People

EMP Advisory Board

Natasha Blackshear
Council Capital Management, L.L.C.

Michael Brown
Glory Food Inc.

Wylin Dassie
Emory University

Willene A. Johnson
Federal Reserve Bank

Delano Lewis
Ambassador

Gayle Lewis
The Developmental School Foundation

Pamela Moore
MCID- Nigeria

Zuwa Omoregie
The Chevron-Texaco Companies

Frank Pedraza
International Management Consultant

Mark Wenner
Inter-American Development Bank

EMP Faculty

Ralph D. Christy Thomas J. Clarke Professor of Emerging Markets

General Info:

Managing Director
Phone: 607-255-2194
Email: rdc6@cornell.edu

Biography:

Ralph D. Christy is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Market Matters Inc. He is also the J. Thomas Clark Professor of Emerging Markets at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he teaches and conducts food marketing research and educational programs on the economic performance of markets and distribution systems. He has advised industry leaders and public policy makers on food marketing strategies, economic development, and the organization of the global food economy. A Ph.D. graduate of Michigan State Universitys Department of Agricultural Economics, Christy is former President of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Trustee on the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, a Board Member of the Winrock Foundation, the African Agribusiness Capital Fund and member of the Committee for Economic Developments Research Advisory Board.

Selected Publications

EMP Staff

Edward Mabaya | Emelly Mutambatsere | Carol Thomson

Edward Mabaya Research Associate

General Info:

204 Warren Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY14853, USA
Phone:(607) 255-7531
Fax: (607) 255-9984
E-mail: em37@cornell.edu
Website: www.people.cornell.edu/pages/em37

Biography:

Edward Mabaya is a Research Associate in the Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. His research interests include food marketing and distribution, spatial market integration and equilibrium, commodity price analysis and the role of efficient agricultural markets in rural economic development. An award winning instructor, Mabaya has been recognized for his teaching excellence in Marketing Management. Prior to Cornell, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare-Zimbabwe where he earned his B.Sc. Mabaya earned both his MS and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural Economics at Cornell University

Publications and Presentations

Emelly Mutambatsere Staff

General Info:

204 Warren Hall
Dept Applied Economics and Management
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Biography:

Emelly Mutambatsere is a Post Doctoral Associate in the Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. Prior to joining Cornell for graduate studies in August 2000, she worked as a research assistant for the IDEAA Southern Africa Program, a multi-country initiative working to improve economic development and equity in the agricultural communities of southern Africa. During graduate study, she worked as teaching assistant for several courses offered the by the AEM and Economics Departments at Cornell: Economics of Agricultural Development, Price Analysis and Forecasting, Introductory Macroeconomics, and International Trade and Finance. She has interned with the World Trade Organization Secretariat, the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis, and the Farmers Development Trust in Zimbabwe. Her research interests are in the areas of agricultural markets, international trade and development. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from Cornell University (2006), MS Degree from Cornell University (2002), and B.Sc. Degree in Agriculture from the University of Zimbabwe (1999).

Carol Thomson Administrative Assistant

General Info:

Phone: 607-255-5464
Email: cmt8@cornell.edu

Students

Nomathemba Mhlanga | Helder Zavale | Mainza Mugoya |

Nomathemba Mhlanga Student

General Info:

425 Warren Hall
Dept Applied Economics and Management
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
E-mail: nm87@cornell.edu

Biography:

Nomathemba Mhlanga is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. Prior to joining Cornell in January 2002, she worked as a Scientific Officer in the Socio-Economics and Policy Program of ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics). In addition she has interned with EU Micro Projects Program and Christian Care- Zimbabwe. At Cornell, she has held teaching assistantship positions for courses in Economics of Agricultural Development, Emerging Markets, Agricultural Finance and Farm Business Management. Her research interests are in the areas of microfinance, international finance and economic development. She holds a First Class BSc Honors Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Zimbabwe and a Masters Degree from Cornell University.

Helder Zavale Student

General Info:

433 Warren Hall
Dept Applied Economics and Management
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Tel: (607) 319 4088
Website

Biography:

Helder Zavale is a PhD student in the Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. Helder’s research interests are in the areas of marketing and development economics, focusing on the role of agricultural inputs markets in economic development of the LDCs. Helder’s geographical focus is Africa. His recent research focuses on technology adoption and stochastic frontier analysis. Helder has worked at University Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) in Mozambique as a tutorial fellow before joining Cornell graduate school. He has a BSc degree in Engineering in Agriculture from UEM (Mozambique 5-year degree) and a MS degree in Applied Economics from Cornell University.

Mainza Mugoya Student

General Info:

211 Warren Hall
Dept Applied Economics and Management
Cornell Universityy
Ithaca, NY 14853

Biography:

Mainza is a graduate student in Agricultural Economics with a bias towards Agricultural Marketing, Food Distribution and Public Policy. He is currently working on his Master’s thesis titled “Spatial Pricing Efficiency in Maize Markets in Uganda”. After completing his undergraduate degree in Quantitative Economics from Makerere University in Uganda, he worked for four years at a consultancy firm in Kampala, Uganda. At the consultancy he participated in the design, implementation, analysis, and report writing for various market studies, agricultural sector studies and business surveys. On completion of his graduate work, Mainza intends to further engage himself in the agricultural development process in East Africa, particularly focusing on agricultural marketing and value addition for low and high value commodities, the seed industry, and related policies.