Food Strategies and Market Liberalization in Africa: Case Studies of Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe

Shahla Shapouri, Margaret Missiaen and Stacey Rosen ()

No 278674, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: This report analyzes the food strategies of Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe during the 1980's. The overall objectives of these countries' food policies were to achieve food self-sufficiency and improve the nutritional status of the population. With policy reforms, price and input subsidies declined, and increases in input prices offset the effect of increases in producer prices. A simulation model was developed to project changes in consumption, production, and imports brought about by market liberalization. Simulation results indicate that market liberalization alone is not sufficient to stimulate production to keep pace with population growth. Low rates of production growth, if accompanied by the continuation of historical income growth and the elimination of price subsidies, will reduce food consumption by the low-income groups.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 131
Date: 1992-09
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278674

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