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Zambia's Stop-And-Go Revolution: The Impact of Policies and Organizations on the Development and Spread of Maize Technology

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Julie A. Howard (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
Catherine Mungoma
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This paper explores how Zambia's policy and organizational environment has shaped the development, spread, and more recently, the disadoption of maize technology. It also traces the political motivations that drove the establishment of the policy and organizational framework supporting maize production and impeded the efficient operation of the parastatal-managed marketing system. Options facing Zambian policy makers for increasing food production under evolving political and economic conditions are discussed in the light of these experiences.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Working Papers with number 61.

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Keywords: food security; food policy; maize technology;

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  1. North, Douglass C, 1991. "Institutions," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 5(1), pages 97-112, Winter. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Smale, Melinda, 1995. ""Maize is life": Malawi's delayed Green Revolution," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 23(5), pages 819-831, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Smale, Melinda & Jayne, T.S., 2003. "Maize in Eastern and Southern Africa: 'seeds' of success in retrospect," EPTD discussion papers 97, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
  2. Jones Govereh & J.J. Shawa & E. Malawo & T.S. Jayne, 2006. "Raising the Productivity of Public Investments in Zambia’s Agricultural Sector," International Development Collaborative Working Papers ZM-FSRP-WP-20, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  3. Paul A. Dorosh & Simon Dradri & Steven Haggblade, 2007. "Cotton in Zambia: ALTERNATIVE INSTRUMENTS FOR ENSURING FOOD SECURITY AND PRICE STABILITY IN ZAMBIA," International Development Collaborative Working Papers ZM-FSRP-WP-29, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  4. Barratt, N. & Chitundu, D. & Dover, O. & Elsinga, J. & Eriksson, S. & Guma, L. & Haggblade, M. & Haggblade, S. & Henn, T.O. & Locke, F.R. & O'Donnell, C. & Smith, C. & Stevens, T., 2006. "Cassava as drought insurance: Food security implications of cassava trials in Central Zambia," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 45(1), March. [Downloadable!]
  5. Maureen Chitundu & Klaus Droppelmann & Steven Haggblade, 2006. "A Value Chain Task Force Approach for Managing Private-Public Partnerships: Zamiba’s Task Force on Acceleration of Cassava Utilization," International Development Collaborative Working Papers ZM-FSRP-WP-21, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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