Dr Di Zeng

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• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2016	Lecturer	University of Adelaide

• Language Competencies

  Language	Competency
  Chinese (Mandarin)	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  —	Virginia Tech	United States	PhD

• Research Interests

  Agricultural Economics Economic Development Policy Environment and Resource Economics Health Economics

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• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2020	Sayekti, A., Zeng, D., & Stringer, R. (2020). Impact of hybrid seeds on demand for labour: the case of chilli production in Indonesia. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies. DOI
  2019	Zeng, D., Thomsen, M., Nayga, R., & Bennett, J. (2019). Supermarket access and childhood bodyweight: Evidence from store openings and closings. Economics and Human Biology, 33, 78-88. DOI
  2019	Rupa, J., Umberger, W., & Zeng, D. (2019). Does food market modernisation lead to improved dietary diversity and diet quality for urban Vietnamese households?. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 63(3), 499-520. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
  2019	Zeng, D., Thomsen, M., & Nayga, R. (2019). Neighborhood Convenience Stores and Childhood Obesity: A Panel Data Instrumental Variable Approach. Applied Economics, 51(3), 1-16. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
  2018	Zeng, D., Alwang, J., Norton, G., Jaleta, M., Shiferaw, B., & Yirga, C. (2018). Land ownership and technology adoption revisited: improved maize varieties in Ethiopia. Land Use Policy, 72, 270-279. DOI Scopus10 WoS10
  2018	Chen, X., Zeng, D., Xu, Y., & Fan, X. (2018). Perceptions, risk attitude and organic fertilizer investment: evidence from rice and banana farmers in Guangxi, China. Sustainability, 10(10), 3715-1-3715-14. DOI Scopus2
  2018	HUANG, Z., XU, Y., ZENG, D., WANG, C., & WANG, J. (2018). One size fits all? Contract farming among broiler producers in China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 17(2), 473-482. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2018	Kassie, M., Marenya, P., Tessema, Y., Jaleta, M., Zeng, D., Erenstein, O., & Rahut, D. (2018). Measuring Farm and Market Level Economic Impacts of Improved Maize Production Technologies in Ethiopia: Evidence from Panel Data. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 69(1), 76-95. DOI Scopus18 WoS16
  2017	Zeng, D., Alwang, J., Norton, G., Shiferaw, B., Jaleta, M., & Yirga, C. (2017). Agricultural technology adoption and child nutrition enhancement: improved maize varieties in rural Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics, 48(5), 573-586. DOI Scopus10 WoS9
  2016	Zeng, D., Thomsen, M., Nayga, R., & Rouse, H. (2016). Middle school transition and body weight outcomes: evidence from Arkansas public schoolchildren. Economics and Human Biology, 21, 64-74. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2016	Huang, Z., Zeng, D., & Wang, J. (2016). Factors affecting Chinese broiler farmers’ main preventive practices in response to highly pathogenic avian influenza. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 134, 153-159. DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC2
  2015	Zeng, D., You, W., Mills, B., Alwang, J., Royster, M., & Anson-Dwamena, R. (2015). A closer look at the rural-urban health disparities: insights from four major diseases in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Social Science & Medicine, 140, 62-68. DOI Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC4
  2015	Zeng, D., Alwang, J., Norton, G., Shiferaw, B., Jaleta, M., & Yirga, C. (2015). Ex post impacts of improved maize varieties on poverty in rural Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics, 46(4), 515-526. DOI Scopus39 WoS31
  2015	Huang, W., Zeng, D., & Zhou, S. (2015). Welfare impacts of modern peanut technologies in China. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, 221-238.
  2015	Huang, W., Zeng, D., & Zhou, S. (2015). Welfare impacts of modern peanut varieties in China. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, 54(3), 221-238. Scopus1

• Book Chapters

  Year	Citation
  2015	Zeng, D., Alwang, J., Norton, G., Shiferaw, B., Jaleta, M., & Yirga, C. (2015). Maize technologies and rural poverty reduction in Ethiopia. In T. Walker, & J. Alwang (Eds.), Crop improvement, adoption, and impact of improved varieties in food crops in sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 294-313). United Kingdom: CAB International. DOI

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2018	Pagliuca, L. G., Dumbrell, N., Umberger, W., & Zeng, D. (2018). Drivers of changing meat expenditure and consumption patterns in urban Vietnam. In 62nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. Adelaide, Australia.
  2018	Khamthara, P., Zeng, D., & Stringer, R. (2018). Horticultural Development and Its Welfare Implications on Agricultural Household Education Investment in Indonesia. In Horticultural Development and Its Welfare Implications on Agricultural Household Education Investment in Indonesia. Vancouver, Canada.
  2017	Dumbrell, N., Umberger, W., Zeng, D., Nguyen, A., & Pagliuca, L. (2017). Consumer preferences and consumption patterns for fruit & vegetables in urban Vietnam. In North-West Vietnam Research Symposium: Mountains of Opportunity. Hanoi, Vietnam: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
  2014	Zeng, D., Alwang, J., Norton, G., Shiferaw, B., Jaleta, M., & Yirga, C. (2014). Agricultural Technology Adoption and Child Nutrition: Improved Maize Varieties in Rural Ethiopia. In Proceedings of Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s 2014 AAEA Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, USA.

