received greatest attention. In nearly the entire continent, the so-called traditional marketing sector – open air markets …, dispersed informal vendors, and traditional shops – is expected to play a dominant role in fresh produce marketing for several … production and marketing systems over a time frame acceptable to most policy makers and donors. Public engagement, preferably …

Despite the resurgence of parastatal marketing boards and strategic grain reserves over the last decade in eastern and …

This study surveys the empirical record of grain marketing and pricing policy in selected Eastern and Southern Africa … market reform has not adversely affected consumers; and (e) why marketing board deficits have risen rather than declined …

Africa. This study investigates patterns in staple food prices, wage rates, and marketing margins for urban consumers in … 2008/09 marketing season were still roughly double their levels of the mid-1990s. The national minimum wage in Mozambique …/07 marketing seasons, respectively. During the 2008/09 marketing season, Maputo minimum wage earners’ rice and wheat flour …

enable smallholders to develop more effective marketing strategies and to negotiate more effectively with traders, in order … to reduce marketing costs as well as the cost of modern inputs such as fertilizer to the farm gate. Rehabilitating the … marketing policy to adherence to more systematic rules-based policies. Nurturing credible commitment in regard to trade policy …

perception has led many governments in the region to shun an open maize borders policy and pursue a variety of food marketing and … alternative food marketing and trade policies, including that of liberalization, on price stability and predictability … through the operations of marketing boards and controls on trade. This study examines the amplitude of price instability and …