Africa. This study investigates patterns in staple food prices, wage rates, and marketing margins for urban consumers in … 2008/09 marketing season were still roughly double their levels of the mid-1990s. The national minimum wage in Mozambique …/07 marketing seasons, respectively. During the 2008/09 marketing season, Maputo minimum wage earners’ rice and wheat flour …

involvement and protectionist measures in the maize marketing sector. Since 1995, the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) and more recently … is now encouraged to perform marketing functions alongside the public sector. However, in practice, the private sector is …

received greatest attention. In nearly the entire continent, the so-called traditional marketing sector – open air markets …, dispersed informal vendors, and traditional shops – is expected to play a dominant role in fresh produce marketing for several … production and marketing systems over a time frame acceptable to most policy makers and donors. Public engagement, preferably …