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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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Factors Contributing to Zambia's 2010 Maize Bumper Harvest
Burke, William J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Chapoto, Antony - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
Zambia’s maize crop grew by roughly 48% between the 2009 and 2010 harvests, leading to the largest crop recorded in recent history. The 2009 maize harvest was also very good, making the 48% rise in 2010 even more remarkable. The forces driving that increase, however, remain widely debated....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741310
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530524
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Staple food prices in Zambia
Chapoto, Antony; Govereh, Jones; Haggblade, Steven; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
”, Maputo, Mozambique, 25-26 January 2010 under the Comesa-MSU-IFPRI African Agricultural Marketing Project (AAMP) …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456987
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Patterns of Urban Food Consumption and Expenditure in Zambia: An Overview Report Based on the CSO/MACO/FSRP Food Consumption Survey in Urban Areas of Lusaka, Kitwe, Mansa and Kasam...
Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Beaver, Margaret; Chapoto, Antony; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
Replaced with revised version of paper 06/16/10.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008550383
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Natural Resource Management, Food Security and Rural Development in Zambia: Moving From Research to Action
Simasiku, Phyllis; Chapoto, Antony; Richardson, Robert B.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
More effective policies are needed to improve access and secure rights to land and other natural resources for various stakeholders, particularly smallholder farmers. Service delivery at all levels of governance needs to be restructured and strengthened in order to promote and improve economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519311
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Natural Resource Management, Food Security, and Rural Development in Zambia: Moving From Research Evidence to Action Proceedings of the Public Forum
Simasiku, Phyllis; Chapoto, Antony; Richardson, Robert B.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
Natural resource use, including land, and rural population location is an important topic for Zambia's development strategy. Among other efforts, the Government of Zambia (GRZ) has designated 22% of total land area, as Game Management Areas (GMAs) for human settlements and wildlife conservation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456948
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Factors Contributing to Zambia’s 2010 Maize Bumper Harvest
Burke, William J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Chapoto, Antony - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
for participants in the marketing system. A decrease in maize production may occur next year due to the marketing problems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741316
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Agricultural Transformation in Zambia: Alternative Institutional Models for Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth, and Commercialization
Chapoto, Antony; Haggblade, Steven; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
institutions. Maize receives intensive government input and marketing support. In contrast, cotton relies primarily on private …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880015
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Characteristics Associated with Prime-Age Mortality in Eastern and Southern Africa: Evidence from Zambia and Kenya
Chapoto, Antony; Jayne, Thomas S.; Kirimi, Lilian; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
Campaigns to prevent the spread of HIV require accurate knowledge of the characteristics of those most likely to contract the disease. Studies conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa during the 1980s generally found a positive correlation between socioeconomic characteristics such as education, income,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555521