DOES THE CURRENT SUGAR MARKET STRUCTURE BENEFIT CONSUMERS AND SUGARCANE GROWERS?

Brian Chisanga, Ferdinand H. Meyer, Alex Winter-Nelson and Nicholas Sitko

No 196830, Food Security International Development Policy Syntheses from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: The market structure in Zambia’s sugar industry is highly concentrated, leading to consumers paying higher prices than expected given the low cost of sugar production in the country.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5
Date: 2014-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.196830

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