The Role of Mugaiwa in Promoting Household Food Security: Why It Matters Who Gets Access to Government Maize Imports

Billy Mwiinga, Jan J. Nijhoff, Thomas Jayne (), Gelson Tembo and James D. Shaffer

No 54608, Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of mugaiwa, and the small-scale trading and milling sector that provides it, in ensuring poor consumers’ access to food in the context of this marketing season’s maize deficit. The paper then identifies opportunities for Government and the private sector to increase access to affordable food among consumers.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 4
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.54608

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