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Comportamento dos Preços de Produtos Alimentares: Implicações para Moçambique (Food Price Behavior and Implications for Mozambique).
Duncan Boughton, David Tschirley, and David Mather. Presentation to the Fifth Coordination Council Meeting for senior management of the Ministry of Agriculture in Vila Ulongwe, Mozambique, August 4th, 2011.Managing Food Price Volatility: Discussant Remarks on Peter Timmer Presentation . T.S. Jayne. Presentation at Stanford University, Center for Food Security and the Environment. May 26, 2011"Smallholder-led Agricultural Commercialization and Poverty Reduction: How to Achieve It?" Policy Symposium: COMESA/ACTESA/MINAGRI. Lemigo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda. 20-22 April 2011.
Smallholder-led Agricultural Commercialization: Implications for CAADP Country Investment Plans. T.S. Jayne and Milu Muyanga.Can Horticulture Pull African Smallholder Farmers Out of Poverty? Insights from Kenya, Mozambique, and Zambia . David Tschirley, Munguzwe Hichaambwa, Miltone Ayieko, Val Kelly, and Jenny Cairns. Dynamic Pathways Into and Out of Poverty: A Case of Small Holder Farmers in Zambia . Diana J Banda, Priscilla Hamukwala, Steve Haggblade and Antony Chapoto.Are There Enduring Benefits of Fertilizer Subsidies on Household Well-Being? Evidence from Malawi. J. Ricker-Gilbert and T.S. Jayne.Productivity Gains from Improved Smallholder Farm Management . Steven Haggblade.Contrasting Experiences in Cassava Commercialization in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia . Maureen Chitundu, Cynthia Donovan, Steven Haggblade, Emma Kambewa, Josina Machel, Venancio Salegua.
Are There Enduring Benefits of Fertilizer Subsidies on Household Well-Being? Evidence from Malawi. J. Ricker-Gilbert T.S. Jayne. Contributed Paper, Africa Growth Forum Brookings Institute, Washington, D.C. January 19-20, 2011.What Kinds of Agricultural Strategies Lead to Broad-based Growth? Strategies for FTF . T.S. Jayne. Presentation for the USAID Evidence Summit Government Involvement in African Food Markets: Toward Defining Constructive and Politically Feasible Roles. T.S. Jayne, Cris Muyunda, Antony Chapoto. DFID London. 21 October 2010Government Involvement in African Food Markets: Toward Defining Constructive and Politically Feasible Roles . T.S. Jayne, Cris Muyunda, Antony Chapoto. DFID Retreat . East Kilbride, Scotland. 18 October 2010What are the Enduring Benefits of Fertilizer Subsidies on Household Well-Being? Evidence from Malawi . J. Ricker-Gilbert T.S. Jayne. Contributed Paper Presentation for the African Association of Agricultural Economists Meeting . September 19-23, 2010. Cape Town, South Africa. Awarded 3rd Place among Contributed Papers.How Can the Poorest Smallholder Farmers Benefit More From Staple Food Markets? Duncan Boughton, David Mather, Nango Dembele, T.S. Jayne and Abdoul Murekezi. Grantee visit to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation by Michigan State University’s Food Security Group: August 10-11, 2010The Impact of Fertilizer Subsidies on Displacement & Total Fertilizer Use . J. Ricker-Gilbert, T.S. Jayne. Presentation for the AISP Workshop. Lilongwe, Malawi May 11, 2010Do Fertilizer Subsidies Improve Food Security & Well-being? Evidence from Malawi. J. Ricker-Gilbert, T.S. Jayne. Future of Food & Nutrition Conference, Tufts University. April 10, 2010The Role of Risk Management in Food Commodity Trade . Jan Nijhoff. Private Public Partnership in Grain Marketing in Zambia, Protea, Chisamba , Lusaka, Zambia, 6 March 2010. USAID EGAT/AG and AFR/SD Briefing on Insights for the Implementation of the GHFSI. USAID, Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC. February 19, 2010.
