Kelvin Mulungu
Biographic Data
| ID | 1582644 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelvin Mulungu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelvin |
| FAMILY NAME | Mulungu |
| SIGNATURE | MULUNGU K |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Health Organization - Zambia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4904-4122 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for the farmbetter mobile app-based agricultural extension
Financial contributions from farmers are increasingly acknowledged as a sustainable mechanism for funding extension services. However, the literature on willingness to pay (WTP) for digital agricultural extension is limited. Conducting a thorough assessment of WTP for digital extension is critical for designing effective pricing policies and ensuring financial sustainability. This study examines the WTP for a novel digital extension platform name…
Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for multi-stress tolerant varieties
Several biotic and abiotic factors constrain progress in African agriculture. We assess the prevalence of and farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for varieties tolerant to fall army worm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) in maize (Zea mays), rust disease in Soybean (Glycine max) and rosette disease in groundnuts (Arachis hypogaea) using experimental auctions. Pest/disease incidences varied across the three countries during the 2022/2023 seas…
Who benefits from forest co-management? Heterogeneous welfare effects under rainfall shocks in Malawi
Socioeconomic, biophysical and institutional factors significantly influence the likelihood of a household's participation in VNRMCs across Malawi • Forest co-management participation through VNRMC membership significantly improves household welfare across forest reserve landscapes. • VNRMC membership’s effect is spatially heterogeneous across forest reserve landscapes • Household participation in VNRMCs helps safeguard forestry income against ra…
Motivations and incentives for mechanization in Zambia
Smallholder farmers in Zambia face low agricultural productivity, and while tractor mechanization offers a solution, adoption rates remain low. The contextual factors driving this low uptake, including farmers’ preferences for different ownership and financing models, are not well understood. This study uses a mixed-methods approach, including surveys with 208 farmers, 18 focus group discussions (FGDs) and 28 key informant interviews (KIIs) acros…
Gender perspectives on mobile phone ownership and use
Adoption of sustainable land and water management practices and their impact on crop productivity among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
Land degradation and water challenges threaten sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural productivity and food security. This study uses panel secondary data from the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture project to evaluate land degradation variations, the adoption of sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices, and their impacts on crop yields among smallholder farmers in four sub-Saharan African cou…
Once bitten, twice shy? Direct and indirect effects of weather shocks on fertilizer and improved seeds use
Effectiveness of online counselling during Covid-19 in Zambia
Population-based studies have shown that a growing number of counsellors have been providing counselling via the Internet. There are mixed findings regarding the effectiveness of online counselling compared to traditional face-to-face counselling and other modalities. During the COVID-19 outbreak, online counselling services were advanced as the only safe means of attending to mental health conditions, especially during the lockdowns. However, th…
Impact of Weather Shocks on Food Security
Malnutrition and food insecurity affect nearly one billion people worldwide. In developing countries, adverse weather shocks exacerbate these challenges by reducing agricultural productivity. Rural households often rely on forests for food. We determine whether forest access is associated with a less severe effect of adverse weather shocks on food security in rural Malawi. Exploiting exogenous variation in weather shocks and predetermined forest …
Does forest access reduce reliance on costly shock-coping strategies? Evidence from Malawi
Climate change and crop yields in Zambia
Effect of Group and Leader Attributes on Men and Women Farmers’ Participation in Group Activities in Zambia
Since development agencies often implement interventions through collective-action groups such as farmer cooperatives and self-help groups, there is a need to understand how participation is affected by group-level and leader attributes. This study collected gender-disaggregated, quantitative and qualitative data on sixty-eight self-help groups in Zambia to understand the participation of men and women farmers in different crop-production activit…
Platforms for institutional change
To address the livelihood problems faced by the poor and vulnerable in Northern Province of Zambia, a novel collective action approach called livelihoods enhancement groups (LEGs) was used as a platform for facilitating research on development initiatives to generate change. Using focus group discussions and key informant interviews, this article assesses the potential of using the LEGs approach in generating change. The livelihood changes observ…
Effect of Group and Leader Attributes on Men and Women Farmers’ Participation in Group Activities in Zambia
Since development agencies often implement interventions through collective-action groups such as farmer cooperatives and self-help groups, there is a need to understand how participation is affected by group-level and leader attributes. This study collected gender-disaggregated, quantitative and qualitative data on sixty-eight self-help groups in Zambia to understand the participation of men and women farmers in different crop-production activit…
