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Bumper Harvests a Curse or a Blessing for Zambia: Lessons from the 2014/15 Maize Marketing Season

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  • Chapoto, Antony
  • Chisanga, Brian
  • Kuteya, Auckland
  • Kabwe, Stephen

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The successive maize bumper harvests experienced by Zambia in recent years mean that the country has to find long lasting and sustainable ways to deal with persistent maize marketing challenges facing the smallholder farmers. The government has continued to struggle with the price-dilemma where they would like to keep the price of maize grain high for the maize producers, while at the same time try to maintain low mealie-meal prices for the consumers. In the process, the government has continued to alienate the private sector, which if promoted would help broaden the market for maize and save the national treasury millions of the Kwacha Rebased (K).

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  • Chapoto, Antony & Chisanga, Brian & Kuteya, Auckland & Kabwe, Stephen, 2015. "Bumper Harvests a Curse or a Blessing for Zambia: Lessons from the 2014/15 Maize Marketing Season," Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 202881, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:midcwp:202881
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.202881
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    1. Nkonde, Chewe & Mason, Nicole M. & Sitko, Nicholas J. & Jayne, Thomas S., 2011. "Who Gained and Who Lost from Zambia's 2010 Maize Marketing Policies?," Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 99610, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    2. Sitko, Nicholas J. & Kuteya, Auckland N., 2013. "The Maize Price Spike of 2012/13: Understanding the Paradox of High Prices despite Abundant Supplies," Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 171871, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    3. Kuteya, Auckland N. & Jayne, Thomas S., 2012. "Is the Government of Zambia’s Subsidy to Maize Millers Benefiting Consumers?," Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 140905, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
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    1. Mulungu, Kelvin & Ng'ombe, John, 2019. "Climate Change Impacts on Sustainable Maize Production in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review," AgriXiv f8pma, Center for Open Science.
    2. Chisanga, Brian & Chapoto, Antony, 2015. "2015/16 Zambian Maize Market Outlook and Regional Analysis," Miscellaneous Publications 211219, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    3. Chapoto, Antony & Zulu-Mbata, Olipa & Hoffman, Barak D. & Kabaghe, Chance & Sitko, Nicholas & Kuteya, Auckland & Zulu, Ballard, 2015. "The Politics of Maize in Zambia: Who holds the Keys to Change the Status Quo?," Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 212905, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.

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