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



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.