Effects of Government Maize Marketing and Trade Policies on Maize Market Prices in Kenya

Thomas Jayne (), Robert J. Meyers and James K. Nyoro

No 55162, Food Security Collaborative Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: The objectives of this paper are to determine the effects of NCPB maize trading activity and the maize import tariff on wholesale maize market price levels and volatility. The analysis uses monthly maize price and trade data covering the period January 1990 to September 2004. Results are based on a vector autoregression (VAR) approach that allows estimation of a counterfactual set of maize prices that would have occurred over the 1990-2004 period had the NCPB not existed and trade restrictions been removed. Assessed are the separate impacts of policy on wholesale prices in Kitale, a major surplus-producing area, and Nairobi, the major urban demand center in the country.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.55162

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