Utilisation. Journal of Development Studies. Forthcoming.
• Chapoto, A. and T.S. Jayne. 2008.  Impact of AIDS-Related Deaths on Farm Households’ Welfare in Zambia. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 56 (2): 327-374. 
• Byron, E., A, Chapoto, M. Drinkwater, S. Gillespie, P. Hamazakaza, T. Jayne, S. Kadiyala, M. McEwan, and F. Samuels. 2007. AIDS and Agriculture in Zambia. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 28(2): S339-344.
• Barratt, N., D. Chitundu, O. Dover, J. Elsinga, S. Eriksson, L. Guma, M. Haggblade, S. Haggblade, T.O. Henn, F.R. Locke, C. O'Donnell, C. Smith and T. Stevens. "Cassava as drought insurance: Food security implications of cassava trials in Central Zambia". Agrekon, Vol 45, No 1. March 2006.
• Byerlee, D., T.S. Jayne, and R. Myers.  2006.  "Managing food price risks and instability in a liberalizing market environment: Overview and policy options", Food Policy, Vol. 31 (4):  275-287.

Theses Reprints by MSU graduate students supported by the project Top

• Chapoto, Antony. The Impact of Aids-Related Prime-Age Mortality on Rural Farm Households: Panel Survey Evidence From Zambia. 2006
• Chomba, Geoffrey Ndawa. Factors Affecting Smallholder Farmers' Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Practices in Zambia. 2004.
• Knepper, Eric Teague. Factors Affecting the Use of Fertilizer by Small- and Medium-sized Farming Households in Zambia, 1997-2000. 2002.

FSRP Topic Directories (FSRP-Zambia and other FSG work sorted by the following topic areas) Top

• High Prices and the Impending Food Crisis—Short- and Long-Run Responses
• Cassava Transformation in Southern Africa
• Cotton Sector Development and Reform  in Africa
• Emergency Response and Development
• Information Portal for Africa (FSIP for Africa)
• Input Use, Input Market Development and Natural Resource Management
• Learning Resources for Applied Researchers, Policy Analysts, and Decision Makers
• Market Information System Development
• Output Market Development and Reform
• Prime-Age Adult Mortality: Effects on Rural Households in Africa.
• Rural Household Income Analysis and Policy

Zambia Agricultural Market Information Documents and Directory Top

• Zambia Agricultural Market Information Centre (AMIC)

GART & ZARI Economic Training Documents and Directory Top

• GART (Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust) Web Site
• ZARI (Zambia Agricultural Research Institute)  Web Site 
• Economic Assessment Training Materials
• Background Training Materials for GART & ZARI
• Links to Other Economic Analysis Training Items and Websites

Central Statistical Office Surveys Top

• Post Harvest Surveys for Small and Medium-Sized Households (Synthetic Questionnaires)
• Living Conditions Monitoring Surveys (LCMS)
• Crop Forecast Surveys for Small and Medium-Sized Households (Synthetic Questionnaires)
• Documents

FSRP Surveys Top

• Survey Instruments
• Documents

Administrative Reports Top

• For MSU and USAID Management Purposes -Requires ID to enter
• For MSU and SIDA Management Purposes -Requires ID to enter

Links to Related Sites Top

• Quick Links - Zambia on the Food Security and Food Policy Information Portal for Africa-FSIP
• Quick Links - Building Professional Skills-FSIP