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Potential for Intra-Regional Maize Trade in Southern Africa: an Analysis for Zambia at the Sub-National Level
Haggblade, Steven; Jayne, Thomas S.; Tschirley, David L.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
benefit from the reduced price volatility that results from opening borders to regional trade in food staples. …This working paper explores the prospects for regional maize trade in helping to stabilize food availability and prices … in Zambia. It reviews these general prospects within the maize economy of southern Africa. Given the important regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456897
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Methodology for Two Weighting Applications for the 2008 Zambia Supplemental Survey
Megill, David J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
In 2001 the first Supplemental Survey (SS) was conducted using the panel of the sample households selected for the 1999/2000 Post-Harvest Survey (PHS). All of the sample households in the PHS 99/00 that were found in the sample standard enumeration areas (SEAs) in 2001 were included in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456913
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Staple Food Consumption Patterns in Urban Zambia: Results from the 2007/2008 Urban Consumption Survey
Mason, Nicole M.; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
and improved urban food marketing system performance in Zambia will need to take into consideration the demand patterns of … urban food consumers. Urban consumption patterns will increasingly determine the opportunities available to small … priorities to improve the performance of the food marketing system. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456958
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Transmission des hausses des prix internationaux des produits alimentaires en Afrique de l’Ouest : Leçons de la crise de 2007-2008 pour l’expansion de la production
Diallo, Boubacar Cisse; Dembele, Niama Nango; Staatz, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
CONFERENCE INTERNATIONALE SUR LES BIOCARBURANTS EN AFRIQUE : Les biocarburants, facteur d’insécurité ou moteur de développement (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 10-12 Novembre 2009)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456973
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Smallholder Household Maize Production and Marketing Behavior in Zambia and Its Implications for Policy.
Zulu, Ballard; Jayne, Thomas S.; Beaver, Margaret - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2007
The ability of agricultural policy makers to promote national development objectives requires an accurate and reasonably current picture of what crops farmers grow, what they eat, the importance of various crops in their incomes, and how they spend their money. In Zambia’s case, there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457001
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Cotton in Zambia: 2007 Assessment of its Organization, Performance, Current Policy Initiatives, and Challenges for the Future
Tschirley, David L.; Kabwe, Stephen - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2007
smallholder crop. Its potential role in poverty alleviation and food security is, thus, very large. The success of this sector has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457011
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A Value Chain Task Force Approach for Managing Private-Public Partnerships: Zamiba’s Task Force on Acceleration of Cassava Utilization.
Chitundu, Maureen; Droppelmann, Klaus; Haggblade, Steven - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2006
Smallholder farmers operate in vertical supply chains. Therefore, an understanding of key opportunities and constraints up through the value chain becomes necessary for sustaining smallholder growth. Yet market analysis is of little value unless key private and public sector stakeholders agree...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457022
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Transmission of World Food Price Changes to African Markets and its Effect on Household Welfare
Minot, Nicholas - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
Paper to be presented at the Comesa policy seminar “Food price variability: Causes, consequences, and policy options …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457033
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Trends and Spatial Distribution of Public Agricultural Spending in Zambia: Implication for Agricultural Productivity Growth
Govereh, Jones; Malawo, Emma; Lungu, Tadeyo; Jayne, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
This paper assesses the level and composition of the Zambia’s public expenditures in the agricultural sector from 2000 to 2008. By measuring the size of public agricultural expenditures, the study will answer whether the Government of Zambia met CAADP’s target of allocating 10% of national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457038
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AAMP Proceedings Report: Trade in Food Staples: Promoting Price Stability and Food Security through Intra-Regional Trade
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457039