STAAARS+ Fellows Projects
Cohort 1 Project Proposals:
Domestic or Imported Rice? An Analysis of Rice Demand in Senegal
STAAARS+ Fellows: Ndeye Fatou Faye, Mouhamed Rassoul Sy, Amy Faye
Institutional Affiliation: Bureau d'Analyses Macro-economiques (BAME)
STAAARS+ Mentors: John McPeak, Seungmin Lee
A Geometric Analysis of Technological Heterogeneity in the Agricultural Sector: Evidence from Maize in Tanzania
STAAARS+ Fellows: Abdoul Karim Nchare, Marcel Astuce Vitouley
Institutional Affiliation: African School of Economics (Benin)
STAAARS+ Mentors: Yanyan Liu, Heidi Kaila
Climate Shocks and Resilience: Evidence from Rural Ethopia
STAAARS+ Fellows: Birhan Sisay, Tesfahun Asmamaw
Institutional Affiliation: Institute of Disaster Risk Management & Food Security Studies, Bahir Dar University
STAAARS+ Mentors: Joanna Upton, Sylvia Blom
How Specific Resilience Pillars Mitigate the Impact of Drought on Food Security: Evidence from Uganda
STAAARS+ Fellows: Nathan Sunday, Kahunde Rehema, Atwine Blessing
Institutional Affiliation: Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC)
STAAARS+ Mentors: Soji Adelaja, Justin Kappiaruparampil
Cohort 2 Project Proposals:
A home-production based approach to improve nutritional outcomes of children in rural areas
STAAARS+ Fellows: Debayan Pakrashi, Sounak Thakur, Chitwan Lalji
Institutional Affiliation: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT) and Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
STAAARS+ Mentors: Carolina Castilla, Andaleeb Rahman
Measuring the Heterogeneous Effects of Input Subsidies on Household Outcomes: Evidence from Malawi
STAAARS+ Fellows: Christone Nyondo, Maggie Munthali, Zephania Nyirenda
Institutional Affiliation: MwAPATA Institute (Malawi)
STAAARS+ Mentors: Brian Dillon, Sergio Puerto
Land Market Responses to Weather Shocks: Evidence from rural Uganda and Kenya
STAAARS+ Fellows: Rayner Tabetando, Raoul Djomo Choumbou
Institutional Affiliation: University of Buea, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness (Cameroon)
STAAARS+ Mentors: Catherine Ragasa, Aleksandr Michuda
Cohort 3 Project Proposals:
Structural Transformation in Rural Ghana: Which Constraints Bind?
STAAARS+ Fellows: Monica Lambon-Quayefio, Emmanuel Adu-Danso, Kwame Adjei-Mantey
Institutional Affiliation: Institutional affiliation: University of Ghana (UG)
STAAARS+ Mentors: Kibrom Abay, Justice Mensah
Linking Agricultural Productivity, Market Performance, and Technology Use among Farmers in Uganda
STAAARS+ Fellows: Dablin Mpuuga, Sawuya Nakijoba, Ambrose Ogwang
Institutional Affiliation: Economic Policy Research Centre (ERPC)
STAAARS+ Mentors: Duncan Boughton, Rui Benfica
Resilience to COVID-19 and Insecurity Shocks: Evidence from Nigeria
STAAARS+ Fellows: Nathaniel Olutegbe, Benjamin Oyelami, Iredele Ogunbayo
Institutional Affiliation: University of Ibadan Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security (PiLAF)
STAAARS+ Mentors: Justin Kappiaruparampil, Martina Ocelli
Market Power in Philippine Agricultural Markets
STAAARS+ Fellows: Gabriel Angelo Domingo, Carlos Loreto Tolentino II, Hadassah May Cordero
Institutional Affiliation: Philippine Competition Committee (PCC)
STAAARS+ Mentors: Arnab Basu, Molly Ingram
Cohort 4 Project Proposals:
Market Shocks, Seasonality and Welfare Outcomes in Ghana: The Mediating role of Access to Market
STAAARS+ Fellows: Edward Martey, Justina Adwoa-Onumah, Frank Adusah-Poku
Institutional Affiliation: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Ghana
STAAARS+ Mentors: Kibrom Abay (IFPRI) and Justice Mensah (World Bank)
Does Diversification and Improved Technology Use Influence Food Security of Smallholder Farming Households: Evidence from Nigeria
STAAARS+ Fellows: Ibukun James Olaoye and Sarah Edore Edewor
Institutional Affiliation: Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research Institute
STAAARS+ Mentors: David Stifel (Lafayette College) and Tarana Chauhan (Cornell University)
Gender differences in the adoption of sustainable agricultural intensification practices and their policy implications in Eastern and Southern Africa
STAAARS+ Fellows: Anderson Gondwe, Lemekezani Chilora, Dinah Tuwanje Banda
Institutional Affiliation: MwAPATA
STAAARS+ Mentors: Kristin Davis (IFPRI) and Aleks Michuda (Cornell University)
Credit Access, Input Use, and Food Security: Evidence from Uganda
STAAARS+ Fellows: Linda Nakato, Umar Kabanda, and Pauline Nakitende
Institutional Affiliation: Economic Policy Research Centre
STAAARS+ Mentors: Milu Muyanga (Michigan State University) and Molly Ingram (Cornell University)