- Teaches on three courses
- Course convener for MIDM45
- Supervises Bachelor and Master theses
- Supervises Doctoral theses
Presentation
Magnus Jirström is a Professor in Human Geography with a focus on development geography. He teaches courses in development geography and development studies and supervises bachelor, master and doctoral theses. He is a member of the Steering committee of LUMID, Lund University Master Program in International Development and Management in which he is the course convener of the course on Rural and Urban Development and Livelihoods. Magnus is also a member of the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Magnus’ research interests focus on rural and agricultural development in low-income countries with a regional emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia and includes studies on: ● socio-economic and environmental impacts of technological change in smallholder agriculture; ●income diversification among smallholders; ●agricultural policy and the role of the state in agricultural transformations; urban agriculture and urban food system transformation in secondary cities; ●the role of local organizations and NGOs in rural development. Magnus is a co-founder and member of the LU-based Swedish-African Afrint group. Currently, he leads Challenge 4 "Smallholder Agriculture within Transforming Food System" being a part of the Sida supported program Agriculture for Food Security 2030 – Translating science into policy and practice, www.slu.se/agrifose.
Magnus currently participates in two research projects:
- Healthy vs. unhealthy food choices? Unpacking the drivers of mothers’ feeding decisions for their young children. A mixed methods study in Addis Ababa. Financed by The Swedish Research Council (VR) 2023-2026.
- Mixing household surveys, satellite imagery and machine learning in human development studies: Is it (finally) time for satellite imagery in social science research? Financed by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) 2020-2023.
Publications
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A decade of maize yield gap studies in sub-Saharan Africa: how are farm-level factors considered?
Ola Hall, Ibrahim Wahab, Sigrun Dahlin, Per Hillbur, Magnus Jirström, et al.
(2024) International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 22
Journal articleA Local-Level Agricultural Transformation in the Making? : The Case of the Cassava Industry in the Ashanti and Volta Regions of Ghana
Martin Andersson, Gonzalo Davila, Magnus Jirström, Chekhros Kilichova, Hedvig Lagercrantz, et al.
(2024) Oxford Development Studies, 52 p.310-324
Journal articleAnalysing Diet Composition and Food Insecurity by Socio-Economic Status in Secondary African Cities
Heather Mackay, Samuel Onyango Omondi, Magnus Jirström, Beatrix Alsanius
(2023) Transforming Urban Food Systems in Secondary Cities in Africa , p.191-230
Book chapter"The maize is the cost of the farming, and cassava is our profit": Smallholders' perceptions and attitudes to poor crop patches in the Eastern region of Ghana
Ibrahim Wahab, Ola Hall, Magnus Jirström
(2022) Agriculture & Food Security, 11
Journal articleResidential Food Environment, Household Wealth and Maternal Education Association to Preschoolers’ Consumption of Plant-Based Vitamin A-Rich Foods: The EAT Addis Survey in Addis Ababa
Adane Kebede, Magnus Jirström, Alemayehu Worku, Kassahun Alemu, Hanna Y. Berhane, et al.
(2022) Nutrients, 14
Journal articleNon-Farm Activities and Impacts beyond the Economy of Rural Households in Vietnam: A Review and Link to Policies
Rachmat Mulia, Elisabeth Simelton, Tan Quang Nguyen, Magnus Jirström
(2021) Sustainability (Switzerland), 13 p.1-1
Journal article”Det svenska biståndet måste agera kraftfullare för att utrota hunger”
Sofia Boqvist, Ulf Magnusson, Magnus Jirström, Johanna Wetterlind, Elisabeth Rajala, et al.
