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Variation in Staple Food Prices in Eastern and Southern Africa: Causes, Consequences and Policy Options
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
country background papers prepared for the COMESA-ACTESA policy seminar on “Variations in staple food prices: Causes … agricultural programs in eastern and southern Africa involve raising food prices to protect farmers, lowering food prices to … protect consumers, and reducing volatility in food prices through a variety of mechanisms including tariffs, export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530574
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Natural Resource Management, Food Security and Rural Development in Zambia: Moving From Research to Action
Simasiku, Phyllis; Chapoto, Antony; Richardson, Robert B.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
More effective policies are needed to improve access and secure rights to land and other natural resources for various stakeholders, particularly smallholder farmers. Service delivery at all levels of governance needs to be restructured and strengthened in order to promote and improve economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519311
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Medição do Impacto dos Bens Públicos e Privados sobre os Rendimentos Familiares Provenientes de Culturas em Moçambique Rural, 2002-2005
Mather, David; Donovan, Cynthia; Boughton, Duncan - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
This brief summarizes detailed analysis of the determinants of household crop income in rural Mozambique from 2002 to 2005. Increased crop income is associated with increases in household land area, use of animal traction, crop diversification into tobacco or cotton, access to market price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519292
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Measuring the Impact of Public and Private Assets on Household Crop Income in Rural Mozambique, 2002-2005
Mather, David; Donovan, Cynthia; Boughton, Duncan - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
This brief summarizes detailed analysis of the determinants of household crop income in rural Mozambique from 2002 to 2005. Increased crop income is associated with increases in household land area, use of animal traction, crop diversification into tobacco or cotton, access to market price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519295
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Início Antecipado da Campanha de Comercialização de Milho, Feijões e Mandioca: Preços Altos Caracterizam a Campanha de Comercialização de 2007/08
SIMA, Equipe Tecnica do - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519301
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Bringing the Poor into a Growth Agenda: What Role for Africa’s Rural Nonfarm Economy?
Haggblade, Steven - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
Distributed as: Appendix 1. Background Paper for Agriculture and Lands. African Ministers Meeting, April 2009. Prepared …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519319
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Trade in Food Staples: Promoting Price Stability and Food Security through Intra-Regional Trade
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
Published by Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457095
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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What Are the Policy Implications?
Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
In spite of vast expanses of the country’s land currently being uncultivated, there is increasing evidence that a surprisingly high share of rural smallholder households face land constraints that adversely affect their productivity and ability to participate in agricultural supply chains.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878812
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Assessing the Feasibility of Implementing the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) Through an Electronic Voucher System in Zambia
Sitko, Nicholas J.; Bwalya, Richard; Kamwanga, Jolly; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
A number of problems plague the current Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP), including: late delivery of inputs; distribution of standardized inputs that may not be appropriate for all agro-ecological zones or soil types; crowding out of private sector; poor targeting, and; high cost to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909542
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Can the FISP More Effectively Achieve Food Production and Poverty Reduction Goals?
Burke, William J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Sitko, Nicholas J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
Despite being framed as a key component of the nation’s poverty reduction strategy, evidence suggests that inputs distributed under Zambia’s Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) tend to be targeted to the least poor rural households.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909546