Food Security in Africa: Market and Trade Policy for Staple Foods in Eastern and Southern Africa

Abstract

Thirteen papers examine the role of trade policy in Eastern and Southern African grain markets. Papers discuss trade, agriculture, and optimal commercial policy in Eastern and Southern Africa; smallholder market participation--concepts and evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa; governance and surplus distribution in commodity value chains in Africa; liberalizing trade under structural constraints in developing countries--a general equilibrium analysis of Tanzania; grain marketing policy at the crossroads--challenges for Eastern and Southern Africa; unofficial crossborder trade in Eastern Africa; regional trade and food security--recent evidence from Zambia; maize trade and marketing policy interventions in Kenya; assessment of maize trade and market policy interventions in Malawi; alternative staple food trade and market policy interventions--country-level assessment of South Africa; maize trade and marketing policy interventions in Tanzania; assessment of alternative maize trade and market policy interventions in Zambia; and trade and market policy interventions--a synthesis of insights from research on Eastern and Southern African grain markets. Sarris is Director of the Trade and Markets Division of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization. Morrison is an economist in the Trade and Markets Division of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization. Index.