Nicholas J. Sitko

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• Institutional Models for Accelerating Agricultural Commercialization: Evidence from Post-Independence Zambia, 1965 to 2012 (RePEc:ags:aaae13:160298)
  by Chapoto, Antony & Haggblade, Steven & Hichaambwa, Munguzwe & Kabwe, Stephen & Longabaugh, Steven & Sitko, Nicholas & Tschirley, David L.
• Determinants and welfare effects of smallholder participation in horticultural markets in Zambia (RePEc:ags:afjare:229810)
  by Hichaambwa, Munguzwe & Chamberlin, Jordan & Sitko, Nicholas J
• A Farm Gate-to-Consumer Value Chain Analysis of Kenya's Maize Marketing System (RePEc:ags:egtewp:202597)
  by Kirimi, Lilian & Sitko, Nicholas & Jayne, Thom S. & Karin, Francis & Muyanga, Milu & Sheahan, Megan & Flock, James & Bor, Gilbert
• Climate-change vulnerability in rural Zambia: the impact of an El Nino-induced shock on income and productivity (RePEc:ags:faoaes:288949)
  by Alfani, Federica & Arslan, Aslihan & McCarthy, Nancy & Cavatassi, Romina & Sitko, Nicholas J.
• How do extreme weather events affect livestock herders' welfare? Evidence from Kyrgyzstan (RePEc:ags:faoaes:288951)
  by Conti, Valentina & Sitko, Nicholas J. & Ignaciuk, Ada
• Cropping system diversification in Eastern and Southern Africa: Identifying policy options to enhance productivity and build resilience (RePEc:ags:faoaes:288953)
  by Maggio, Giuseppe & Sitko, Nicholas J. & Ignaciuk, Ada
• Smallholder adaptive responses to seasonal weather forecasts. A case study of the 2015/16 El Niño Southern Oscillation in Zambia (RePEc:ags:faoaes:296656)
  by Maggio, Giuseppe & Sitko, Nicholas J. & Ignaciuk, Ada
• The challenge of making climate adaptation profitable for farmers: evidence from Sri Lanka’s rice sector (RePEc:ags:faoaes:309363)
  by Bandara, S. & Ignaciuk, S. & Hewage, A. & Kwon, J. & Munaweera, T. & Scognamillo, A. & Sitko, N.
• Adapting to high temperatures: evidence on the impacts of sustainable agricultural practices in Uganda (RePEc:ags:faoaes:309364)
  by Ignaciuk, A. & Maggio, G. & Mastrorillo, M. & Sitko, N.
• Leveraging social protection to advance climate-smart agriculture: evidence from Malawi (RePEc:ags:faoaes:309808)
  by Ignaciuk, Ada & Scognamillo, Antonio & Sitko, Nick
• Assessing the profitability and feasibility of climate-smart agriculture investment in Southern Malawi (RePEc:ags:faoaes:312207)
  by Ignaciuk, Ada & Maggio, Giuseppe & Sitko, Nicholas J.
• Gendered-impacts of smallholder land tilting: a plot-level analysis in rural Zambia (RePEc:ags:iaae15:211451)
  by Chamberlin, Jordan & Sitko, Nicholas & Hichaambwa, Munguzwe
• Africa's Changing Farmland Ownership: The Rise of the Emergent Investor Farmer (RePEc:ags:iaae15:212028)
  by Jayne, Thomas S. & Chamberlin, Jordan & Traub, Lulama & Sitko, N. & Muyanga, Milu & Yeboah, Felix & Nkonde, Chewe & Anseeuw, Ward & Chapoto, Anthony & Kachule, Richard
• Does minimum tillage with planting basins or ripping raise maize yields? Meso-panel data evidence from Zambia (RePEc:ags:iaae15:212530)
  by Ngoma, Hambulo & Mason, Nicole & Sitko, Nicholas
• Rural-Rural Migration, Land and Labor Markets in Zambia (RePEc:ags:iaae18:277404)
  by Chamberlin, J. & Sitko, N. & Jayne, T.
