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  1. Opportunities to upgrade organic fertilizer value chains for sustained agricultural productivity gains in east and Southern Africa

    Article • Cogent Food & Agriculture, September 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  2. Aligning private incentives with societal goals in smallholder agriculture

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  3. Quality upgrading and actor behaviour in Uganda’s dairy value chain

    Article • Oxford Development Studies, August 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  4. Smallholder farm management under evolving land institutions: Evidence from Zambia

    Article • Land Use Policy, July 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  5. Economic and environmental impacts of sustainable wheat intensification: insights from the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains

    Article • International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, June 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  6. Predictive mapping of wholesale crop prices for rural areas in Tanzania

    Article • Q Open, April 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  7. Steps to transform African opportunity crops into reality crops

    Article • Nature Communications, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  8. Rural land rental markets in developing countries: Can survey design innovations improve land market participation statistics?

    Article • American Journal of Agricultural Economics, October 2025, Wiley

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  9. The dawn of a legume revolution in Southern Africa: trends, drivers, and implications

    Article • Food Security, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  10. Productivity and Welfare Impacts of Sustainable Intensification in Rice‐Wheat Crop Rotations: Evidence From the Eastern Indo‐Gangetic Plains

    Article • Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, September 2025, Wiley

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  11. Try Before You Buy: Experimental Evidence on Willingness to Pay for Tailored Agricultural Advice in Nigeria

    Article • Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, August 2025, Wiley

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  12. Soil acidity remediation in sub-Saharan Africa requires targeted investments

    Article • Nature Food, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  13. Fertilizer, soil health, and economic shocks: A synthesis of recent evidence

    Article • Food Policy, May 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  14. Farmers' pesticide use, disposal behavior, and pre-harvest interval: a case study from Nigeria

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, March 2025, Frontiers

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  15. Realizing soil health for food security in Africa

    Article • Nature Sustainability, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  16. Mapping Field-Level Maize Yields in Ethiopian Smallholder Systems Using Sentinel-2 Imagery

    Article • Remote Sensing, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  17. The burden of acid soils for crop production in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  18. Young people, livelihood building and the transformation of African agriculture: A reality check

    Article • Global Food Security, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  19. Land and technology requirements for economically prosperous smallholder farming in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Tanzania

    Article • Outlook on Agriculture, May 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  20. Is agricultural lime a profitable investment for African smallholders? Evidence from Rwanda

    Article • African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, March 2024, African Association of Agricultural Economists

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  21. Measuring Land Rental Market Participation in Smallholder Agriculture: Can Survey Design Innovations Improve Land Market Participation Statistics?

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  22. Smallholder maize yield estimation using satellite data and machine learning in Ethiopia

    Article • Crop and Environment, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi You, Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  23. Sustainable maize intensification through site-specific nutrient management advice: Experimental evidence from Nigeria

    Article • Food Policy, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  24. Failure to scale in digital agronomy: An analysis of site-specific nutrient management decision-support tools in developing countries

    Article • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, September 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  25. Near-real-time welfare and livelihood impacts of an active war: Evidence from Ethiopia

    Article • Food Policy, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  26. Revisiting the size–productivity relationship with imperfect measures of production and plot size

    Article • American Journal of Agricultural Economics, July 2023, Wiley

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  27. Spatially differentiated nitrogen supply is key in a global food–fertilizer price crisis

    Article • Nature Sustainability, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  28. Insights for climate change adaptation from early sowing of wheat in the Northern Indo-Gangetic Basin

    Article • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  29. Does Wild Food Contribute to Food Security? Evidence From Rural Bhutan

    Article • May 2023, Research Square

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  30. Digital tools and agricultural market transformation in Africa: Why are they not at scale yet, and what will it take to get there?

    Article • Food Policy, April 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  31. Exploiting crop genotype-specific root-soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiency

    Article • Frontiers in Soil Science, March 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  32. The Role of Spatial Inequalities on Youth Migration Decisions: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria

    Article • The Journal of Development Studies, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  33. How to boost wheat and barley yields in Ethiopia by addressing acidic soil problems.

