Zimbabwe Food Security Success Story: Maize Market Reforms Improve Access to Food Even While Government Eliminates Food Subsidies

Thomas S. Jayne (), Lawrence Rubey, Munhamo Chisvo and Michael T. Weber ()

No 18, International Development Policy Syntheses from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: The purpose of this synthesis is to document how the Government of Zimbabwe was able to reduce maize meal prices paid by consumers through food market reform at the same time that it eliminated subsidies on roller meal under the country's Economic Structural Adjustment Programme.

Keywords: food security; food policy; food market reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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