Blar i Faculty of Social Sciences på emneord "Zambia"
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A case study on The Vicious Cycle of Food Insecurity in Small-scale Farmer Households in Zambia
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Benchmarking health system performance across districts in Zambia: A systematic analysis of levels and trends in key maternal and child health interventions from 1990 to 2010
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-02)Background Achieving universal health coverage and reducing health inequalities are primary goals for an increasing number of health systems worldwide. Timely and accurate measurements of levels and trends in key health ... -
How do Zambian smallholder farmers allocate their budget? Evidence of dynamic decision-making based on a Cournot field experiment
(Conference lecture, 2017)Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa repeatedly face situations of complex and dynamic decision trade-offs, which include allocating money across short-term and long-term production activities. Short-term activities ... -
Maize Losses During Storage: A System Dynamics approach to the Food Reserve Agency Case in Zambia
(Master thesis, 2015-06-26)Agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa is seen as the key pathway towards economic development. Among sub-Saharan countries, Zambia stands out for its agricultural production potential, and has in the past decade, ... -
Short-Term Success versus Long-Term Failure: A Simulation-Based Approach for Understanding the Potential of Zambia’s Fertilizer Subsidy Program in Enhancing Maize Availability
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-11-19)In Sub-Saharan Africa, food-related policies such as fertilizer subsidy programs (FSPs) have undergone a revival and triggered a controversy about their impact. In this article I applied a simulation-based approach to ...