marketing and trade policies on smallholder agricultural production growth, access to food by consumers, and other important …The economic reforms in maize marketing and trade policies implemented during the 1990s have been highly controversial …, and there remains a lack of solid empirical investigation on the impacts of these reforms on national food security, price …

This working paper explores the prospects for regional maize trade in helping to stabilize food availability and prices … surpluses. It also evaluates the impact of regional maize trade on price stability and food security in different parts of … benefit from the reduced price volatility that results from opening borders to regional trade in food staples. …

Reports (in French) on Stakeholders' Market Information Needs to Engage in Regional Trade. Guinea …

Reports (in French) on Stakeholders' Market Information Needs to Engage in Regional Trade. Senegal …

Reports (in French) on Stakeholders' Market Information Needs to Engage in Regional Trade. West Africa synthesis report. …

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

Reports (in French) on Stakeholders' Market Information Needs to Engage in Regional Trade. Mali …

Reports (in French) on Stakeholders' Market Information Needs to Engage in Regional Trade. Niger …

Effective agricultural and food security policies in Africa need to be based on a solid empirical foundation. In Zambia …, it is widely perceived that poverty rates are increasing, agricultural growth is stagnant, and real food prices are … higher as food production declines. This study examines these trends and finds that all of these perceptions are wrong. Rural …

This report discusses the potential for procurement of food aid in local/regional markets to improve the effectiveness … of response to food emergency victims. The paper examines the relevance of local/regional procurement (LRP) to donors and … the rationale for using it, reviews LRP’s efficiency relative to in-kind food aid and to local prices in the markets in …