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| Govereh, Jones; Jayne, Thomas S.; Nijhoff, Jan J.; Shawa, Julius J.; Haantuba, Hyde H.; Belemu, A.; Ngulube, E.; Zulu, Ballard; Banda, A.K.. |
| This policy synthesis highlights the key findings and conclusions contained in the full report, “Developments in Fertilizer Marketing in Zambia: Commercial Trading, Government Programs and the Smallholder Farmer.” The key objective of this policy synthesis is to summarize the key findings in order to inform policy makers and stakeholders in the agricultural sector in their efforts to improve the performance of the fertilizer marketing system in Zambia. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Q18; Agribusiness; Food security; Food policy; Zambia; Fertilizer marketing. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54604 |
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| Jayne, Thomas S.; Govereh, Jones; Chilonda, Pius; Mason, Nicole M.; Chapoto, Antony; Haantuba, Hyde H.. |
| Effective agricultural and food security policies in Africa need to be based on a solid empirical foundation. In Zambia, it is widely perceived that poverty rates are increasing, agricultural growth is stagnant, and real food prices are higher as food production declines. This study examines these trends and finds that all of these perceptions are wrong. Rural poverty rates have declined substantially in rural Zambia since the early 1990s, although they are still unacceptably high. Real staple food prices for consumers have declined by 20% over the past decade, thanks to major reductions in maize milling and retailing margins. And there is evidence of impressive production growth for some crops that are becoming increasingly important sources of income and... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Policy; Development; Indicators; Zambia.; Africa; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Q18. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54483 |
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| Donovan, Cynthia; Damaseke, M.; Govereh, Jones; Simumba, D.. |
| Inorganic fertilizers will play a role in government programs, but whether or not a single policy is valuable for all farmers depends upon the net gain for the farmers. The research here seeks to demonstrate how to answer the question “Is fertilizer profitable in Zambia for maize and cotton in the smallholder sector?” This study identifies the key components determining profitability and then sets up a framework to evaluate the probability of farmers to obtain profitable results with fertilizer use on maize and cotton. Several cases are selected and the results are evaluated. Private profitability for the farmer at market prices is discussed, leaving social profitability to other researchers. A simple method for farmers and extensionists to use to... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Zambia; Maize; Cotton; Fertilizer; Agribusiness; Q18. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54606 |
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| Shawa, Julius J.; Haantuba, Hyde H.; Belemu, A.; Ngulube, E.; Banda, A.K.; Govereh, Jones; Jayne, Thomas S.; Nijhoff, Jan J.; Zulu, Ballard. |
| The debate on fertilizer reform process in Zambia has two contrasting views. Some stakeholders continue to be convinced that the private sector is unable to adequately serve the needs of smallholder farmers, especially in the more remote parts of the country. Only 20 per cent of smallholder farmers used fertilizer in 1999/00. There are serious concerns over private traders’ willingness to deliver inputs on credit for low-resource farmers. According to this view, government fertilizer and credit distribution are indispensable for promoting smallholder agricultural productivity growth. Others believe that the fertilizer market should be restructured even more fully to remove the constraints on the private sector and reduce the drain on the public treasury.... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Zambia; Fertilizer profitability; Agribusiness; Marketing; Q18. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54459 |
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| Minde, Isaac J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Crawford, Eric W.; Ariga, Joshua; Govereh, Jones. |
| This study was funded jointly by the Regional Strategic Agricultural Knowledge Support System (Re-SAKSS) for Southern Africa, based at International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, and by the United States Agency for International Development's Africa Bureau. Much of the data and analysis reported in this study was carried out under the Tegemeo Agricultural Monitoring and Policy Analysis Project, funded by USAID/Kenya; the Food Security Research Project/Markets, Trade and Enabling Environment (MATEP) Program, funded by USAID/Zambia and the Swedish International Development Agency; and by the DFID and USAID offices in Lilongwe, Malawi. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Fertilizer; Africa; Malawi; Zambia; Kenya; Crop Production/Industries; Q18. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54934 |
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| Xu, Zhiying; Jayne, Thomas S.; Black, J. Roy; Govereh, Jones. |
| Multi-year nationwide survey data is used to estimate maize yield response functions and determine profitability of fertilizer use by small-scale farmers in Zambia. Most previous research on economics of fertilization used estimates of yield response to nutrients based on experimental or simulation data and seldom investigated region-specific and management-specific effects. In this paper we address the main issues arising from using large survey data and estimate maize yield response functions for different groups of households that have various management practices and soil conditions in two major agro-climatic zones. Profitability of fertilizer use is determined for each group in each zone and the results provide the following messages. First,... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19141 |
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| Govereh, Jones; Jayne, Thomas S.; Chapoto, Antony. |
| The economic reforms in maize marketing and trade policies implemented during the 1990s have been highly controversial, and there remains a lack of solid empirical investigation on the impacts of these reforms on national food security, price stability and rural income growth. This study aims to provide a detailed evidence-based analysis of the impacts of maize marketing and trade policies on smallholder agricultural production growth, access to food by consumers, and other important national policy objectives. These insights from Zambia can hopefully move forward the continuing debate in the region on how maize marketing and trade policies should be structured in the future. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Policy; Zambia; Africa; Maize; Trade; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Q18. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54492 |
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| Donovan, Cynthia; Damaseke, M.; Govereh, Jones; Simumba, D.. |
| The main question which this research originally sought to answer was whether or not inorganic fertilizers are generally profitable used alone on maize, or with pesticides on cotton, for small farmers in Zambia. Rather than give a definitive answer for each Zambian farmer, the authors developed a framework for analysis and applied that framework to locations with sufficient information. Using simple value/cost ratios, researchers estimated the potential profit of fertilizer for those sites. Then, using the distributions of response rates of the crops (incremental yields) found in the trials and output prices based on regional price series, the probabilities are estimated for VCRs, using a minimum of VCR of 2.0 for profitability. The results for selected... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Maize; Cotton; Zambia; Fertilizer profitability; Crop Production/Industries; Q18. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54460 |
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| Xu, Zhiying; Govereh, Jones; Black, J. Roy; Jayne, Thomas S.. |
| Multi-year nationwide survey data is used to estimate maize yield response functions and determine profitability of fertilizer use by small-scale farmers in Zambia. There has been a dearth of empirical studies on economics of fertilization in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper we identify major methodological issues arising from using survey data and estimate maize yield response functions for small-scale rural households that have various management practices and soil conditions in two major agro-climatic zones. Profitability of fertilizer use is determined for each group of households. Our findings provide the following key messages. First, households that obtained fertilizer on time and used animal draught power or mechanical power for... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Maize; Yield; Fertilizer; Profitability; Survey data; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25730 |
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