Learning from the 2002/03 Food Crisis in Southern Africa: Lessons for the Current Year

David Tschirley (), Pedro Arlindo, Jan J. Nijhoff, Billy Mwinga, Michael T. Weber () and Thomas S. Jayne ()
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David Tschirley: Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

No MZ-MINAG-FL-46E, International Development Collaborative Policy Briefs from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: This paper examines the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency response in Southern Africa through the lens of the 2002/03-food crisis in the region. It outlines improvements in information and operational procedures needed to enhance the response to future events. Also discussed are national and regional trade regime changes that would reduce the need for emergency response, and consider what lessons the 2002/03 crisis may have for the role of Strategic Grain Reserves.

Keywords: food security; food policy; food crisis; southern Africa; trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005

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