(2020) Omvärlden
Journal articleKvinnorna, barnen och tillgång till mat i staden: fallet Addis Ababa
Eva-Charlotte Ekström, Magnus Jirström, Beatrix Alsanius
(2020) Svenska FAO-kommitténs skriftserie , p.24-25
Report chapterThe Social Stratification of Availability, Affordability, and Consumption of Food in Families with Preschoolers in Addis Ababa; The EAT Addis Study in Ethiopia
Semira Abdelmenan, Hanna Y. Berhane, Magnus Jirström, Jill Trenholm, Alemayehu Worku, et al.
(2020) Nutrients, 12
Journal articleBridging technique failure through low-tech improvisation: A case study of food microbiology
Most Tahera Naznin, Sofia Widstam, Rumana Akter, Lars Mogren, Hanna Y Berhane, et al.
(2020) African Journal of Microbiology Research, 14 p.361-365
Journal articleAn integrated approach to unravelling smallholder yield levels : The case of small family farms, eastern region, Ghana
Ibrahim Wahab, Magnus Jirström, Ola Hall
(2020) Agriculture, 10
Journal articleSocial Stratification, Diet Diversity and Malnutrition among Preschoolers : A Survey of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Hanna Y Berhane, Magnus Jirström, Semira Abdelmenan, Yemane Berhane, Beatrix Alsanius, et al.
(2020) Nutrients, 12
Journal articleOptimizing horticulture for urban agriculture
Beatrix W Alsanius, Magnus Jirström, M.T. Naznin, S. Khalil, Eva-Charlotte Ekström
(2020) Achieving sustainable urban agriculture , p.1-57
Book chapterDevelopment Research in Sweden – a dispersed research community under pressure
C. Strand, J. Vähämäki, F. Söderbaum, E. Bjarnegård, J. Ewald, et al.
(2020) EBA Working Paper, April 2020.
Working paperBuilding pastoralists’ resilience to shocks for sustainable disaster risk mitigation: Lessons from West Pokot County, Kenya
Deborah Namayi Muricho, David Jakinda Otieno, Willis Oluoch-kosura, Magnus Jirström
(2019) International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 34 p.429-435
Journal articleWhat Influences Urban Mothers' Decisions on What to Feed Their Children Aged Under Five-The Case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Hanna Y Berhane, Eva-Charlotte Ekström, Magnus Jirström, Yemane Berhane, Christopher Turner, et al.
(2018) Nutrients, 10
Journal articleClassification of Maize in Complex Smallholder Farming Systems Using UAV Imagery
Ola Hall, Sigrun Dahlin, Håkan Marstorp, Maria Archila, Ingrid Öborn, et al.
(2018) Drones, 2 p.1-8
Journal articleAfrican Smallholder Farmers on the Move: Farm and Non-Farm Trends for Six Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2002–15
Magnus Jirström, Maria Archila, Sarah Alobo
(2018) Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa , p.17-53
Book chapterRemote sensing of yields : Application of UAV imagery-derived ndvi for estimating maize vigor and yields in complex farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ibrahim Wahab, Ola Hall, Magnus Jirström
(2018) Drones, 2
Journal articleMixed blessings : A qualitative exploration of mothers' experience of child care and feeding in the rapidly urbanizing city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Hanna Y Berhane, Eva-Charlotte Ekström, Magnus Jirström, Yemane Berhane, Christopher Turner, et al.
(2018) PLoS ONE, 13 p.0207685-0207685
Journal articleUsing panel survey and remote sensing data to explain yield gaps for maize in sub-Saharan Africa
Göran Djurfeldt, Ola Hall, Magnus Jirström, Maria Archila, Björn Holmquist, et al.
(2018) Journal of Land Use Science, 13 p.344-357
Journal articleDrills and Diets, Consumption and Conservation– the Role of Primate Meat in Local Diets in and Around Cross River National Park, Nigeria
Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Edu Effiom, Magnus Jirström, Ola Olsson
(2017) Journal of Poverty Alleviation and International Development, 8
Journal articleThe role of urban-based agriculture on food security : Kenyan case studies
Samuel Omondi, Willis Oluoch-Kosura, Magnus Jirström
(2017) Geographical Research, 55 p.231-241
Journal articleExplaining changes in maize yields among smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa with survey and remote sense data
Göran Djurfeldt, Ola Hall, Maria Archila, Björn Holmquist, Sultana Nasrin, et al.
