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MARTIN CHEGERE

Founding Member, Centre For Behavioural Studies
Education:

B.A.Economics., M.A.Economics (University of Dar es Salaam), PhD Economics (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

Teaching:

Senior Lecturer

Applied Econometrics- for Undergraduate and Postgraduate

Quantitative Methods- for Undergraduate

Economics of Agricultural Marketing- for Undergraduate

Corporate Finance and Investment- for Masters in Economics

Quantitative Methods- for PhD and Masters in Economics

Impact Evaluation Methods- African Economic Research Consortium

Research:

SIDA grant for PhD field research, USD 9,000; in 2016

SIDA grant for PhD field research, USD 17,500; in 2015

Fellowship by SIDA-Tanzania Bilateral Programme to pursue a PhD in Environmental andClimate Change Economics at Gothenburg University 2012-2017

Gilman Rutihinda Trust Fund award for the best student Economics bachelor’s degree topursuean M.A in economics at University of Dar es Salaam 2010-2012

Principal Investigator: Impact of Potential Agricultural Marketing Policies on Household Diet, Quality, and Nutrition in Tanzania, October 2018- September 2019; Agriculture and Food PolicyAnalysisfor Nutrition Outcomesin Africa (Afpon Project) funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through AERC Co-Principal

Investigator: An economic assessment of government incentives needed to promotewidescale utilization and local manufacture of hermetic storage technologies; Funded by AGRAAugust 2018-April 2019

Team member: Country Environmental Analysis; under Environment for Development Tanzania, World Bank and Swedish Embassy; Funded by SIDA; April 2017-April 2019

Co-coordinator: Centre for Behavioural Studies; at the Department of Economics, Universityof DaresSalaam, fund DFID; August 2018- March 2021

Principal Investigator: Study on the Economics of Post-Harvest Losses Mitigation, April 2015- August 2016; PhD project funded by SIDA

Research Assistant: Human Development Report 2014; Collection and analysis of AgricultureandEducation Data; Department of Economics, University of Dar es Salaam and ESRF; Commissionedby UNDP;June-August 2013

Presenter on Seminar on African Day organized by African Ambassadors in Tanzania, 21st May2012; “Boosting Intra-African Trade”, with Robert Mabele Research Assistant: Community Based Forest Management, data collection and preliminaryanalysis; Environment for Development Tanzania (EfD) project: Sept-Oct 2010

Researcher: Gender Awareness among Dar es Salaam University Students; data collection, analysis and report production; Commissioned by University of Dar es SalaamGender Centre: May-Jul 2009

Publications:

Chegere M. J. (2018): Post-harvest losses among small scale maize farmers: The role of post-harvest handling practices, Food Policy (77), pp 103-115https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.05.001

Chegere M. J. (2018), “Climate Change and Post-Harvest Agriculture”, in Berck C. S., BerkP. and Di Falco S. (Eds), Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa: Food SecurityinaChanging Environment, Chapter 12, pp 283-294. RFF Press/Routledge, London and NewYork, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315149776

Chegere M, Kidane A. and LeyaroV. (2013): Poverty Effects of Food and Fuel Price ChangesinTanzania, UTAFITI Journal, 10(2):1-33 http://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/uj/article/view/1188

Working papers

How economically effective are hermetic bags in maize storage? A Randomised ControlledTrialwith small scale maize farmers in Tanzania (with Håkan Eggert and Måns Söderborm)

Intimate partner Violence and Household Food Insecurity Agricultural Diversification, Dietary Diversity and Nutritional status (with Jesper Stage)