Assessment of alternative maize trade and market policy interventions in Zambia

Food Security in Africa: Market and Trade Policy for Staple Foods in Eastern and Southern Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 354-389

  Govereh, Jones ^a   Chapoto, Antony ^a,b   Jayne, T S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Food Security Research Project   (Zambia)

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EID: 84890650850     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849806367.00018     Document Type: Chapter

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