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Exploitative Briefcase Businessmen, Parasites, and Other Myths and Legends: Assembly Traders and the Performance of Maize Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa

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  1. 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.
  2. Ateka, Josiah M. & Onono-Okelo, Perez Ayieko & Etyang, Martin, 2021. "Selling at the farmgate? Role of liquidity constraints and implications for agricultural productivity," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 60(4), October.
  3. Campenhout, Bjorn Van, 2021. "ICTs to Address Information Inefficiencies in Food Supply Chains," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315054, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  4. Pracht, Wyatt & Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob, 2022. "Building Sustainable Supply Chains: A Model of Youth Input Resellers in Kenya," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322141, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  5. Pierluigi Montalbano & Rebecca Pietrelli & Luca Salvatici, 2017. "Market chain participation and food security: the case of the Ugandan maize farmers," Working Papers 2/17, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
  6. Liz Ignowski & Bart Minten & Jo Swinnen & Bjorn Van Campenhout & Senne Vandevelde, 2021. "Trade, value chain technology and prices: evidence from dairy in East Africa," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven 671298, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven.
  7. Bjorn Van Campenhout & Bart Minten & Johan F. M. Swinnen, 2021. "Leading the way – foreign direct investment and dairy value chain upgrading in Uganda," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 52(4), pages 607-631, July.
  8. Melkani, Aakanksha & Mason, Nicole & Mather, David & Chisanga, Brian & Jayne, Thom, 2021. "Smallholder Market Participation and Choice of Marketing Channel in the Presence of Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from Zambian Maize Markets," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315273, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  9. Campenhout, Bjorn Van, 2021. "ICTs to Address Information Inefficiencies in Food Supply Chains," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 313801, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  10. Rousseau, Karen & Gautier, Denis & Wardell, D. Andrew, 2015. "Coping with the Upheavals of Globalization in the Shea Value Chain: The Maintenance and Relevance of Upstream Shea Nut Supply Chain Organization in Western Burkina Faso," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 413-427.
  11. Ali Sher & Saman Mazhar & Yuzhuo Qiu, 2024. "Toward sustainable agriculture: The impact of interest‐free credit on marketing decisions and technological progress in Pakistan," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(1), pages 608-623, February.
  12. Bjorn Van Campenhout & Anusha De, 2023. "Gendered perceptions in maize supply chains: Evidence from Uganda," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 41(2), March.
  13. Aakanksha Melkani & Nicole M. Mason & David L. Mather & Brian Chisanga & Thomas Jayne, 2025. "Liquidity constraints for variable inputs at planting time and the maize production and marketing decisions of smallholder farmers in Zambia," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 56(1), pages 73-91, January.
  14. Montalbano, P. & Pietrelli, R. & Salvatici, L., 2018. "Participation in the market chain and food security: The case of the Ugandan maize farmers," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 81-98.
  15. Sitko, Nicholas J. & Chisanga, Brian, 2016. "How Is Multinational Investment in Grain and Oilseed Trading Reshaping the Smallholder Markets in Zambia?," Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 234948, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
  16. Kalle Hirvonen & Bart Minten & Belay Mohammed & Seneshaw Tamru, 2021. "Food prices and marketing margins during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from vegetable value chains in Ethiopia," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 52(3), pages 407-421, May.
  17. Nkoyo Etim Bassey & Arnim Kuhn & Hugo Storm, 2018. "Are maize marketers averse to quality loss in supplies? A case study from Ghana," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 49(5), pages 649-658, September.
  18. Manda, Julius & Khonje, Makaiko G. & Alene, Arega D. & Tufa, Adane H & Abdoulaye, Tahirou & Mutenje, Munyaradzi & Setimela, Peter & Manyong, Victor, 2020. "Does cooperative membership increase and accelerate agricultural technology adoption? Empirical evidence from Zambia," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
  19. Nicholas J. Sitko & Brian Chisanga & David Tschirley & Thomas S. Jayne, 2018. "An evolution in the middle: examining the rise of multinational investment in smallholder grain trading in Zambia," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 10(2), pages 473-488, April.
