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Food security in Africa : market and trade policy for staple foods in Eastern and southern Africa / edited by Alexander Sarris, Jamie Morrison

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar Pub, 2010Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 423 p) : illISBN:
  • 9781849806367
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: 9781848448513. | Erscheint auch als: 9781848448513 (hardback) Druck-Ausgabe | Erscheint auch als: Food security in Africa. Druck-Ausgabe. Rome [u.a.] : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [u.a.], 2010. XI, 423 S.DDC classification:
  • 338.19676
RVK: RVK: ZB 85070 | ZE 47070LOC classification:
  • HD9017.A2
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781849806367Online resources: Summary: Drawing on insights from theoretical applications, empirically based approaches and case study experience, this book contributes to the improved design and use of trade and related policy interventions in staple food marketsSummary: 1. Introduction / Jamie Morrison and Alexander Sarris -- 2. Trade, agriculture and optimal commercial policy in Eastern and Southern Africa / Edward F. Buffie -- 3. Smallholder market participation : concepts and evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa / Christopher B. Barrett -- 4. Governance and surplus distribution in commodity value chains in Africa / Johan F.M. Swinnen, Anneleen Vandeplas and Miet Maertens -- 5. Liberalizing trade under structural constraints in developing countries : a general equilibrium analysis of Tanzania / Piero Conforti and Alexander Sarris -- 6. Grain marketing policy at the crossroads : challenges for Eastern and Southern Africa / T.S. Jayne, Antony Chapoto and Jones Govereh -- 7. Unofficial cross-border trade in Eastern Africa / Peter D. Little -- 8. Regional trade and food security : recent evidence from Zambia / Paul A. Dorosh, Simon Dradri and Steven Haggblade -- 9. Maize trade and marketing policy interventions in Kenya / Joshua Ariga and T.S. Jayne -- 10. Assessment of maize trade and market policy interventions in Malawi / Ephraim W. Chirwa -- 11. Alternative staple food trade and market policy interventions : country-level assessment of South Africa / Lulama Ndibongo Traub and Ferdinand Meyer -- 12. Maize trade and marketing policy interventions in Tanzania / Andrew E. Temu, Appolinary Manyama and Anna A. Temu -- 13. Assessment of alternative maize trade and market policy interventions in Zambia / Jones Govereh, Antony Chapoto and T.S. Jayne -- 14. Trade and market policy interventions : a synthesis of insights from research on Eastern and Southern African grain markets / Jamie Morrison and Alexander SarrisPPN: PPN: 1023446928Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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