• Africa’s Changing Farmland Ownership: Causes and Consequences (RePEc:ags:midamp:208576)
  by Jayne, T.S. & Chamberlin, Jordan & Traub, Lulama & Sitko, N. & Muyanga, Milu & Yeboah, Kwame & Nkonde, Chewe & Anseeuw, Ward & Chapoto, A. & Kachule, Richard
• Can the FISP More Effectively Achieve Food Production and Poverty Reduction Goals? (RePEc:ags:midcpb:123208)
  by Burke, William J. & Jayne, Thomas S. & Sitko, Nicholas J.
• Assessing the Feasibility of Implementing the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) Through an Electronic Voucher System in Zambia (RePEc:ags:midcpb:123210)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Bwalya, Richard & Kamwanga, Jolly & Wamulume, Mukata
• Institutional Models for Accelerating Agricultural Commercialization: Evidence from Maize, Cotton and Horticulture (RePEc:ags:midcpb:154940)
  by Chapoto, Antony & Haggblade, Steven & Hichaambwa, Munguzwe & Kabwe, Stephen & Longabaugh, Steven & Sitko, Nicholas & Tschirley, David L.
• Challenges of Smallholder Soybean Production and Commercialization in Eastern Province of Zambia (RePEc:ags:midcpb:161375)
  by Lubungu, Mary & Burke, William J. & Sitko, Nicholas J.
• Does Land Titling Increase Smallholder Agricultural Productivity in Zambia? (RePEc:ags:midcpb:165883)
  by Hichaambwa, Munguzwe & Sitko, Nicholas & Chamberlin, Jordan
• Creating Scarcity From Abundance: Bumper Harvests, High Prices, And The Role Of State Interventions In Zambian Maize Markets (RePEc:ags:midcpb:171877)
  by Kuteya, Auckland N. & Sitko, Nicholas J.
• Does Gender Matter when Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Smallholder Land Titling in Zambia? (RePEc:ags:midcpb:198704)
  by Hichaambwa, Munguzwe & Chamberlin, Jordan & Sitko, Nicholas
• • Factors Limiting Smallholder Cattle Commercialization in Zambia (RePEc:ags:midcpb:234946)
  by Lubungu, Mary & Sitko, Nicholas J. & Hichaambwa, Munguzwe
• Can Input Subsidy Programs Promote Climate Smart Agriculture in Africa? (RePEc:ags:midcpb:245906)
  by Jayne, T.S. & Sitko, Nicholas J. & Mason, Nicole M. & Skole, David
• Technical Compendium: Descriptive Agricultural Statistics and Analysis for Zambia in Support of the USAID Mission’s Feed the Future Strategic Review (RePEc:ags:midcwp:104016)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Chapoto, Antony & Kabwe, Stephen & Tembo, Solomon & Hichaambwa, Munguzwe & Lubinda, Rebecca & Chiwawa, Harrison & Mataa, Mebelo & Heck, Simon & Nthani, Dorothy
• Constraints to the Development of Commodity Exchanges in Africa: A Case Study of ZAMACE (RePEc:ags:midcwp:107461)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Jayne, Thomas S.
• Agricultural Transformation in Zambia: Alternative Institutional Models for Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth, and Commercialization (RePEc:ags:midcwp:132339)
  by Chapoto, Antony & Haggblade, Steven & Hichaambwa, Munguzwe & Kabwe, Stephen & Longabaugh, Steven & Sitko, Nicholas J. & Tschirley, David L.
• The Rising Class of Emergent Farmers: An Effective Model for Achieving Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa? (RePEc:ags:midcwp:140907)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Jayne, Thomas S.
• Analysis of the Soya Bean Value Chain in Zambia’s Eastern Province (RePEc:ags:midcwp:154937)
  by Lubungu, Mary & Burke, William J. & Sitko, Nicholas J.
• Technical Compendium: Descriptive Agricultural Statistics and Analysis for Zambia (RePEc:ags:midcwp:155988)
  by Tembo, Solomon & Sitko, Nicholas
• The Maize Price Spike of 2012/13: Understanding the Paradox of High Prices despite Abundant Supplies (RePEc:ags:midcwp:171871)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Kuteya, Auckland N.