(2017)
Working paperEnclosures in West Pokot, Kenya : Transforming land, livestock and livelihoods in drylands
Gert Nyberg, Per Knutsson, Madelene Ostwald, Ingrid Öborn, Ewa Wredle, et al.
(2015) Pastoralism, 5
Journal articleDrivers of rice production: evidence from five Sub-Saharan African countries
Sultana Nasrin, Johanna Bergman-Lodin, Magnus Jirström, Björn Holmquist, Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, et al.
(2015) Agriculture & Food Security, 4 p.1-19
Journal articleYield Gap Based Poverty Gaps in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
Fred M. Dzanku, Magnus Jirström, Håkan Marstorp
(2015) World Development, 67 p.336-362
Journal articleAssessing gender roles in a changing landscape: diversified agro-pastoralism in drylands of West Pokot, Kenya
Vera Karmebäck, John N. Wairore, Magnus Jirström, Gert Nyberg
(2015) Pastoralism, 5
Journal articleFrån nybyggaranda till kreativ ordning
Christer Eldh, Magnus Jirström
(2015) Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten i Lund - en vital 50-åring. En jubileumsskrift , p.249-269
Book chapterChanges in diversification profiles and its impacts on total income among rice farming households in the Mekong and Red River Deltas in Vietnam 1999-2005
Magnus Jirström, Franz-Michael Rundquist, Sultana Nasrin, Björn Holmquist, Alexander Shlyk, et al.
(2014)
Working paperNERICA Upland rice: Seeds of change for female-headed households in Uganda?
Johanna Bergman-Lodin, Susan Paulson, Magnus Jirström
(2014) Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, 36 p.129-141
Journal articleStaple crops and Urban- Periurban Agriculture
Christopher Turner, Magnus Jirström
(2014) Urban and periurban farming in low income countries – challenges and knowledge gaps, 4 p.47-51
Book chapterUrbanization and farm size in Asia and Africa: Implications for food security and agricultural research
William Masters, Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Cees de Haan, Peter Hazell, Thomas Jayne, et al.
(2013) Global Food Security, 2 p.156-165
Journal articleUrbanization and changes in farm size in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia from a geographical perspective, a review of the literature. A Foresight Study of the
Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Magnus Jirström
(2013) [Host publication title missing]
Conference paperPrimate-mediated ecosystem services: Implications for human reliance on forest resources in Cross River State, Nigeria.
Edu Efiom, Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Magnus Jirström, Ola Olsson
(2013)
Working paperDrivers of Rice Production - Evidence from five Sub-Saharan Africa countries
Sultana Nasrin, Johanna Bergman-Lodin, Magnus Jirström, Björn Holmquist, Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, et al.
(2013)
Working paperCassava Commercialization in Southeastern Africa
Steven Haggblade, Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Drinah Banda Nyirenda, Johanna Bergman-Lodin, Leon Brimer, et al.
(2012) Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 2 p.4-40
Journal articleChanges in diversification profiles and its impacts on total income among rice farming households in the Mekong and Red River Deltas in Vietnam 1999-2005.
Magnus Jirström, Franz-Michael Rundquist, Sultana Nasrin, Björn Holmquist
(2012)
Conference paperThe Millennium Development Goals and the African Food Crisis - report from the Afrint II project
Göran Djurfeldt, Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Hans Holmén, Magnus Jirström
(2011) Human Rights and Political Participation Team
ReportGendered Effects of NERICA Upland Rice – The Case of Labor Dynamics in Hoima District, Uganda
Johanna Bergman-Lodin, Magnus Jirström, Milly Mugenyi
(2011)
Conference paperSmallholders caught in poverty – Flickering signs of agricultural dynamism
Magnus Jirström, Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Göran Djurfeldt
(2011) African smallholders: food crops, markets and technology, , p.74-106
Book chapterIncome diversification among rice farming households in the Mekong and Red River Deltas in Vietnam 1999-2005.
