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Jayne, Thomas S.; Sitko, Nicholas J.; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

National food security in Malawi depends on improving the performance of maize markets. Ensuring that grain is … makers in Malawi: how to keep prices low enough to ensure low income consumers’ access to food while keeping prices high … marketing margins, which shrink the wedge between producer and consumer prices. Moreover, Malawi faces major political and …

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Staple food prices in Malawi

Minot, Nicholas - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

Prepared for the Comesa policy seminar on “Variation in staple food prices: Causes, consequence, and policy options”, Maputo, Mozambique, 25-26 January 2010 under the African Agricultural Marketing Project (AAMP)

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Disrupting Demand for Commercial Seed: Input Subsidies in Malawi and Zambia

Mason, Nicole M.; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

years numerous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) including Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia … have implemented such programs at substantial cost to government and donor budgets. For example, in 2008 Malawi spent …

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Trends and Patterns in Fertilizer Use by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya, 1997-2007

Ariga, Joshua; Jayne, Thomas S.; Kibaara, Betty; Nyoro, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008

This study uses nationwide household panel survey data from 1996/97 to 2006/07 to examine trends in fertilizer use on maize by smallholder maize growers. The paper also compares these findings with fertilizer use rates according to other recent surveys in Kenya to assess comparability. We also...

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Promoting Fertilizer Use in Africa: Current Issues and Empirical Evidence from Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya

Minde, Isaac J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Crawford, Eric W.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008

and USAID offices in Lilongwe, Malawi. …

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Determinants of Crop Income in Rural Mozambique, 2002-2005.

Mather, David - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Crop income is the predominant source of income for most rural Mozambican households, accounting for 73% of rural household income on average in 2002, and greater than 80% of the total income of the poorest 40% of rural households. While the Government of Mozambique recognizes the need to...

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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

This paper traces the trajectories of successful commercial smallholders operating under differing sets of market institutions. Analysis focuses on maize, cotton, and horticulture, three widely marketed crops with strikingly different market institutions. Maize receives intensive government...

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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What are the Policy Implications?

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Though Zambia has considerable agricultural potential, the sector’s contribution to growth and poverty reduction has been limited. The sector remains one of the most important employers of labour and remains the main source of livelihood for most rural households in Zambia. Thus key...

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Non-Timber Forest Products and Rural Poverty Alleviation in Zambia

Mulenga, Brian P.; Richardson, Robert B.; Tembo, Gelson - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Forests support rural livelihoods and food security in many developing countries by providing critical sources of food, medicine, shelter, building materials, fuels, and cash income. The increasing demand for forest products has enhanced rural livelihoods and enabled the expansion of domestic...

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Urban Consumption Patterns of Livestock Products in Zambia and Implications for Policy

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Rapid urbanization in Zambia means that increasingly heavy demands are being placed on urban food marketing systems. Investment in these systems has been woefully inadequate for many decades, creating supply bottlenecks and health hazards that work against the interests of both farmers and...

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