The Impact of Trade Barriers and Market Interventions on Maize Price Unpredictability: Evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa. A. Chapoto and T. S. Jayne. Third AAMP Regional Workshop and Seminar on: “Food Prices Variability: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Options.” Maputo, Mozambique. January 25-30, 2010Maize Price Volatility in Zambia. Jan Nijhoff and Antony Chapoto. Presented at a meeting on Zambia's Agricultural Finance Market, organized by the Zambia National Farmers Union and the PROFIT Program, held in Lusaka, 9 December, 2009.Rising World Food Prices and their Implications for Food Security Policy in Southern Africa. Thomas Jayne, Antony Chapoto, Isaac Minde, Cynthia Donavan and Femi Olubude-Awosola. Presentation at Southern Africa Regional Conference on Agriculture. 8-9 December 2009. Grand Palm Hotel, Gaborone, BotswanaStaple Food Trade in the COMESA Region. The Need for a Regional Approach to Stimulate Agricultural Growth and Enhance Food Security . Cris Muyunda and Jan Nijhoff. Nairobi, November 2nd, 2009.Food Price Spikes and Strategic Interactions between the Public and Private Sectors: Market Failures or Policy Failures? T.S. Jayne and David Tschirley. Presented at the expert meeting on Institutions and Policies to Manage Global Market Risks and Price Spikes in Basic Food Commodities , FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy. 27-28 October 2009Do Fertilizer Subsidies Affect the Demand for Commercial Fertilizer? An Example from Malawi. J. Ricker-Gilbert and T.S. Jayne. Presented at the XXVII International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Beijing Conference Center, China, August 2009. Beijing.Promoting Fertilizer Use in Africa: Current Issues and Empirical Evidence from the COMESA Region. T. Jayne, S. Rashid, N. Minot, S. Kasule. COMESA African Agricultural Markets Programme Policy Conference Livingstone, Zambia. 15-16 June, 2009Measuring the impacts of trade barriers and market
interventions on maize price instability: Evidence from
Eastern and Southern Africa. A. Chapoto and T. S. Jayne. Presentation at the
Regional Consultation Workshop on: “
The Use and Impact of Trade and Domestic Policy Interventions on Cereal Value
Chain Stakeholders in Eastern and Southern Africa”.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 3-4, 2009.Guiding Investments in
Sustainable Agricultural Markets
in Africa (GISAMA) . Jan Nijhoff. Presentation made at
ACTESA Work Plan Meeting.
Livingstone, May 21-22, 2009.Improving the Performance of Staple Markets to Exploit the Productive Potential of Smallholder Agriculture. T. S. Jayne, A. Chapoto, and B. Shiferaw. Plenary presentation at Conference on Agricultural Markets, organized by the CGIAR system and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), May 13-15,2009. Nairobi, Kenya.Modernizing Africa’s Fresh Produce Supply Chains without Rapid Supermarket Takeover Towards a Definition of Research and Investment Priorities. David Tschirley, Miltone Ayieko, Munguzwe Hichaambwa, Joey Goeb. Wayne Loescher. Presented at the Conference on Agricultural Markets, organized by the CGIAR system and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), May 13-15,2009. Nairobi, Kenya. Are staple foods becoming more expensive for urban consumers in eastern and southern Africa? N. Mason, T. Jayne, C. Donovan and A. Chapoto. Presentation at the Symposium on Food and Financial Crises and Their Impacts on the MDGs in Africa . Institute for African Development. Cornell University May 2, 2009Exploring the Logic Behind Southern Africa’s Food Crises . T.S. Jayne and David Tschirley. Presented at the Symposium on The Food and Financial Crisis and their Impacts on Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Africa . Institute for African Development. Cornell University. 2 May 2009The Role of Cash Transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Benjamin Magen and Cynthia Donovan. Africa Studies Brown Bag Presentation. Michigan State University. April 30, 2009 Can Cash Transfers Promote Food Security in the Context of Volatile Commodity Prices? B. Magen and C. Donovan. Presentation for EGAT and Africa Bureau Staff, USAID Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC, April 23, 2009 Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement: Successes and Challenges as LRP Moves into its Second Generation . D. Tschirley. Presentation for EGAT and Africa Bureau Staff, USAID Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC, April 23, 2009 Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Successes and Challenges as LRP Moves into its Second Generation. David Tschirley. Panel on “Opportunities: Local and Regional Procurement”. International Food Aid Conference. Kansas City, MO. Wednesday, 8 April, 2009.Selected Thoughts on Retail Modernization in Africa With Special Reference to Zambia . David Tschirley. Presented at University of Pretoria. 16 March 2009Recent Work on Food Staple Markets and Regional Trade . David Tschirley. Presented at the "Eastern Africa Regional Meeting Global Food Security Response". USAID Mission, Nairobi, March 18 – 20, 2009Exploring the Logic Behind Southern Africa’s Food Crises. David Tschirley. Presented at University of Pretoria. 16 March 2009Discussion of session on: How, Where and When Agriculture Can Be Used to Address Chronic Poverty. Thom Jayne. Conference on Escaping Poverty Traps Washington, DC. February 26-27, 2009.Chronic Poverty Analytics . David Tschirley.
