Eastern Africa - A study of the Regional Maize Market and Marketing Costs

Maize is the most important staple food in the Eastern Africa region and the most widely traded agricultural commodity. Therefore, the performance of grain markets has a significant impact on people's welfare, particularly the poor, and is critical to inducing pro-poor growth in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, i.e. the countries under review in this report. Marketing costs at the borders would need to be reduced but even more attention should be paid to domestic marketing costs. Policy makers in East Africa should not be misled that encouraging greater regional trade is solely a diplomatic matter. Instead, concerted public investments and policy actions at local, national, and regional levels are required. Reduced marketing costs would allow a reduction in input prices and thus production costs. This report aims to examine, identify, and quantify the factors behind the marketing costs for maize in East African countries. While a number of studies have recognized major barriers to trade in the region, few have actually quantified their relative importance or the magnitudes of these constraints on grain trade. Since much past research has been inconclusive, a key focus of this report is to identify how different barriers contribute to marketing costs within countries and across borders. It also aims to analyze whether a reduction in cross-border trade costs without a simultaneous reduction in domestic costs would be sufficient for greater regional integration in East Africa.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Agricultural Study biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2009-12-31
Subjects:	AGGREGATE DEMAND, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL FEED, AUCTIONS, AVERAGE VARIABLE COSTS, BANANAS, CALORIE INTAKE, CASSAVA, CEREALS, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITIVENESS, CONSUMER PRICES, CONSUMERS, CONSUMPTION LEVELS, COOKING, CORN, CROP INCOME, CROP PRODUCTION, CROSSING, DEMAND FOR FOOD, DUMPING, ECONOMIC SECTOR WORK, ELASTICITIES, ELASTICITY, EXPENDITURE, EXPENDITURES, EXPORT CROPS, EXPORT MAIZE, EXPORTS, FAIR, FARM INCOME, FARM SIZE, FARMER ORGANIZATIONS, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FIXED COSTS, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS, FOOD CROPS, FOOD DEFICIT, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, FOOD EXPENDITURES, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD PRICE DILEMMA, FOOD PRICES, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SHORTAGES, FOOD STAPLES, FOOD SUPPLY, FOOD SURPLUS, FREE TRADE, FRUITS, FUEL, FUEL COSTS, FUEL EFFICIENCY, FUEL PRICES, FUEL TAXES, FUELS, GDP, GDP PER CAPITA, GRAIN MARKETS, GRAINS, HIGH TRANSPORT, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUNGER, IFPRI, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INPUT PRICES, INTERNATIONAL MARKET, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LAMB, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS, LONG-RUN ELASTICITIES, MAIZE, MAIZE DEFICIT, MAIZE EXPORTER, MAIZE HARVEST, MAIZE IMPORTS, MAIZE MARKET, MAIZE MARKETING, MAIZE POLICY, MAIZE PRICES, MAIZE PRODUCERS, MAIZE PRODUCING AREAS, MAIZE PRODUCTION, MAIZE PRODUCTS, MAIZE PURCHASES, MAIZE SURPLUS, MAIZE YIELDS, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET CONDITIONS, MARKET DEMAND, MARKET INTEGRATION, MARKET LINKAGES, MARKET POSITION, MARKET PRICES, MARKETING, MARKETING COSTS, MEANS OF TRANSPORT, MEAT, MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, MULTIPLIER EFFECTS, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, OUTPUT PER CAPITA, PER CAPITA INCOME, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, PLANTING TIME, POLICE, POPULATION DENSITIES, POPULATION GROWTH, POSITIVE EFFECTS, POTENTIAL OUTPUT, PRICE CHANGES, PRICE CONTROL, PRICE DIFFERENTIAL, PRICE INCENTIVES, PRICE INCREASE, PRICE MARGINS, PRICE POLICIES, PRICE TREND, PRICE VOLATILITY, PRODUCTION COSTS, PROFIT MARGINS, PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS, PURCHASING, PURCHASING MAIZE, RAIL, RAIL INVESTMENTS, RAIL SERVICES, RAILROADS, RAINY SEASON, RICE, ROAD, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROOT CROPS, ROUTES, RURAL ROADS, RURAL ROUTES, SALE, SALES, SMALL FARM, SORGHUM, SPREAD, STAPLE FOODS, STEEL, STOCKS, STORAGE CAPACITY, SUPPLY CHAIN, SUPPLY CHAINS, SURPLUS, SURPLUS FOOD, SWEET POTATOES, TARIFF BARRIERS, TAX, TAXATION, TEA, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TIRES, TOTAL COSTS, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE POLICY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT CHARGES, TRANSPORT CORRIDORS, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT USERS, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, TRAVEL DISTANCES, TRAVEL TIME, TRIP, TRUCKS, TRUE, URBAN CONSUMERS, URBAN CONSUMPTION, URBAN MARKETS, VARIABLE COSTS, VEGETABLES, VEHICLE, VEHICLE OPERATING, VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS, WAREHOUSE, WEALTH, WFP, WHEAT, WHITE MAIZE, WHOLESALE MAIZE, WHOLESALE PRICES, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, WORLD MARKET, WORLD MARKETS, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, WTO, YELLOW MAIZE,
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