Adoption of sustainable land and water management practices and their impact on crop productivity among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
Land degradation and water challenges threaten sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural productivity and food security. This study uses panel secondary data from the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture project to evaluate land degradation variations, the adoption of sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices, and their impacts on crop yields among smallholder farmers in four sub-Saharan African cou…
Once bitten, twice shy? Direct and indirect effects of weather shocks on fertilizer and improved seeds use
Platforms for institutional change
To address the livelihood problems faced by the poor and vulnerable in Northern Province of Zambia, a novel collective action approach called livelihoods enhancement groups (LEGs) was used as a platform for facilitating research on development initiatives to generate change. Using focus group discussions and key informant interviews, this article assesses the potential of using the LEGs approach in generating change. The livelihood changes observ…
Effect of Group and Leader Attributes on Men and Women Farmers’ Participation in Group Activities in Zambia
Since development agencies often implement interventions through collective-action groups such as farmer cooperatives and self-help groups, there is a need to understand how participation is affected by group-level and leader attributes. This study collected gender-disaggregated, quantitative and qualitative data on sixty-eight self-help groups in Zambia to understand the participation of men and women farmers in different crop-production activit…
Climate change and crop yields in Zambia
Impact of Weather Shocks on Food Security
Malnutrition and food insecurity affect nearly one billion people worldwide. In developing countries, adverse weather shocks exacerbate these challenges by reducing agricultural productivity. Rural households often rely on forests for food. We determine whether forest access is associated with a less severe effect of adverse weather shocks on food security in rural Malawi. Exploiting exogenous variation in weather shocks and predetermined forest …
Does forest access reduce reliance on costly shock-coping strategies? Evidence from Malawi
Effectiveness of online counselling during Covid-19 in Zambia
Population-based studies have shown that a growing number of counsellors have been providing counselling via the Internet. There are mixed findings regarding the effectiveness of online counselling compared to traditional face-to-face counselling and other modalities. During the COVID-19 outbreak, online counselling services were advanced as the only safe means of attending to mental health conditions, especially during the lockdowns. However, th…
Motivations and incentives for mechanization in Zambia
Smallholder farmers in Zambia face low agricultural productivity, and while tractor mechanization offers a solution, adoption rates remain low. The contextual factors driving this low uptake, including farmers’ preferences for different ownership and financing models, are not well understood. This study uses a mixed-methods approach, including surveys with 208 farmers, 18 focus group discussions (FGDs) and 28 key informant interviews (KIIs) acros…
Gender perspectives on mobile phone ownership and use
Adoption of sustainable land and water management practices and their impact on crop productivity among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
Land degradation and water challenges threaten sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural productivity and food security. This study uses panel secondary data from the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture project to evaluate land degradation variations, the adoption of sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices, and their impacts on crop yields among smallholder farmers in four sub-Saharan African cou…
Once bitten, twice shy? Direct and indirect effects of weather shocks on fertilizer and improved seeds use
Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for the farmbetter mobile app-based agricultural extension
Financial contributions from farmers are increasingly acknowledged as a sustainable mechanism for funding extension services. However, the literature on willingness to pay (WTP) for digital agricultural extension is limited. Conducting a thorough assessment of WTP for digital extension is critical for designing effective pricing policies and ensuring financial sustainability. This study examines the WTP for a novel digital extension platform name…
Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for multi-stress tolerant varieties
Several biotic and abiotic factors constrain progress in African agriculture. We assess the prevalence of and farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for varieties tolerant to fall army worm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) in maize (Zea mays), rust disease in Soybean (Glycine max) and rosette disease in groundnuts (Arachis hypogaea) using experimental auctions. Pest/disease incidences varied across the three countries during the 2022/2023 seas…
Who benefits from forest co-management? Heterogeneous welfare effects under rainfall shocks in Malawi
Socioeconomic, biophysical and institutional factors significantly influence the likelihood of a household's participation in VNRMCs across Malawi • Forest co-management participation through VNRMC membership significantly improves household welfare across forest reserve landscapes. • VNRMC membership’s effect is spatially heterogeneous across forest reserve landscapes • Household participation in VNRMCs helps safeguard forestry income against ra…
Agricultural Innovations and Practices (10 works) · Agriculture (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Natural resource economics (4 works) · Agricultural economics (3 works) · Climate change (3 works)