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Interactions Between Food Market Reform and Regional Trade in Zimbabwe and South Africa: Implications for Food Security

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T. S. Jayne () (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
T. Takavarasha
Johan van Zyl

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A major role of agricultural policy is to identify policy changes that may induce technological innovation and productivity growth throughout the food system, in order to increase the living standards of people who must relate to it in one way or another. While food market reform has been subject to contentious and often emotional debate over the last decade in Africa, the debate has generally been over assumptions about how food markets work in reality as opposed to theory, and how markets actually respond to particular forms of policy change. The lack of consensus is partially due to a shortage of empirical, ground-level information linking specific policies to specific impacts. It is in this context that we draw on applied analysis in Southern Africa to make some observations on recent food market reforms and their effects on the performance of food systems in the region. The latter part of this paper considers how potential food market reform in South Africa will alter relative prices, trading incentives, and distributional consequences within the region. Particular emphasis is given to Zimbabwe and South Africa, the two largest traders of maize in the region.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Working Papers with number 48.

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Keywords: food security; food policy; food market reform; regional trade;

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  1. T. S. Jayne & Milan Hajek & Johan van Zyl, 1995. "An Analysis of Alternative Maize Marketing Policies in South Africa," International Development Working Papers 50, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Lulama Ndibongo Traub & Thomas S. Jayne, 2004. "The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa," International Development Working Papers 83, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  3. T. S. Jayne & Stephen Jones, 1996. "Food Marketing and Pricing Policy in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons for Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Access to Food," International Development Working Papers 56, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Poulton, Colin & Davies, Rob & Matshe, Innocent & Urey, Ian, 2002. "A Review Of Zimbabweâ’S Agricultural Economic Policies: 1980 –2000," ADU Working Papers 10922, Imperial College at Wye, Department of Agricultural Sciences. [Downloadable!]
  5. Traub, Lulama Ndibongo & Jayne, T.S., 2006. "The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa: An Empirical Study," 2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia 25635, International Association of Agricultural Economists. [Downloadable!]
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