Magnus Jirström, Franz-Michael Rundquist, Björn Holmquist, Sultana Nasrin
(2011)
Conference paperAfrint database
Göran Djurfeldt, Teketel Abebe, Akande Olatunji, Wolday Amha, Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, et al.
(2011)
OtherRice Farm Diversification in Vietnam – Changes at the farm level in the Mekong and Red River Deltas.
Alexander Shlyk, Franz-Michael Rundquist, Thi Ngoc Chi Truong, Van Chin Duong, Magnus Jirström
(2011)
Conference paperNew Seeds and Women’s Welfare: A Revolution Revisited – The Case of NERICA Upland Rice and Gender Labor Dynamics in Hoima District, Uganda
Johanna Bergman-Lodin, Magnus Jirström, Milly Mugenyi
(2010) Ester Boserup Conference Abstract Reader
Conference paper: abstractNew Seeds and Women's Welfare - The Case of NERICA Upland Rice and Labor Dynamics in Hoima District, Uganda
Johanna Bergman-Lodin, Magnus Jirström, Milly Mugenyi
(2010)
Conference paper: abstractGender Roles in Agricultural Diversification in O Mon an Co Do Districts, Can Tho Province, Mekong Delta, South Vietnam
Thi Ngoc Chi Truong, Franz-Michael Rundquist, van Chin Duong, Magnus Jirström
(2010) OmonRice, 17 p.203-219
Journal articleCase Studies on Successful, Limited Sucessful and Unsuccessful Farmers in Agricultural Diversification in O Mon District, Can Tho Province, Mekong Delta, South Vietnam
Thi Ngoc Chi Truong, Franz-Michael Rundquist, Magnus Jirström, van Chin Duong
(2010) OmonRice, 17 p.179-189
Journal articleNew Seeds and Women's Welfare - The Case of NERICA Upland Rice and Labor Dynamics in Hoima District, Uganda
Johanna Bergman-Lodin, Magnus Jirström, Milly Mugenyi
(2010)
Conference paperGender Aspects of NERICA Upland Rice Production in Uganda
Johanna Bergman-Lodin, Magnus Jirström, Milly Mugenyi
(2010) , p.146-147
Conference paper: abstractRomantisk syn på jordbruket ökar fattigdom
Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Göran Djurfeldt, Magnus Jirström
(2009) Sydsvenskan
Newspaper articleLook Who's Talking! Second thoughts about NGOs as representing Civil Society
Hans Holmén, Magnus Jirström
(2009) Journal of Asian and African Studies, 44 p.429-448
Journal articleAfrica's Food Crisis: Does Asia's green revolution offer any lessons?
Göran Djurfeldt, Magnus Jirström, Hans Holmén
(2008) Agriculture, Trade and Development: Toward greater coherence , p.73-86
Book chapterAfrican farm dynamics and the sub-continental food crisis – the case of maize
Göran Djurfeldt, Rolf Larsson, Björn Holmquist, Magnus Jirström, Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt
(2008) Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section C. Food Economics, 5 p.75-91
Journal articleGender aspects and analysis of households stopping farming in agricultural diversification in O Mon and Co Do District, Can Tho Province, Vietnam
Thi Ngoc Chi Truong, Van Chin Duong, Franz-Michael Rundquist, Magnus Jirström
(2008)
Working paperAddressing Food Crisis in Africa.
Göran Djurfeldt, Hans Holmén, Magnus Jirström
(2007) Ökonomisk utvikling, landbruk och bistand , p.39-44
Conference paperRural Urban Linkages in Amhara, Ethiopia’ Background paper for the Ethiopia Rural Investments Climate Assessment Ethiopia Rural Investment Climate Survey: rural-urban linkages (by appointment of the World Bank, Washington DC, and Sida, Addis Ababa)
Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Magnus Jirström
(2007)
ReportAfrikas gröna revolution kom av sig.
