Dr Chisoni Mumba 

IAS Fellow at John Snow College, January - March 2026

 Contact Details

• Home Institution email: cmumba@unza.zm 
• Durham email: TBC
• Durham Tel: TBC

Chisoni Mumba is an Associate Professor of Animal Health Economics at the University of Zambia, School of Veterinary Medicine. He obtained his PhD in Veterinary Sciences, with a speciality in Animal Health Economics at the Norwergian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) in March 2018. His core duties at the University of Zambia include Teaching, Research and Public Service. His research interests are in Animal Health Economics, Systems Thinking, and Participatory Epidemiology. Dr Mumba has published over 40 publications in reputable peer-reviewed Journals. He is currently working on the application of Systems Thinking to address dynamic and complex animal health problems so as to achieve long-term solutions and avoid unintended consequences. Additionally, he has taken interest in the Economics of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Food Safety Risk Analysis. His research has had great impact in transforming the livestock industry in Zambia. Notable impacts of his research include the establishment of milk collection centres in several districts of Zambia which saw the mopping of lost milk into formal dairy value chains; trade facilitation through food safety risk-based inspection at One-Stop Boarder Posts which has reduced the cost of doing business in food of animal origin.  

His current project as an IAS fellow involves collaborating with scholars from various disciplines to explore issues related to cattle in eastern and southern Africa. The project is divided into four main themes:

• Cattle Livelihoods Across Scale: Investigating how people understand the risks and possibilities of cattle-keeping, not just in terms of the number of cattle but in the broader context of their significance in the community and globally.
  
  
• Risk and Risk Management: Understanding how people perceive and manage the risks associated with cattle-keeping, including disease, crime, and accidents, and how these perceptions are evolving with new biosecurity concerns.
  
  
• Valuing Cattle: Exploring the various ways people understand the value of cattle, which includes both monetary value and the social significance of cattle in different communities.
  
  
• Cattle Infrastructures: Examining how cattle have been and are currently moved, managed, and kept across different communities, including pastoralist and sedentary farming communities, and how these practices are influenced by concerns about disease, wellbeing, and productivity.

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