Though Zambia has considerable agricultural potential, the sector’s contribution to growth and poverty reduction has been limited. The sector remains one of the most important employers of labour and remains the main source of livelihood for most rural households in Zambia. Thus key...

La politica Agraria Comun (PAC) desde su origen ha sufrido profundos cambios para hacer frente a nuevos desafios, pasando de una politica proteccionista de precios, que pretendia el aumento de la productividad, a una politica que tiene como objetivo el desarrollo sostenible y el respecto al...

COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Twenty Fourth Meeting of the Trade and Customs Committee Nairobi, Kenya 2-4 November, 2009

Calculation of rice and maize parity prices in Niger.

The global food crisis of 2007-08 has focused attention on food prices, pushing the topic to the top of the agenda of international organizations. For policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa, however, food prices have been an issue of economic importance and political sensitivity for decades. Of...

This report presents principal findings of a rapid reconnaissance undertaken in December, 2009 as preparation for more detailed marketing studies to be undertaken in the context of PROMISAM II’s applied research program on promoting food security in Mali. The objective of the reconnaissance...

Calculation of maize and rice parity prices in Mali.

National food security in Malawi depends on improving the performance of maize markets. Ensuring that grain is consistently available at tolerable prices is crucial for consumers’ food security. At the same time, surplus producing farmers need to receive farm-gate prices consistently above...

Tras la reforma de la PAC de 1992 y la aprobación del Reglamento 2078/92, gran parte de los sistemas agrarios que proveen externalidades ambientales positivas pasaron a ser intervenidos mediante un doble mecanismo: las medidas derivadas de las Organizaciones Comunes de Mercado y los propios...