Ephraim Nkonya, a research fellow, conducts research on land management and natural resources in sub-Saharan countries and central Asia. Ephraim, a citizen of Tanzania, earned a B.S. in agriculture from Sokoine University of Agriculture and an M.S. in agricultural economics and a Ph.D. in natural resources, econometrics, and statistics, both from Kansas State University. He joined IFPRI in 1999.

• Natural resource management in sub-Saharan Africa and central Asia

• Kenya
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Nigeria
• Mali
• Uzbekistan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Kazakhstan
• Central Asia
• Sub-saharan Africa

• Linkages between land management, land degradation, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Uganda
  2008. Nkonya, E., J. Pender, K. Kaizzi, E. Kato, S. Mugarura, H Ssali, and J. Muwonge. IFPRI Research Report 159, Washington D.C.
• Land Rental Markets and Land Management: Evidence from Uganda
  2008. Nkonya, E., J. Pender, S. Benin and E. Kato. In: Holden, S., K. Otsuka and F. Place (eds.) (2008). Emerging Land Markets in Africa - Implications for Poverty, Equity and Efficiency. Resources For the Future Press, Washington, D. C.
• Who knows who cares? Determinants of enactment, awareness and compliance with community natural resource management regulations in Uganda
  2008. Nkonya, E., J. Pender, E. Kato. Environment and Development Economics 13(1):79-109.
• Food Security in the Drylands of South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: Research Challenges and Opportunities
  2007. Nkonya, E., B. Shiferaw and S. Msangi. Annals of Arid Zone 46(3&4): 1-33.
• Determinants of nutrient balances in a maize farming system in eastern Uganda
  2005. Nkonya, Ephraim M.; Kaizzi, Crammer; Pender, John. Agricultural Systems, 85(2):155-182.
• Development Pathways and Land Management in Uganda
  2004. Pender, J., P. Jagger, E. Nkonya, D. Sserunkuuma. World Development, 32(5):767-792.
• Strategies for sustainable land management and poverty reduction in Uganda
  2004. Nkonya, E., J. Pender, P. Jagger, D. Sserunkuuma, C. Kaizzi, H. Ssali. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Research Report 133. Washington D.C.
  Abstract: (PDF 58K)  |  Full Report: (PDF 2.0M)
• Strategies to increase agricultural productivity and reduce land degradation: evidence from Uganda.
  2004. Pender, J., E. Nkonya, P. Jagger, D. Sserunkuuma, and H. Ssali. Agricultural Economics, 31(2/3): 181-195
• Determining Socially Optimal Nitrogen Application Rates Using a Delayed Response Model: The Case of Irrigated Corn in Western Kansas
  2000. Nkonya, E.M., A.M. Featherstone. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 25(2): 453-467.
• Redistribution of Social Benefits from Advances in Extension and Research in the Tanzania Maize Industry
  1999. Nkonya, E.M., J.L. Parcell. Agricultural Economics, 21:231-239.