Dr. Makaiko Khonje was a GlobalFood member from 2017-2020. The information on this site reflects the status at the point of leaving GlobalFood.

Name

Makaiko Gonapanyanja Khonje


Current Position

Research Fellow at the Malawi Agricultural Policy Advancement and Transformation Agenda (MwAPATA) Institute in Lilongwe, Malawi


Former Field of Research

Nutrition Transition
[Chair of International Food Economics and Rural Development; Supervisor: Prof. Matin Qaim, Global Food Subproject: B3]


Education

• 2017-2020: PhD in Agricultural Economics, University og Goettingen, Germany
  Thesis: Can modern food retailers improve diets and nutrition in urban Africa? Empirical evidence from Zambia
• 2007-2011; Master of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics. Makerere University (Uganda) and University of Pretoria (South Africa).
  Dissertation Title: Food price inflation in Malawi: Implications for the Economy
• 2002-2006; Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Agricultural Economics). Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources (Bunda College of Agriculture), Malawi.

Professional experience

• International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Malawi (2012-2017)
• Total Landcare (TLC), Malawi (2011-2012)

Research interests

Impact evaluation, nutrition transition, technology adoption, food security, poverty and welfare analysis.


Publications

a) Peer-reviewed publications

• Khonje, M.G., O. Ecker, M. Qaim (2020). Effects of modern food retailers on adult and child diets and nutrition. Nutrients 12(6), 1714. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061714.
• Manda, J., M.G. Khonje, A. Alene, A. Tufa, P. Setimela, M. Mutenje, A. Tahirou, V. Manyong (2020). Does cooperative membership increase and accelerate agricultural technology adoption? Empirical evidence from Zambia. Technological Forecasting & Social Change 158, 120160. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120160.
• Dontsop Nguezet, P.M., J.H. Ainembabazi, A. Alene, A. Tahirou, S. Feleke, G. Nziguheba, M. Khonje, D. Mignouna, C. Okafor, E. Njukwe, P.V. Asten, S. Mapatano, B. Vanlauwe, V. Manyong (2020). Are farmers using cropping system intensification technologies experiencing poverty reduction in the Great Lakes Region of Africa?. Food and Energy Security 2020, 00: e205. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.205.
• Khonje, M.G., M. Qaim (2019). Modernization of African food retailing and (un)healthy food consumption. Sustainability 11(16), 4306. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su11164306.
• Khonje, M.G., J. Manda, P. Mkandawire, A. Tufa, A. Alene (2018). Adoption and welfare impacts of multiple agricultural technologies: Evidence from eastern Zambia. Agricultural Economics 49(5), 599–609. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12445.
• Gondwe, T., M. Khonje, A. Tegbaru, A.E. Oladeji, J. Manda, H. Gaya (2017). Correlates and consequences of women's participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia. Agrekon 56(3), 263–273. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2017.1317643.
• Manda, J., M.G., Khonje, A. Alene, T. Gondwe (2017). Welfare impacts of improved groundnut varieties in eastern Zambia: A heterogeneous treatment effects approach.Agrekon 56(4), 313–329. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2017.1400447.
• Manda, J., C. Gardebroek, M.G. Khonje, A. Alene, M. Mutenje, M. Kassie (2016). Determinants of child nutritional status in the eastern province of Zambia: The role of improved maize varieties. Food Security 8(1), 239–253. DOI: .
• Khonje, M., J. Manda, A. Alene, M. Kassie (2015). Analysis of adoption and impacts of improved maize varieties in eastern Zambia. World Development 66, 695–706. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.09.008.

b) Other publications

• Khonje, M., (2020). Can modern food retailers improve diets and nutrition in urban Africa? Empirical evidence from Zambia. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. University of Göttingen. http://hdl.handle.net/21.11130/00-1735-0000-0005-13C3-9.
• Khonje, M.G., Qaim, M. (2019). Modernization of African food retailing and (un)healthy food consumption: Insights from Zambia. GlobalFood Discussion Paper 131. University of Göttingen.http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/213486.htm.
• Khonje, M., Manda, J., Alene, A.D. (2015). Analysis of adoption and impacts of improved cassava varieties in Zambia. A contributing paper presented at the 29th Triennial Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) in Milan Italy from 8 to 14 August 2015.
• Khonje, M., Alene, A.D., Mwalughali, J., Chafuwa, C., Longwe, A., Khataza, R., Kapalasa, E., I. Madzorera, I., Gondwe, T., Mussagy, M., Ntawuruhunga, P., Boahen, S., Maziya-Dixon, B., Chikoye, D. (2013). Baseline characterization of production and markets, technologies and preferences, and livelihoods of smallholder farmers and communities affected by HIV/AIDS in Zambia. IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. 48 pp.
• Khonje, M., Alene, A.D., Mwalughali, J., Chafuwa, C., Longwe, A., Khataza, R., Kapalasa, E., I. Madzorera, I., Gondwe, T., Mussagy, M., Ntawuruhunga, P., Boahen, S., Maziya-Dixon, B., Chikoye, D. (2013). Baseline characterization of production and markets, technologies and preferences, and livelihoods of smallholder farmers and communities affected by HIV/AIDS in Mozambique. IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. 49 pp.
• Khonje, M., Alene, A.D., Mwalughali, J., Chafuwa, C., Longwe, A., Khataza, R., Kapalasa, E., I. Madzorera, I., Gondwe, T., Mussagy, M., Ntawuruhunga, P., Boahen, S., Maziya-Dixon, B., Chikoye, D. (2013). Baseline characterization of production and markets, technologies and preferences, and livelihoods of smallholder farmers and communities affected by HIV/AIDS in Malawi. IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. 46 pp.
• Khonje, M.G., Edriss, A.K., Kiiza, B.A. (2012). Food price inflation in Malawi: Implications for the economy. Book published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co.