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The Economics of Smallholder Maize Production in Zimbabwe: Implications for Food Security

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David D. Rohrbach (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
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This study examines the relationship between food availability and food access in the context of the rapid post-1979 growth of smallholder maize production in Zimbabwe. It assesses why smallholder maize production increased so rapidly and whether this growth is likely to continue. It examines the distribution of the production gains and explains differential levels of participation. The study also evaluates how much national and household food security in Zimbabwe have improved. Options are reviewed for further improving smallholder food availability and food access.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Papers with number 11.

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Date of creation: 1989
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Keywords: food security; food policy; maize production;

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Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy

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  2. Jayne, T.S. & Hajek, Milan & van Zyl, Johan, 1995. "An Analysis Of Alternative Maize Marketing Policies In South Africa," Food Security III Papers 11348, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  11. Thomas Reardon & Valerie Kelly & Eric Crawford & Thomas Jayne & Kimseyinga Savadogo & Daniel Clay, 1996. "Determinants of Farm Productivity in Africa: A Synthesis of Four Case Studies," International Development Papers 22, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  12. Roth, Michael & Bruce, John, 1994. "Land Tenure, Agrarian Structure, and Comparative Land Use Efficiency in Zimbabwe: Options for Land Tenure Reform and Land Redistribution," Research Papers 12750, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Land Tenure Center. [Downloadable!]
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  14. Tahirou Abdoulaye & John Sanders, 2005. "New Technologies, Marketing Strategies and Public Policy for Traditional Food Crops: Millet in Niger," Working Papers 05-07, Purdue University, College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics. [Downloadable!]
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