deficit maize markets in Mozambique namely, Chimoio-Maputo, Chimoio-Beira, Ribaue-Nampula, and Mocuba-Nampula. To achieve this …

effectiveness of using weather derivatives to hedge against drought risks forrain-fed grain maize production was investigated for … premiums. Depending onlocal conditions, the fair premium of a specific contract for hedging against weather risks ingrain maize …

advanced developing country. Complete enumeration of the Mexican maize breeding industry showed that, contrary to the … theory on IPR and a short background on the Mexican maize breeding industry. The analysis of the interviews with maize …

paper to quantifies the market and welfare impactsof trade liberalization in Kenya’s maize sector using a partial … percent reduction in maize import tariffs and a completeabolition of tariffs. The simulations results suggest that tariff … trade agreement is likely to leave Kenya’s maize sectorworse off and cannot be considered as a viable policy based on the …

maize trade without borders,their agricultural trade policies still differ, thus affecting prices and trade flows … isolated and internally fragmented island withinthe East African maize markets. Bilateral maize trade with Nairobi appears to … region and the structural maize deficit inKenya. …

Deficiencies of micronutrients such as vitamin A are widespread, expecially in Africa.Biofortified crops such as maize …, bred for high levels of provitamin A might offer a solution, butthese crops are often bright orange, and African maize … consumers prefer white. To estimate theconsumers interest in orange biofortified maize, sensory evaluations were organized in …

markets. Millet, sorghum, and later rice were the traditional leading three cereal crops produced and consumed in Mali. Maize … quantities. Given the potentials of maize, developing and better organizing its subsector has the potential to not only increase … revenues for maize farmers, but also create profitable opportunities for other actors in the subsector (traders, marketers …

parameter. Using weekly maize price data on seven selected markets in Tanzania, we illustrate how both transaction cost and the …

Mexico and Central Americathat explored these issues for commodity maize and high value vegetables respectively. Thebenefits … producers to markets. Thereis less incentive for maize farmers to organize themselves to access output markets as thetransaction …