    Article • PLOS One, January 2023, PLOS

    James Warner, Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  34. Does Wild Food Contribute to Food Security? Evidence from Rural Bhutan

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  35. Rebalancing global nitrogen management in response to a fertilizer and food security crisis

    Article • December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  36. Access to health services, food, and water during an active conflict: Evidence from Ethiopia

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, November 2022, PLOS

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  37. Changing Farm Size Distributions and Agricultural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Annual Review of Resource Economics, October 2022, Annual Reviews

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  38. Social protection and resilience: The case of the productive safety net program in Ethiopia

    Article • Food Policy, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  39. Mismeasurement and efficiency estimates: Evidence from smallholder survey data in Africa

    Article • Journal of Agricultural Economics, September 2022, Wiley

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  40. Site-specific agronomic information and technology adoption: A field experiment from Ethiopia

    Article • Journal of Development Economics, May 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  41. Field Data Collection Methods Strongly Affect Satellite-Based Crop Yield Estimation

    Article • Remote Sensing, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  42. Soil Investments on Rented versus Owned Plots: Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Sample in Malawi

    Article • Land Economics, October 2021, University of Wisconsin Press

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  43. Fertilizer and grain prices constrain food production in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Nature Food, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  44. Farm- and community-level factors underlying the profitability of fertiliser usage for Ethiopian smallholder farmers

    Article • Agrekon, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  45. Usage and Impacts of Technologies and Management Practices in Ethiopian Smallholder Maize Production

    Article • Agriculture, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  46. Absentee tenants and farmland transfers in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Malawi

    Article • Development in Practice, September 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  47. Rising land commodification in sub-Saharan Africa: Reconciling the diverse narratives

    Article • Global Food Security, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  48. Challenges for sustainable maize production of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Journal of Cereal Science, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  49. Estimating the global number and distribution of maize and wheat farms

    Article • Global Food Security, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  50. Is land certification pro-poor? Evidence from Ethiopia

    Article • Land Use Policy, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  51. How accurate are yield estimates from crop cuts? Evidence from smallholder maize farms in Ethiopia

    Article • Food Policy, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  52. The geography of agricultural input markets in rural Tanzania

    Article • Food Security, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  53. Farms worldwide: 2020 and 2030 outlook

    Article • Outlook on Agriculture, June 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  54. Digital extension, price risk, and farm performance: experimental evidence from Nigeria

    Article • American Journal of Agricultural Economics, June 2021, Wiley

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  55. Implications of intra-plot heterogeneity for yield estimation accuracy: Evidence from smallholder maize systems in Ethiopia

    Article • Field Crops Research, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  56. Adapting the QUEFTS model to predict attainable yields when training data are characterized by imperfect management

    Article • Field Crops Research, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  57. COVID-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria

    Article • Food Policy, May 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  58. Do more Vibrant Rural Areas have Lower Rates of Youth Out-Migration? Evidence from Zambia

    Article • European Journal of Development Research, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  59. The role of active soil carbon in influencing the profitability of fertilizer use: Empirical evidence from smallholder maize plots in Tanzania

    Article • Land Degradation and Development, April 2021, Wiley

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  60. African soil properties and nutrients mapped at 30 m spatial resolution using two-scale ensemble machine learning

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  61. Does rainfall variability explain low uptake of agricultural credit? Evidence from Ethiopia

    Article • European Review of Agricultural Economics, February 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  62. Are land rental markets responding to rising population pressures and land scarcity in sub-Saharan Africa?

    Article • Land Use Policy, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  63. Changing Farm Size Distributions and Agricultural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  64. Fertilizer profitability for smallholder maize farmers in Tanzania: A spatially-explicit ex ante analysis

    Article • PLOS One, September 2020, PLOS

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  65. Landscapes of opportunity: patterns of young people’s engagement with the rural economy in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • The Journal of Development Studies, September 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  66. Seasonal, annual, and spatial variation in cereal prices in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Global Food Security, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  67. Rural in‐migration and agricultural development: Evidence from Zambia

    Article • Agricultural Economics, May 2020, Wiley

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  68. The Role of Active Soil Carbon in Influencing the Profitability of Fertilizer Use: Empirical Evidence from Smallholder Maize Plots in Tanzania

