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Who Gained and Who Lost from Zambia's 2010 Maize Marketing Policies?
Nkonde, Chewe; Mason, Nicole M.; Sitko, Nicholas J.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
benefited from the bumper crop and FRA‟s involvement in maize marketing. The FRA‟s high buy price and purchase of nearly 900 … key features of the 2010/11 GRZ maize marketing policies and their likely income distributional effects on various …
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Malawi’s Maize Marketing System
Jayne, Thomas S.; Sitko, Nicholas J.; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
marketing margins, which shrink the wedge between producer and consumer prices. Moreover, Malawi faces major political and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530558
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A Farm Gate-to-Consumer Value Chain Analysis of Kenya’s Maize Marketing System
Kirimi, Lilian; Sitko, Nicholas J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
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 …
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Unpacking the Meaning of “Market Access”
Chamberlin, Jordan; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
Improving farmers’ access to markets is widely recognized as a major development challenge. A review of the literature suggests that indicators of market access may bear little relationship to the specific processes of interest and hence provide misguided evidence of the impacts of improved...
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Zambian Farmers’ Access to Maize Markets
Chapoto, Antony; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
Smallholder farmers’ access to markets and agricultural support services has been a major concern of Zambian policy makers. As with many governments in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Zambian government’s agricultural policies, particularly for maize, have fundamentally been conceived of as a...
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Getting More “Bang for the Buck”: Diversifying Subsidies Beyond Fertilizer and Policy Beyond Subsidies
Burke, William J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Black, J. Roy - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
Input subsidies are the single greatest expenditure under poverty reduction programs in Zambia. Yet maize yields continue to fall well short of international standards. One major reason appears to be the yield limiting effects of acidity, which is highly common on Zambian soils. We suggest a...
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Wheat Consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends, Drivers, and Policy Implications
Mason, Nicole M.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Shiferaw, Bekele A. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
Wheat consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is increasing rapidly, faster than any other major food grain. Between 2000 and 2009, per capita wheat consumption in SSA increased at a rate of 0.35 kilogram (kg)/year, outpacing maize and rice. Total wheat consumption increased by nearly 650,000...
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Markets Need Predictable Government Actions to Function Effectively: The Case of Importing Maize in Times of Deficit
Nijhoff, Jan J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Mwiinga, Billy; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2002
Food relief for vulnerable groups is important in times of deficit. For the remainder of the population, well functioning grain markets can save lives during times of food shortfalls. This note illustrates how predictable Government behavior in the market can improve markets’ ability to meet...
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Patterns and Trends in Food Staples Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa: Toward the Identification of Priority Investments and Strategies for Developing Markets and Promoting Sm...
Jayne, Thomas S.; Mason, Nicole M.; Myers, Robert J.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
on smallholder crop marketing behavior and urban consumption patterns in Eastern and Southern Africa, and their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530523
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Are Staple Foods Becoming More Expensive For Urban Consumers In Eastern And Southern Africa? Trends in Food Prices, Marketing Margins, and Wage Rates in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,...
Mason, Nicole M.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Donovan, Cynthia; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
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 …
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