UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS (UDSE)

MARTIN J. CHEGERE

Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Applied Economics, University Of Dar Es Salaam School Of Economics
Education:

B.A (Dar), M.A. (Dar), PhD (Gothenburg)

Teaching:

  • ​​​​​​Mathematics for Economists
  • Econometrics
  • Agricultural Economics (production, post-harvest loses and food and nutrition security),
  • Development Economics (health, education, poverty and welfare),
  • Behavioural Economics,
  • Environmental and Resource Economics 

Research:

Research interests: Agricultural Economics; Development Economics; Impact Evaluation and Cost Benefit Analysis; Behavioral and Experimental Economics; Businesses and Business environment.

Publications:

  • Aikaeli, J., Chegere, M. J., & Rand, J. (2022). Complementarityand substitutability between farm and nonfarm activities: Evidence from agriculturalhouseholds in Tanzania.Review of Development Economics,1–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.1294
  • Chegere, M. J., & Kauky, M. S. (2022). Agriculture commercialisation, household dietary diversity and nutrition in Tanzania. Food Policy, 102341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102341  
  • Timothy, S., Lokina, R., & Chegere, M. (2022). Does Charco-Dam Technology Affect Production Efficiencies? Evidence from Small-Scale Vegetable Farmers in Nzega District, Tanzania, The African Review (published online ahead of print 2022). doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1821889x-bja10035
  • Mpombo, L., Chegere, M. J., & Osoro, O. (2022). Determinants of Market Orientation and Market Participation among Smallholder Rice Farmers in Tanzania, The African Review (published online ahead of print 2022).  https://doi.org/10.1163/1821889X-bja10014
  • Ibengwe L.J., Onyango P. O., Hepelwa A. S. and Chegere M. J (2022). Regional trade integration and its relation to income and inequalities among Tanzanian marine dagaa fishers, processors and traders, Marine Policy, 137, 104975 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.104975
  • Chegere, Martin. J., Eggert, Håkan.and Söderborm, Måns (2022). The Effects of Storage Technology and Training on Post-Harvest Losses, Practices and Sales: Evidence from Small-Scale Farms in Tanzania. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 70(2), pp. 729–761, https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/713932
  • Chegere M. J. and Stage J. (2020), Agricultural production diversity, dietary diversity and nutritional status: Panel data evidence from Tanzania,World Development, 129:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104856
  • Chegere M. J. (2018): Post-harvest losses among small scale maize farmers: The role of post-harvest handling practices, Food Policy (77), pp 103-115 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.05.001
  • Chegere M. J. (2018), “Climate Change and Post-Harvest Agriculture”, in Berck C. S., Berk P. and Di Falco S. (Eds), Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa: Food Security in a Changing Environment, Chapter 12, pp 283-294. RFF Press/Routledge, London and New York, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315149776