Food security in Africa : market and trade policy for staple foods in Eastern and Southern Africa
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Food security in Africa : market and trade policy for staple foods in Eastern and Southern Africa
Edward Elgar, c2010
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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"Published in association with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 markets.Trade policy interventions have a potentially critical role to play in the development of staple food markets in developing countries and, as a source of revenue, in wider processes of rural development. Governments have long defended trade and related policy interventions in staple food markets on the basis of food security concerns. However, the design and implementation of these policies has often resulted in unintended impacts, increasing the risks faced by private sector actors and reducing their incentives for investment in improved market performance. In the context of increasingly volatile staple food markets, this book, commissioned from leading experts in this field, seeks to enhance dialogue between stakeholders involved in, and affected by, the design and use of trade and related policy interventions.This significant book will appeal to policy analysts and decision makers influential in the design and implementation of trade and related market interventions, as well as students of development economics. Researchers contributing to debates on the use and impacts of trade and related market interventions in staple food markets in poor countries will also find this volume of great benefit.
Table of Contents
Contents:
Preface
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 Sarris
Index
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