World Bank2012-06-122012-06-122008-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7829This report focuses on growing trade in food staples in the Southern and Eastern African region of Africa as one of the largest growth opportunities available to African farmers. This paper examines the impact of regional trade in food staples, both for maintaining farmer incentives in surplus food production zones and for moderating price spikes in deficit areas. The paper begins by identifying the geographic extent of major maize market sheds in Eastern and Southern Africa. It then focuses on the South Eastern Africa market shed, the one centered in Malawi, Northern Mozambique and Zambia. This analysis concentrates on the regions two most important food staples, maize and cassava. Given the volatility of the region's rainfed maize production, this section aims to empirically evaluate the impact of maize production shocks on staple food prices, production incentives, consumption and trade. To do so, the paper develops a spatially disaggregated model o f maize and cassava markets in order to evaluate the impact of supply shocks, with and without cross-border trade.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGGREGATE DEMANDAGRICULTURAL AREASAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTURAL COMMODITYAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL ECONOMYAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL MARKETINGAGRICULTURAL MARKETSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTUREBANANABANANASBORDER PRICESBRANDCALORIE INTAKECARBOHYDRATECASH CROPCASH CROPSCASSAVACASSAVA HARVESTINGCASSAVA PRODUCTIONCEREAL CROPSCEREAL PRICESCEREAL PRODUCTIONCEREALSCOMMERCIAL FARMERSCOMMERCIAL FARMSCONSUMER PRICECROPPED AREACROPPINGCROSS BORDER TRADECUTTINGDEMAND CURVEDEMAND FOR FOODECOSYSTEMSEXPENDITUREEXPORTEXPORT MAIZEEXPORT MARKETSFARMFARM HOUSEHOLDSFARM PRODUCTIONFARMERFARMERSFARMINGFARMSFEEDFEEDSFLOOR PRICEFOOD AIDFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD CRISISFOOD CROPSFOOD IMPORTSFOOD MARKETSFOOD POLICYFOOD PRICESFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD REQUIREMENTSFOOD SAFETYFOOD SECURITYFOOD SECURITY ISSUESFOOD SHORTAGESFOOD STAPLESFOOD SUPPLYFOOD SURPLUSFOOD SURPLUSESFOOD SYSTEMFOODCROPSFSRGRAIN PRICESGRAIN RESERVEGRAIN SUPPLIESHAMMER MILLERSHARVEST SURVEYHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUNGERIMPORT TARIFFIMPORT TARIFFSINDUSTRIAL MILLERSINTERNATIONAL MARKETSLARGE MILLERSLARGE MILLSLEVYLIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSLOCAL MARKETMAIZEMAIZE DEFICITMAIZE EXPORTSMAIZE HARVESTMAIZE HARVESTSMAIZE IMPORTSMAIZE MARKETMAIZE MARKETINGMAIZE MEALMAIZE MEAL PRICESMAIZE POLICYMAIZE PRICESMAIZE PRODUCERSMAIZE PRODUCING AREASMAIZE PRODUCTIONMAIZE SUPPLYMAIZE SURPLUSMARKET CONDITIONSMARKET DEMANDMARKET INFORMATIONMARKET PRICEMARKET PRICESMARKET SHAREMARKET SHARESMARKET TRADERSMARKET VALUEMARKETING BOARDMARKETING COSTSMARKETING POLICYMARKETING SYSTEMMARKETING SYSTEMSMEALMEATMILLERSMILLETMILLINGMILLING SECTORMILLSNATIONAL MAIZE PRODUCTIONNATIONAL MAIZE SHORTFALLPARITY PRICEPLANTINGPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOULTRYPREMIUMPRICE CHANGEPRICE CHANGESPRICE CONTROLSPRICE FLOORPRICE FLUCTUATIONSPRICE INCREASEPRICE INCREASESPRICE INFLATIONPRICE MOVEMENTSPRICE RISKPRICE SUBSIDIESPRICE SUPPORTPRICE VOLATILITYPRODUCEPRODUCER INCENTIVESPRODUCTION INCENTIVESPURCHASINGPURCHASING MAIZEREFINED MAIZE MEALREFINED MEALREGIONAL DROUGHTREGIONAL MARKETSRETAILRICEROOT CROPSRURAL AREASSALESALESSEEDSSILOSSMALL PRODUCERSSMALLHOLDER MAIZE PRODUCTIONSOIL FERTILITYSOILSSORGHUMSTAPLE FOODSSTOCKSSUBSTITUTESUBSTITUTIONSUNFLOWERSUPPLIERSSUPPLY ELASTICITYSURPLUS FOODSWEET POTATOESTARIFF BARRIERSTOBACCOTRADE AGREEMENTTRADE AGREEMENTSTRADE FLOWSTRANSACTIONTUBERSURBAN CONSUMERSURBAN MARKETSVOLUMEVULNERABLE GROUPSVULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDSWFPWHEATWHEAT FUTURESWHITE MAIZEWHITE MAIZE GRAINWHOLESALE MAIZEWHOLESALE PRICEWHOLESALE PRICESWORLD FOOD PROGRAMMEWORLD PRICESWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/7829