• Demystifying the Role of Grain Assemblers in the Rural Maize Markets of Eastern and Southern Africa (RePEc:ags:midcwp:176628)
  by Sitko, Nicholas & Jayne, T.S.
• Analysis of the Sunflower Value Chain in Zambia’s Eastern Province (RePEc:ags:midcwp:186604)
  by Lubungu, Mary & Burke, William J. & Sitko, Nicholas J.
• Agricultural Commodity Exchanges and the Development of Grain Markets and Trade in Africa: A Review of Recent Experience (RePEc:ags:midcwp:188568)
  by Jayne, T.S. & Sturgess, Chris & Kopicki, Ron & Sitko, Nicholas
• Does the Current Sugar Market Structure Benefit Consumers and Sugarcane Growers? (RePEc:ags:midcwp:188569)
  by Chisanga, Brian & Meyer, Ferdinand H. & Winter-Nelson, Alex & Sitko, Nicholas J.
• Does Minimum Tillage with Planting Basins or Ripping Raise Maize Yields? Meso-panel Data Evidence from Zambia (RePEc:ags:midcwp:198701)
  by Ngoma, Hambulo & Mason, Nicole M. & Sitko, Nicholas
• Cooking Fuel Choice in Urban Zambia: Implications on Forest Cover (RePEc:ags:midcwp:202883)
  by Tembo, Solomon T. & Mulenga, Brian P. & Sitko, Nicholas
• The Geography of Customary Land in Zambia: Is Development Strategy Engaging With The Facts? (RePEc:ags:midcwp:211222)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Chamberlin, Jordan & Hichaambwa, Munguzwe
• Unpacking the Growth of Medium-scale Farms Zambia: What Are the Implications for the Future of Smallholder Agriculture? (RePEc:ags:midcwp:212901)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Chamberlin, Jordan & Mulenga, Brian
• The Politics of Maize in Zambia: Who holds the Keys to Change the Status Quo? (RePEc:ags:midcwp:212905)
  by Chapoto, Antony & Zulu-Mbata, Olipa & Hoffman, Barak D. & Kabaghe, Chance & Sitko, Nicholas & Kuteya, Auckland & Zulu, Ballard
• Analysis of Beef Value Chain in Zambia: Challenges and Opportunities of Linking Smallholders to Markets (RePEc:ags:midcwp:229599)
  by Lubungu, Mary & Sitko, Nicholas J. & Hichaambwa, Munguzwe
• How Is Multinational Investment in Grain and Oilseed Trading Reshaping the Smallholder Markets in Zambia? (RePEc:ags:midcwp:234948)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Chisanga, Brian
• Malawi’s Maize Marketing System (RePEc:ags:midcwp:62162)
  by Jayne, Thomas S. & Sitko, Nicholas J. & Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob & Mangisoni, Julius H.
• Who Gained and Who Lost from Zambia's 2010 Maize Marketing Policies? (RePEc:ags:midcwp:99610)
  by Nkonde, Chewe & Mason, Nicole M. & Sitko, Nicholas J. & Jayne, Thomas S.
• Africa's Changing Farm Structure and Employment Challenge (RePEc:ags:midips:171878)
  by Jayne, T.S. & Chapoto, A. & Sitko, N. & Muyanga, M. & Nkonde, C. & Chamberlin, J.
• Does The Current Sugar Market Structure Benefit Consumers And Sugarcane Growers? (RePEc:ags:midips:196830)
  by Chisanga, Brian & Meyer, Ferdinand H. & Winter-Nelson, Alex & Sitko, Nicholas J.