    Article • April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  69. The Role of Active Soil Carbon in Influencing the Profitability of Fertilizer Use: Empirical Evidence from Smallholder Maize Plots in Tanzania

    Article • April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  70. Design of Digital Agricultural Extension Tools: Perspectives from Extension Agents in Nigeria

    Article • Journal of Agricultural Economics, March 2020, Wiley

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  71. Spatial variation in fertilizer prices in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • PLOS One, January 2020, PLOS

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  72. Correction to: Unravelling the variability and causes of smallholder maize yield gaps in Ethiopia

    Article • Food Security, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  73. Does farm structure affect rural household incomes? Evidence from Tanzania

    Article • Food Policy, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  74. Landscapes of Rural Youth Opportunity

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  75. IFAD RESEARCH SERIES 53 Youth Access to Land, Migration and Employment Opportunities: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa Papers of the 2019 Rural Development Report

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  76. Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Security: Panel Data Evidence from Nigeria

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  77. Impacts of Covid-19 on Food Security: Panel Data Evidence from Nigeria

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  78. Unravelling the variability and causes of smallholder maize yield gaps in Ethiopia

    Article • Food Security, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  79. How do informal farmland rental markets affect smallholders’ Well‐being? Evidence from a matched tenant‐landlord survey in Malawi

    Article • Agricultural Economics, August 2019, Wiley

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  80. Farmers' preferences for high-input agriculture supported by site-specific extension services: Evidence from a choice experiment in Nigeria

    Article • Agricultural Systems, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  81. A spatial framework for ex-ante impact assessment of agricultural technologies

    Article • Global Food Security, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  82. Transaction Costs, Land Rental Markets, and Their Impact on Youth Access to Agriculture in Tanzania

    Article • Land Economics, October 2018, University of Wisconsin Press

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  83. Africa’s Unfolding Economic Transformation

    Article • The Journal of Development Studies, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  84. Pathways from research on improved staple crop germplasm to poverty reduction for smallholder farmers

    Article • Agricultural Systems, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  85. Rural transformation, cereals and youth in Africa: What role for international agricultural research?

    Article • Outlook on Agriculture, August 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  86. A comparative political economic analysis of maize sector policies in eastern and southern Africa

    Article • Food Policy, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  87. Africa's changing farm size distribution patterns: the rise of medium-scale farms

    Article • Agricultural Economics, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  88. The geography of Zambia’s customary land: Assessing the prospects for smallholder development

    Article • Land Use Policy, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  89. Participation in Rural Land Rental Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Who Benefits and by How Much? Evidence from Malawi and Zambia

    Article • American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  90. The Anatomy of Medium-Scale Farm Growth in Zambia: What Are the Implications for the Future of Smallholder Agriculture?

    Article • Land, September 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  91. Does Smallholder Land Titling Facilitate Agricultural Growth?: An Analysis of the Determinants and Effects of Smallholder Land Titling in Zambia

    Article • World Development, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  92. Scarcity amidst abundance? Reassessing the potential for cropland expansion in Africa

    Article • Food Policy, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  93. How does population density influence agricultural intensification and productivity? Evidence from Malawi

    Article • Food Policy, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  94. Land pressures, the evolution of farming systems, and development strategies in Africa: A synthesis

    Article • Food Policy, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  95. Unpacking the Meaning of ‘Market Access’: Evidence from Rural Kenya

    Article • World Development, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  96. Yield gaps and potential agricultural growth in West and Central Africa

    Article • January 2011, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  97. An Atlas of the Ethiopian Rural Economy: expanding the range of available information for development planning

    Article • Information Development, May 2007, SAGE Publications

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  98. Generating Plausible Crop Distribution Maps for Sub-Saharan Africa Using a Spatial Allocation Model

    Article • Information Development, May 2007, SAGE Publications

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin, Dr Liangzhi You

  99. Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Information for Rural Development: an introduction to the special issue

    Article • Information Development, May 2007, SAGE Publications

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  100. An investigation of the spatial determinants of the local prevalence of poverty in rural Malawi

    Article • Food Policy, October 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin

  101. Assessing biodiversity conservation priorities: ecosystem risk and representativeness in continental Ecuador

    Article • Landscape and Urban Planning, April 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Jordan Chamberlin