reduce grain PHL in SSA over the last 30 years and from experts in the field. These experts were identified and asked to …

The recurrent global food price spikes in 2008 and 2010 rekindled interest in the use of national food grain stockpiles … support policies in the developed countries. However, large 'buffer' or 'intervention' stocks, as the grain accumulations in … practitioners, revisits the issues and evidence concerning grain stocks. It starts with an open mind concerning stocks as policy …