• A Farm Gate-to-Consumer Value Chain Analysis of Kenya’s Maize Marketing System (RePEc:ags:midiwp:101172)
  by Kirimi, Lilian & Sitko, Nicholas J. & Jayne, Thomas S. & Karin, Francis & Muyanga, Milu & Sheahan, Megan & Flock, James & Bor, Gilbert
• Food System Transformation and Market Evolutions: An Analysis of the Rise of Large-Scale Grain Trading in Sub-Saharan Africa (RePEc:ags:midiwp:263195)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Jayne, T.S. & Burke, William J. & Muyanga, Milu
• Patterns and Trends in Food Staples Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa: Toward the Identification of Priority Investments and Strategies for Developing Markets and Promoting Smallholder Productivi (RePEc:ags:midiwp:62148)
  by Jayne, Thomas S. & Mason, Nicole M. & Myers, Robert J. & Ferris, John N. & Mather, David & Sitko, Nicholas & Beaver, Margaret & Lenski, Natalie & Chapoto, Antony & Boughton, Duncan
• Africa’s Changing Farm Structure and Employment Challenge (RePEc:ags:miffpb:259793)
  by Jayne, T.S. & Chapoto, A. & Sitko, N. & Muyanga, M. & Nkonde, C. & Chamberlin, J.
• Can Input Subsidy Programs Promote Climate Smart Agriculture in Africa? (RePEc:ags:miffpb:260043)
  by Jayne, T.S. & Sitko, Nicholas J. & Mason, Nicole M. & Skole, David
• Africa’S Changing Farmland Ownership: The Rise Of The Emergent Investor Farmer (RePEc:ags:miffrp:259048)
  by Jayne, Thomas S. & Chamberlin, Jordan & Sitko, Nicholas & Muyanga, Milu & Yeboah, Felix K. & Nkonde, Chewe & Aneeuw, Ward & Traub, Lulama & Chapoto, A. & Kachule, Richard
• Guide To Promoting Productive Policy Dialogue In The Agricultural Sector (RePEc:ags:miffrp:259520)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J.
• Food System Transformation And Market Evolutions: An Analysis Of The Rise Of Large-Scale Grain Trading In Sub-Saharan Africa (RePEc:ags:miffrp:259554)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Burke, William J. & Jayne, T.S.
• Practitioner’S Guidebook And Toolkit For Agricultural Policy Reform: The P.M.C.A. Approach To Strategic Policy Engagement (RePEc:ags:miffrp:259556)
  by Sitko, Nicholas j. & Babu, Suresh & Hoffman, Barak
• Institutional Architecture And Quality Of Agriculture And Food Security Policy Processes In Zambia (RePEc:ags:miffrp:265404)
  by Ngoma, Hambulo & Sitko, Nicholas J & Jayne, Thomas & Chapoto, Antony & Maredia, Mywish
• Can Input Subsidy Programs Contribute To Climate Smart Agriculture? (RePEc:ags:miffrp:270626)
  by Jayne, T.S. & Sitko, Nicholas J. & Mason, Nicole M.
• Integrating Climate- and Market-Smartness into Strategies for Sustainable Productivity Growth of African Agri-food Systems (RePEc:ags:miffrp:270643)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Jayne, T.S.
• Value Chain Analysis of Goats in Zambia: Challenges and Opportunities of Linking Smallholders to Markets (RePEc:ags:miffrp:303041)
  by Namonje-Kapembwa, Thelma & Chiwawa, Harrison & Sitko, Nicholas
• Africa's changing farm size distribution patterns: the rise of medium-scale farms (RePEc:bla:agecon:v:47:y:2016:i:s1:p:197-214)
  by T.S. Jayne & Jordan Chamberlin & Lulama Traub & Nicholas Sitko & Milu Muyanga & Felix K. Yeboah & Ward Anseeuw & Antony Chapoto & Ayala Wineman & Chewe Nkonde & Richard Kachule
• Rural in‐migration and agricultural development: Evidence from Zambia (RePEc:bla:agecon:v:51:y:2020:i:4:p:491-504)
  by Jordan Chamberlin & T. S. Jayne & Nicholas J. Sitko
• Do Medium‐scale Farms Improve Market Access Conditions for Zambian Smallholders? (RePEc:bla:jageco:v:71:y:2020:i:2:p:517-533)
  by William J. Burke & Thomas S. Jayne & Nicholas J. Sitko
• Climate resilience in rural Zambia: evaluating farmers’ response to El Niño-induced drought (RePEc:cup:endeec:v:26:y:2021:i:5-6:p:582-604_9)
  by Alfani, Federica & Arslan, Aslihan & McCarthy, Nancy & Cavatassi, Romina & Sitko, Nicholas
• Does receiving food aid influence the adoption of climate-adaptive agricultural practices? Evidence from Ethiopia and Malawi (RePEc:eee:jfpoli:v:102:y:2021:i:c:s0306919221000191)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Scognamillo, Antonio & Malevolti, Giulia
• Why are African commodity exchanges languishing? A case study of the Zambian Agricultural Commodity Exchange (RePEc:eee:jfpoli:v:37:y:2012:i:3:p:275-282)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Jayne, T.S.
