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The impact of the 2015/16 drought on staple maize markets in Southern and Eastern Africa

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  • Meyer, Ferdi
  • Davids, Tracy
  • Mpenda, Zena
  • Popat, Meizal
  • Vilanculos, Orcidia
  • Chisanga, Brian
  • Gitau, Raphael

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The Southern African region experienced the worst drought in more than a century in the 2015/16 production season, which had a severe impact on staple maize markets. Public and private sector response varied across the region and the level of accuracy on information with respect to crop estimates and the anticipated impact on stock levels, trade flow and prices became critical. To this end, the Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ReNAPRI) has in recent years developed a multi-faceted approach to policy research that includes farm-level, sector-level and value chain analysis within a Strategic Foresighting frame-work. This initiative is supported by the capacity building and training in partial equilibrium modelling under the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy (FSP).

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  • Meyer, Ferdi & Davids, Tracy & Mpenda, Zena & Popat, Meizal & Vilanculos, Orcidia & Chisanga, Brian & Gitau, Raphael, 2017. "The impact of the 2015/16 drought on staple maize markets in Southern and Eastern Africa," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 260429, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:miffpb:260429
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.260429
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