Hans Holmén, Magnus Jirström, Göran Djurfeldt
(2006) Forskning & framsteg , p.52-57
Journal articleAfrikas livsmedelskris - Finns det lärdomar att dra från Asiens gröna revolutioner?
Göran Djurfeldt, Hans Holmén, Magnus Jirström
(2006) Jordbruk, handel och utveckling: Mot ökad samstämmighet , p.89-102
Book chapterAddressing Food Crisis in Africa - What can sub-Saharan Africa learn from Asian experiences in addressing its food crisis?
Göran Djurfeldt, Hans Holmén, Magnus Jirström, Rolf Larsson
(2006)
ReportAfrican farm trajectories and the sub-continental food crisis
Göran Djurfeldt, Rolf Larsson, Magnus Jirström, Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt
(2006)
Working paperAfrikas vernachlässigte Bauern.
Göran Djurfeldt, Hans Holmén, Magnus Jirström
(2006) Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit, Volume 33 p.130-130
Journal articleDubbelmoral om Afrika
Göran Djurfeldt, Hans Holmén, Magnus Jirström
(2005) Sydsvenskan
Newspaper articleDeterminants of Agricultural Diversification in Vietnam: changes at farm level in the Mekong and Red River deltas
Magnus Jirström, Franz-Michael Rundquist
(2005) Rice is life: scientific perspectives for 21st century. Proceedings of the World Rice Research Conference held in Tokyo and Tsukuba, Japan, 4-7 November 2004 , p.432-436
Conference paperWealth Ranking and Land Use Patterns – a case study in three villages of O Mon district – Can Tho province
Tran Thi Ngoc Son, Duong Van Chin, Franz-Michael Rundquist, Magnus Jirström
(2005) OmonRice, No 13 p.76-79
Journal articleThe State and Green Revolutions in East Asia
Magnus Jirström
(2005) The African Food Crisis: Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution , p.25-42
Book chapterThe puzzle of the policy shift – The early Green Revolution in India, Indonesia and the Philippines
Göran Djurfeldt, Magnus Jirström
(2005) The African Food Crisis: Lessons from the Asian Green Revolution , p.43-63
Book chapterÅtta myter som hämmar jordbrukets utveckling: nu krävs det en saklig diskussion om Afrikas "gröna revolution".
Göran Djurfeldt, Mikael Hammarskjöld, Hans Holmén, Magnus Jirström, Rolf Larsson
(2003) Omvärlden , p.20-23
Newspaper articleAsian Models of Agricultural Development and their Relevance to Afrika
Göran Djurfeldt, Magnus Jirström
(2003) Afrint Working Paper
ReportVems röst är det vi hör? Icke-statliga organisationer, nätverkande, agitation och problemet att representera andra
Hans Holmén, Magnus Jirström
(2003) Tidsrumsfragment:en vänbok till Bo Lenntorp , p.196-217
Book chapterAgricultural Diversifcation in Can Tho: Farm Level
Truong Thi Ngoc Chi, Duong Van Chin, Franz-Michael Rundquist, Magnus Jirström
(2003) OmonRice, 11 p.117-120
Journal articleDiversify or Perish! Structural transformation of agricultural systems - Intensification and diversification in Vietnam
Magnus Jirström, Franz-Michael Rundquist
(1999) Geografi i Lund, Essäer tillägnade Gunnar Törnqvist , p.74-87
Book chapterIn the wake of the Green Revolution : Environmental and socioeconomic consequences of intensive rice agriculture - The Problems of weeds in Muda, Malaysia
Magnus Jirström
(1996) Meddelanden från Lunds universitets geografiska institution. Avhandlingar
Dissertation