  20. Ambler, Kate & de Brauw, Alan & Herskowitz, Sylvan & Pulido, Cristhian, 2023. "Viewpoint: Finance needs of the agricultural midstream," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
  21. Bjorn Van Campenhout, 2022. "ICTs to address information inefficiencies in food supply chains," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 53(6), pages 968-975, November.
  22. Zant, Wouter, 2024. "Mobile phones and Mozambique farmers: Less asymmetric information and more trader competition?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 180(C).
  23. Muhonda, Park & Rice, Emma & Bennett, Abigail & Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O. & Belton, Ben & Abaidoo, Eric, 2024. "Investigating the inclusiveness of the usipa value chain in Malawi," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 33(C).
  24. Sitko, Nicholas J. & Chamberlin, Jordan & Hichaambwa, Munguzwe, 2015. "The Geography of Customary Land in Zambia: Is Development Strategy Engaging With The Facts?," Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 211222, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
  25. Maggio, Giuseppe & Sitko, Nicholas, 2019. "Knowing is half the battle: Seasonal forecasts, adaptive cropping systems, and the mediating role of private markets in Zambia," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
  26. Ali Sher & Saman Mazhar & Hossein Azadi & Guanghua Lin, 2020. "Smallholder Commercialization and Urban-Rural Linkages: Effect of Interest-Free Agriculture Credit on Market Participation of Rice Growers in Pakistan," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-24, December.
  27. Admire Katunga & Edilegnaw Wale Zegeye & Gerald Ortmann, 2021. "Structure and entry barriers to access groundnut markets for intermediary traders in central and northern Malawi," Agrekon, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(3), pages 264-279, July.
  28. Fuje,Habtamu Neda & Pullabhotla,Hemant Kumar, 2020. "Impact of Grain Trade Policies on Prices and Welfare : Evidence from Malawi," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9436, The World Bank.
  29. de Brauw, Alan & Maruyama, Eduardo & Wagner, Julia, 2024. "Is it a myth? Market power among intermediaries in agri-food value chains," CGIAR Initative Publications 168165, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  30. Minten, Bart & Assefa, Thomas & Hirvonen, Kalle, 2017. "Can Agricultural Traders be Trusted? Evidence from Coffee in Ethiopia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 77-88.
  31. Marta Marson & Gianni Vaggi, 2019. "Sustainable value chains in agriculture. The African Indigenous Vegetables in Southern Nakuru County," DEM Working Papers Series 174, University of Pavia, Department of Economics and Management.
  32. Chalmers K. Mulwa & Milu Muyanga & Martine Visser, 2021. "The role of large traders in driving sustainable agricultural intensification in smallholder farms: Evidence from Kenya," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 52(2), pages 329-341, March.
  33. 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.
  34. Nuhu, Ahmed Salim & Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O. & Awokuse, Titus & Kabwe, Stephen, 2021. "Do benefits of expanded midstream activities in crop value chains accrue to smallholder farmers? Evidence from Zambia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 143(C).
  35. Pauliina Upla & James Reed & Kaala B. Moombe & Benjamin J. Kazule & Brian P. Mulenga & Mirjam Ros-Tonen & Terry Sunderland, 2022. "Assessing the Potential for Private Sector Engagement in Integrated Landscape Approaches: Insights from Value-Chain Analyses in Southern Zambia," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-28, September.
  36. Assefa, Thomas Woldu & Minten, Bart, 2015. "Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from urban coffee markets in Ethiopia," ESSP working papers 72, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  37. Fung, Winnie & Liverpool-Tasie, Saweda & Mason, Nicole & Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth, 2015. "Can Crop Purchase Programs Reduce Poverty and Improve Welfare in Rural Communities? Evidence from the Food Reserve Agency in Zambia," IZA Discussion Papers 9361, IZA Network @ LISER.
  38. Zulu-Mbata, Olipa & Jayne, Thomas S. & Kirsten, Johann F., 2016. "Analysis of farm-to-retail maize marketing margins in Zambia," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246966, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
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