Agricultural Markets and Prices

The Structure and Trends of Public Expenditure on Agriculture in Mozambique

Authors

Helder Zavale, Gilead Mlay, Duncan Boughton, Adriano Chamusso and Pius Chilonda

Publisher

Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)

Publication date

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 21:00

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Mon, 10/31/2011 - 21:00

Location

http://www.resakss.org/index.php?pdf=50968

Source / Citation

Zavale, H., Mlay, G., Boughton, D., Chamusso, A., and Chilonda, P. "The Structure and Trends of Public Expenditure on Agriculture in Mozambique." ReSAKSS Working Paper 34. 2011.

Country

Mozambique

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The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network of regional nodes supporting the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Africa-based centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), to facilitate the implementation of AU/NEPAD&rs

Will they buy it? The potential for marketing organic vegetables in the food vending sector to strengthen vegetable safety: A choice experiment study in three West African cities

Authors

Lorenz Probst, Elysée Houedjofonon, Hayford Mensah Ayerakwa, Rainer Haas

Publisher

Food Policy

Publication date

Tue, 03/27/2012 - 21:00

Location

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.02.014

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Considering the hazardous use of synthetic pesticides in vegetable production in urban West Africa, this research investigated the marketing potential of organic vegetables in the food vending sector of Cotonou (Benin), Accra (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).

Why are African commodity exchanges languishing? A case study of the Zambian Agricultural Commodity Exchange

Authors

Nicholas J. Sitko, T.S. Jayne,

Publisher

Food Policy

Publication date

Thu, 05/31/2012 - 21:00

Location

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.02.015

Country

Zambia

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Food price volatility and high transactions costs remain major problems in African food markets. These persistent problems provide a strong theoretical justification for the development of commodity exchanges. However, the majority of African commodity exchanges remain underdeveloped.

The Evolution of Agricultural Price Incentives in Sudan (1970-2002)

AGRODEP Author

Mubarak, Amel Mustafa

Authors

Amel M. Mubarak

Publisher

AGRODEP Members' Workshop, June 6-8, 2011, Dakar, Senegal

Publication date

Sun, 06/05/2011 - 21:00

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Sun, 06/05/2011 - 21:00

Country

Sudan

Related Event

2011 Meetings and Workshop

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MM_Day3_G12_Mubarak.pdf

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Optimisation of Market Supply for “Hamari” Desert Sheep in Sudan

Authors

Mutasim Mekki M. Elrasheed, Hamid Hussein M. Faki, and HashimAhmed Elobied

Publisher

AGRODEP Members' Workshop, June 6-8, 2011, Dakar, Senegal

Publication date

Sun, 06/05/2011 - 21:00

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Sun, 06/05/2011 - 21:00

Country

Sudan

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2011 Meetings and Workshop

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MM_Day1_G4_Elrasheed.pdf

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Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa

Authors

edited by Kym Anderson and William A. Masters

Publication date

Fri, 11/30/2007 - 20:00

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Fri, 11/30/2007 - 20:00

Location

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTRADERESEARCH/Resources/544824-1146153362267/Africa_e-book_0309.pdf

Source / Citation

Anderson, K. and W.Masters (eds.). 2009. "Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa," Washington, DC: World Bank.

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Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa provides an overview of the evolution of distortions to agricultural incentives caused by price and trade policies in the Arab Republic of Egypt plus 20 countries that account for about 90 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa’s population, farm households, agricultural output, and overall GDP. Sectoral, trade, and exchange rate policies in the region have changed greatly since the 1950s, and there have been substantial reforms since the 1980s.

Tools to Measure Impacts over Households of Changes in International Prices - M. Robles

Authors

Miguel Robles

Publisher

AGRODEP Members' Workshop June 6-8, 2011, Dakar, Senegal

Publication date

Sun, 06/05/2011 - 21:00

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Sun, 06/05/2011 - 21:00

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2011 Meetings and Workshop

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FP_Day1_PM_Robles.pdf

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This presentation discusses the impact of changes in food prices on household welfare.

Tools to Measure Price Transmission from International to Local Markets - N. Minot

Authors

Nicholas Minot

Publisher

AGRODEP Members' Workshop June 6-8, 2011, Dakar, Senegal

Publication date

Mon, 06/06/2011 - 21:00

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Mon, 06/06/2011 - 21:00

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2011 Meetings and Workshop

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FP_Day2_PM_Minot.pdf

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This presentation discusses when and how price transmission occurs, as well as results of a study on the impacts of the global market on African food prices.