• Conference Items

  Year	Citation
  2019	Khamthara, P., Zeng, D., Stringer, R., & Hasibuan, A. (2019). The impacts of risk preference on off-farm income and child education investment: evidence from Indonesian horticultural farmers. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference 2019. Melbourne, Australia.
  2018	Khamthara, P., Zeng, D., Stringer, R., & Yi, D. (2018). Horticultural Development and Its Welfare Implications on Agricultural Household Education Investment in Indonesia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference 2018. Adelaide, Australia.
  2018	Genova, C., Umberger., Newman., Peralta., & Zeng. (2018). The impact of smallholder vegetable production on child nutrition in rural Vietnam. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2018 Annual Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) Conference. Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, SA.
  2018	Nguyen, A. D., Umberger, W., & Zeng, D. (2018). Concerns and valuation of food quality and food safety in urban Vietnam. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society 62nd Annual Conference.
  2017	Nguyen, A. D., Umberger, W. J., Zeng, D., & Dumbrell, N. P. (2017). Concerns and valuation of food quality and food safety in urban Vietnam. Poster session presented at the meeting of North-West Vietnam Research Symposium: Mountains of Opportunity. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
  2017	Dumbrell, N., Umberger, W., Zeng, D., Nguyen, A., & Pagliuca, L. (2017). The role of market research in agricultural development for northwest Vietnam: The case of fruit and vegetables. Poster session presented at the meeting of North-West Vietnam Research Symposium: Mountains of Opportunity. Hanoi, Vietnam: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
  2017	Rupa, J., Ahmed, S., Umberger, W., Zeng, D., & Sim, N. (2017). Analysing the association between rural farm household health and economic shocks and food security in Bangladesh: a consolidated approach of measuring food security. Poster session presented at the meeting of PowerPoint presentation at 61st Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society's Annual Conference. Brisbane, Qld..
  2016	Rupa, J., Ahmed, S., Umberger, W., & Zeng, D. (2016). Analysing the association between rural farm household health and economic shocks and food security in Bangladesh: a consolidated approach of measuring food security. Poster session presented at the meeting of XXIII Agri-food Research Network (AFRN) conference. Adelaide, SA.
  2016	Zeng, D., Thomsen, M., & Nayga, R. (2016). Food Desert and Weight Outcome: Disentangling Confounding Mechanisms. Poster session presented at the meeting of Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) 2016 Annual Meeting.
  2015	Zeng, D., Thomsen, M., Nayga, R., & Rouse, H. (2015). Supermarket Access and Childhood Obesity: Natural Experiments of Store Openings and Closings. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting.
  2013	Zeng, D., Alwang, J., Norton, G., Shiferaw, B., Jaleta, M., & Yirga, C. (2013). Ex-Post Impacts of Improved Maize Varieties on Poverty in Rural Ethiopia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2013 Annual Meeting.
  2012	Zeng, D., You, W., Mills, B., Alwang, J., Royster, M., Studer, K., . . . Zeng, D. (2012). How Much DoWe Know about Rural-Urban Health Disparities: Lessons from Four Major Diseases in Virginia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2012 Annual Meeting.

• Working Paper

  Year	Citation
  2016	Rupa, J. A., Ahmed, S., Umberger, W., Zeng, D., & Sim, N. (2016). Analysing the association between rural farm household health and economic shocks and food security in Bangladesh: a consolidated approach of measuring food security.

AGRIBUS 7055 Global Food and Agricultural Markets, 2017 (Instructor and Coordinator)

AGRIBUS 7054 Global Food and Agricultural Policy, 2017 (Co-instructor and coordinator)

AGRIBUS 7061 Research Principles and Methods, 2017 (Co-instructor and coordinator)

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• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2020	Co-Supervisor	The Pattern and Rate of Adoption for Commodity Choices and Land Use in Upland Catchment Area in Indonesia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Sara Ratna Qanti
  2019	Principal Supervisor	Trust and social capital in emerging cross-border e-commerce channels: case studies of Daigou	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Wenzhu Tang
  2017	Co-Supervisor	Testing your food market integration: A study of the vegetable trade in the Indo China region	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Anh Duc Nguyen

• Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2017 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	Horticultural Farming and Development Outcomes: Examining Human and Social Capital Investment Among Horticultural Households in Rural Indonesia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Phassara Khamthara
  2017 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Analysing the Drivers of Dietary Diversity, Diet Quality and Household Food Security in Developing Asia: Evidence from Urban Vietnam and Rural Bangladesh	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Jesmin Ara Rupa
  2016 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	Understanding the Roles of Gender in Rural Development: The Case of Labour-Intensive Chilli Production in Indonesia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Apri Laila Sayekti

• Phone: 83136226
• Email: di.zeng@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Nexus 10 Tower, floor 6
• Room: 6 24
• Org Unit: Centre for Global Food and Resources