USAID/AFR.
Washington, D.C.
12 February 2009Regional Trade in Food Staples:
Stimulating Agricultural Growth and Improving Food
Security in Eastern and Southern Africa .
Steven Haggblade.
Presented to USAID Washington.
January 13, 2009The 2008/09 Food Pricing and Food Security.
Situation in Eastern and Southern Africa:
Implications for Immediate and Longer Run Responses. T. Jayne, A. Chapoto, I. Minde, and C. Donovan.
USAID Africa Bureau seminar on Agricultural Markets.
Washington, D.C., January 13, 2009The 2008/09 Food Pricing and Food Security
Situation in Eastern and Southern Africa:
Implications for Immediate and Longer-Run Responses .
T. Jayne, A. Chapoto, I. Minde, and C. Donovan.
Presentation at African Agricultural Markets Policy Workshop,
Nairobi, Kenya, December 11, 2008.
Sponsored by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
(COMESA)Potential for Intra-Regional Maize
Trade in Southern Africa:
An Analysis For Zambia at the
Sub-National Level .
Steven Haggblade, Thomas Jayne, David Tschirley and
Steve Longabaugh. Presented by M.T. Weber.
SADC Southern Africa Regional Conference on Agriculture
Gaborone, Botswana.
December 8-9, 2008Promoting Fertilizer Use in Africa:
Current Issues and Empirical Evidence from
Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya .
Isaac Minde, T.S. Jayne, Joshua Ariga,
Jones Govereh, and Eric Crawford.
Southern Africa Regional Conference on Agriculture“Theme: Agriculture-led Development for Southern Africa: Strategic Investment Priorities for
Halving Hunger and Poverty by 2015”
Grand Palm Hotel, Gaborone, 8-9 December, 2008Rising World Food Prices and the Political Economy of Food in Eastern and Southern Africa. T. Jayne, A. Chapoto, I. Minde, and C. Donovan. Presentation at Michigan State University. Center for the Advanced Study of International Development, CASID. Women and International Development (WID) Program, Center for Gender in Global Context. November 7, 2008.Input for USAID’s
Food Security Framework .
Steven Haggblade.
USAID Food Security Framework Meeting.
August 5, 2008Fertilizer Subsidies and Sustainable
Agricultural Growth in Africa:
Current Issues and Empirical Evidence from
Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya. Isaac Minde, T.S. Jayne, Joshua Ariga,
Jones Govereh, and Eric Crawford.
IFDC workshop on“Strengthening Trade in Agricultural Inputs in Africa: Issues and Options”.
Taj Pamodzi Hotel, Lusaka, 1-4 July, 2008.Background for the Launch of
the ACU Working Group on
Cassava Policy Issues . Steven Haggblade.
Presentation at the ACU Task Force meeting
on June 17, 2008, ACF Conference Room, Lusaka. Research Findings on Raising Smallholder Fertilizer Use: Lessons from Kenya . T.S. Jayne. Presentation at the USAID/Africa Bureau Seminar on “Expanding Fertilizer Markets in Africa,” Washington, D.C., June 4, 2008.
CAADP Pillar 3. Underlying Principles for Increased Food Supply. Duncan Boughton and Steve Haggblade. AU-NEPAD Food Security Workshop. Pretoria May 19-23, 2008.Potential Food Security Impacts of Rising Commodity Prices in the Sahel . Valerie Kelly, Nango Dembélé and John Staatz. 8 May 2008.Findings from FSRP Research on Food Staples Markets: Implications for Investment Priorities to Promote Regional Trade. Jones Govereh, David Tschirley, and Michael Weber. Presentation for the ACTESA design team, Lusaka, Zambia, April 18, 2008.Evaluation of the 2006/7 Agricultural Input Supply Programme . Malawi Report conducted for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security by School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), Wadonda Consult ODI, Michigan State University (MSU). Lilongwe March 2008.Research Findings on Alternative Approaches for Raising Smallholder Agricultural Productivity. Implications for USAID Support for the CAADP Program. T.S Jayne. Panel Discussion, IEHA Coordination Meeting, USAID/Africa Bureau, Washington DC. January 24, 2008.Regional Food Staples
Market Development .