• Structural transformation or elite land capture? The growth of “emergent” farmers in Zambia (RePEc:eee:jfpoli:v:48:y:2014:i:c:p:194-202)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Jayne, T.S.
• A comparative political economic analysis of maize sector policies in eastern and southern Africa (RePEc:eee:jfpoli:v:69:y:2017:i:c:p:243-255)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Chamberlin, Jordan & Cunguara, Benedito & Muyanga, Milu & Mangisoni, Julius
• Knowing is half the battle: Seasonal forecasts, adaptive cropping systems, and the mediating role of private markets in Zambia (RePEc:eee:jfpoli:v:89:y:2019:i:c:s0306919219306037)
  by Maggio, Giuseppe & Sitko, Nicholas
• Heterogeneous impact of livelihood diversification on household welfare: Cross-country evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:117:y:2019:i:c:p:278-295)
  by Asfaw, Solomon & Scognamillo, Antonio & Caprera, Gloria Di & Sitko, Nicholas & Ignaciuk, Adriana
• Leveraging social protection to advance climate-smart agriculture: An empirical analysis of the impacts of Malawi’s Social Action Fund (MASAF) on farmers’ adoption decisions and welfare outcomes (RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:146:y:2021:i:c:s0305750x21002333)
  by Scognamillo, Antonio & Sitko, Nicholas J.
• Exploitative Briefcase Businessmen, Parasites, and Other Myths and Legends: Assembly Traders and the Performance of Maize Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa (RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:54:y:2014:i:c:p:56-67)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Jayne, T.S.
• Does Smallholder Land Titling Facilitate Agricultural Growth?: An Analysis of the Determinants and Effects of Smallholder Land Titling in Zambia (RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:64:y:2014:i:c:p:791-802)
  by Sitko, Nicholas J. & Chamberlin, Jordan & Hichaambwa, Munguzwe
• The Anatomy of Medium-Scale Farm Growth in Zambia: What Are the Implications for the Future of Smallholder Agriculture? (RePEc:gam:jlands:v:4:y:2015:i:3:p:869-887:d:56093)
  by Nicholas Sitko & Jordan Chamberlin
• Maize, food insecurity, and the field of performance in southern Zambia (RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:25:y:2008:i:1:p:3-11)
  by Nicholas Sitko
• Input Subsidy Programs and Climate Smart Agriculture: Current Realities and Future Potential (RePEc:spr:nrmchp:978-3-319-61194-5_12)
  by Tom S. Jayne & Nicholas J. Sitko & Nicole M. Mason & David Skole
• An evolution in the middle: examining the rise of multinational investment in smallholder grain trading in Zambia (RePEc:spr:ssefpa:v:10:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s12571-018-0767-6)
  by Nicholas J. Sitko & Brian Chisanga & David Tschirley & Thomas S. Jayne
• The Quiet Rise of Large-Scale Trading Firms in East and Southern Africa (RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:54:y:2018:i:5:p:895-914)
  by Nicholas J. SITKO & William J. BURKE & T. S. Jayne
• Diversification is in the Detail: Accounting for Crop System Heterogeneity to Inform Diversification Policies in Malawi and Zambia (RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:57:y:2021:i:2:p:264-288)
  by Giuseppe Maggio & Nicholas J. Sitko
• Price Transmission in the Zambian Sugar Sector: An Assessment of Market Efficiency and Policy Implications (RePEc:taf:ragrxx:v:54:y:2015:i:4:p:113-136)
  by Brian Chisanga & Ferdinand H. Meyer & Alex Winter-Nelson & Nicholas J Sitko