Maize milling, market reform and urban food security: the case of Zimbabwe
1992
Rubey, L. | Jayne, T.S. (University of Zimbabwe, Harare (Zimbabwe). Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Extension)
This paper presents evidence from Zimbabwe that the concentrated industrial milling sector, and the regulations that have protected its position in the market, have restricted poor consumers' access to the less refined and less costly maize mill produced by small private mills. Available evidence suggest that the main consumers of such meal, when available, are the poor. Thus, selected reforms to promote access to grain by informal traders and miller should immediately make staple maize meal available through informal sector for low income consumers at about the same price as heavily-subsidized meal through industrial milling sector. While government's food security and budget minimization objectives present trade-offs, selected market reforms may reduce the magnitude of these trade-offs
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