Steven Haggblade.
IEHA Coordination Meeting.
January 24, 2008.Regional Food Staples Market Development Mapping for COMESA. Steven Haggblade, David Tschirley and Duncan Boughton. Prepared for use by Africa Bureau staff based on earlier presentation to IEHA Coordination
Meetings, Washington DC, January, 2008.Cassava: A Strategic
Commercial and Food Security
Crop in the COMESA Region. Maureen Chitundu, Steven Haggblade,
Brighton Mulonga, Drinah Nyirenda,
Michael Weber and Duncan Boughton.
for the
COMESA Cassava/Banana and Regional Staples Meetings.
November 7-9, 2007Regional Trade in Food Staples:
Using Trade Policy to Improve
Farmer Incentives
and Food Security. Jones Govereh.
Conference on Strengthen and Widening markets and
Overcoming Supply Side Constraints for African
Agriculture.
June 3-5, 2007
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Smallholder Heterogeneity and Maize Market Participation in Southern and Eastern Africa: Implications for Investment Strategies to Increase Marketed Food Staple Supply . David Mather, Duncan Boughton, and T.S. Jayne. International Development Working Paper #113. Michigan State University. October 2011.Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. Fourth Meeting of the Joint Ministers of Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources. Ezulwini, Swaziland. 21 - 22 July 2011.
Agricultural Commercialization, Rural Transformation and Poverty Reduction: What have We Learned about How to Achieve It? Policy Brief. April 2011.Agricultural Commercialization, Rural Transformation and Poverty Reduction: What have We Learned about How to Achieve It? T.S. Jayne, Steve Haggblade, Nicholas Minot, and Shahidur Rashid. Synthesis Report. April 2011.Modernizing Africa’s Fresh Produce Supply Chains without Rapid Supermarket Takeover: Towards a Definition of Research and Investment Priorities . David Tschirley, Miltone Ayieko, Munguzwe Hichaambwa, Joey Goeb, and Wayne Loescher. June 2010. MSU International Development Working Paper #106.Patterns and Trends in Food Staples Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa: Toward the Identification of Priority Investments and Strategies for Developing Markets and Promoting Smallholder Productivity Growth . T.S. Jayne, Nicole Mason, Robert Myers, Jake Ferris, David Mather, Margaret Beaver, Natalie Lenski, Antony Chapoto, and Duncan Boughton. International Development Working Paper #104. Michigan State University. April 2010Malawi’s Maize Marketing System. T. S. Jayne, Nicholas Sitko, Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, and Julius Mangisoni. February 6, 2010The Evaluation of the Impacts of Title II Monetization Programs for Wheat and Crude Edible Oils in Mozambique, 1997-2007 . Cynthia Donovan, Helder Zavale, and David Tschirley. International Development Working Paper #103. Michigan State University. January 2010.Food Price Spikes and Strategic Interactions between the Public and Private Sectors: Market Failures or Governance Failures . T.S. Jayne and David Tschirley, Commodity Market Review 2009-2010, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. 2010Policies and Public Investments to Promote Smallholder Green Revolutions in Africa: Lessons from Asia . GISAMA Policy Synthesis #1. December 2009. The Impacts of Trade Barriers and Market Interventions on Maize Price Predictability: Evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa. Antony Chapoto and T.S. Jayne. International Development Working Paper #102. Michigan State University. December 2009.Spatial Patterns of Food Staple Production and Marketing in South East Africa: Implications for Trade Policy and Emergency Response. Steven Haggblade, Steven Longabaugh, and David Tschirley. MSU IDWP 100, Michigan State University. September 2009.Characteristics Associated with Prime-Age Mortality in Eastern and Southern Africa: Evidence from Zambia and Kenya. Antony Chapoto, T.S Jayne, L. Kirimi, and S. Kadiyala. MSU IDWP 99, Michigan State University. September 2009.Wildlife Conservation in Zambia: Impacts on Rural Household Welfare . Ana Fernandez, Robert B. Richardson, David Tschirley, and Gelson Tembo. FSRP Working Paper No. 41. September 2009. Are Staple Foods Becoming More Expensive for Urban Consumers in Eastern and Southern Africa? Trends in Food Prices, Marketing Margins, and Wage Rates in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia. Nicole Mason, T.S. Jayne, Cynthia Donovan, and Antony Chapoto. MSU IDWP 98, Michigan State University. June 2009Can Cash Transfers Promote Food Security in the Context of Volatile Commodity Prices? A Review of Empirical Evidence. Benjamin Magen, Cynthia Donovan, and Valerie Kelly. MSU IDWP 96, Michigan State University. 2009.Has Kenyan Farmers’ Access to Markets and Services Improved? Panel Survey Evidence, 1997-2007. Jordan Chamberlin and T.S. Jayne. Tegemeo Institute Working Paper. WPS 37/2009.The 2008/09 Food Price and Food Security Situation in Eastern and Southern Africa: Implications for Immediate and Longer Run Responses. T.S. Jayne, Antony Chapoto, Isaac Minde, Cynthia Donovan. International Development Working Paper #97. Michigan State University. 2008.Promoting Fertilizer Use in Africa:
Current Issues and Empirical Evidence from
Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya .
Isaac Minde, T.S. Jayne, Eric Crawford, Joshua Ariga, and Jones
Govereh. ReSAKSS Working Paper No. 13.
November 2008.Access to Land, and Poverty Reduction in Rural Zambia: Connecting the Policy Issues . T.S. Jayne, Ballard Zulu, Gear Kajoba, and M.T. Weber. FSRP Working Paper No. 34. October 2008.
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Strengthening Staple Food Markets in Eastern And Southern Africa: Toward An Integrated Approach for CAADP Investment Plans . T.S. Jayne, Antony Chapoto, and Jordan Chamberlin. Number 89. September 2011. What is the Scope for Horticulture to Drive Smallholder Poverty Reduction in Africa? David Tschirley. Number 88. June 2011.
The New Generation of African Fertilizer Subsidies: Panacea or Pandora’s Box? Valerie Kelly, Eric Crawford, and Jacob Ricker-Gilbert. Number 87. May 2011.Unscrambling Africa: Regional Requirements for Achieving Food Security . Steven Haggblade. Number 85. April 2011.Staple Food Trade in the COMESA Region: The Need for a Regional Approach to Stimulate Agricultural Growth and Enhance Food Security. Twenty Fourth Meeting of the Trade and Customs Committee. COMESA. Nairobi, Kenya. 2-4 November, 2009. Bringing the Poor into a Growth Agenda.
What Role for Africa’s Rural Nonfarm Economy? Steven Haggblade.
Background Paper for Agriculture and Lands.
African Ministers Meeting, April 2009.
Identification of Key Analytical Agenda Related to CAADP Pillars 2 and 3. Prepared by Food Security Group, Michigan State University, August 2008. How to Modernize and Expand Staple Food Markets in Africa. August 29, 2008
Myers, Robert and T.S. Jayne (2012). “Multiple-Regime Spatial Price Transmission with an Application to Maize Markets in Southern Africa ”. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(1): 174–188.
Ricker-Gilbert, J., T.S. Jayne, and E. Chirwa. 2011. Subsidies and Crowding Out: A Double-Hurdle Model of Fertilizer Demand in Malawi . American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 93 (1, February): 26-42.
Jayne, T.S., D. Mather, and E. Mghenyi. 2010. "Principal Challenges Confronting Smallholder Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa ". World Development, 38 (10): 1384-1398
Jayne, T.S. and D. Tschirley. 2010. Food price spikes and strategic interactions between the public and private sectors: Market failures or governance failures? In FAO Commodity Market Review, 2009/10, Trade and Markets Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
Jayne, T.S., A. Chapoto, and J. Govereh. 2010. Grain marketing policy at the crossroads: Challenges for Eastern and Southern Africa. In A. Sarris and J. Morrison (eds), Food Security in Africa: Markets and Trade Policy for Staple Foods in Eastern and Southern Africa, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar Publishers.
Tschirley, David, and T.S. Jayne. 2010. Exploring the Logic Behind Southern Africa’s Food Crises . World Development Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 76–87.
Dorosh, P., Dradri, S., and Haggblade, S. 2009. "Regional trade, government policy and food security: Recent evidence from Zambia." Food Policy 34: 350-366.
