Illustrates the role of supply price elasticities in policy making and analysis, and discusses the experience with respect to the sensitiveness of beef supply price elasticities estimated for commercial farms in Zimbabwe and the corresponding policy implications
Rodríguez, G.
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[Beef supply price response estimation and implications for policy analysis: The Zimbabwe case]
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Beef supply price response estimation and implications for policy analysis: The Zimbabwe case
Reviews, analyses and presents evidence concerning the effects of livestock pricing policies on production incentives in a sample of sub-Saharan countries including Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan and Zimbabwe - selected on the basis of their livestock population, production, trade ...
Williams, Timothy O.
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[Impact of livestock pricing policies on meat and milk output in selected sub-Saharan African countries]
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Impact of livestock pricing policies on meat and milk output in selected sub-Saharan African countries
The main aim of the symposium is to develop a comprehensive overview of what is already known about dairy marketing systems and policies in sub-Saharan Africa and to identify key research problems so as to facilitate a coordinated research effort among interested parties. The symposium was organi...
Brokken, R.F.
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Seyoum, Solomon
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[Dairy marketing in sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of a symposium]
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Dairy marketing in sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of a symposium
Generally discusses policy and institutional issues related to the topic in post-revolution Ethiopia. The first part of the paper summarizes the physical resource base and the farming systems of the central highlands. Part two highlights the performance of the livestock sector and provides a very...
Assefa, T.
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[Livestock development in the peasant sector of highland Ethiopia: Some policy issues and implications]
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Livestock development in the peasant sector of highland Ethiopia: Some policy issues and implications
Reviews past research efforts that have focussed on milk marketing and consumption in Coast Province, Kenya, with particular reference to the marketing systems and the marketing and pricing policies for milk and milk products, and the supply and demand of these commodities; discusses the current ...
Mullins, G.R.
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[Overview of past studies in milk marketing and consumption in Coast Province]
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Overview of past studies in milk marketing and consumption in Coast Province
Analyzes the price structure confronting beef producers and consumers in Zimbabwe as a result of government interventions, and estimates the quantitative response of consumers & producers to changes in beef prices by describing the production structure of the beef sector, trends in beef consumpti...
Analyses the effects of government price policies on the production and consumption of milk in Zimbabwe. Gives an overview of the Dairy Marketing Board which is responsible for the collection and distribution of commercial milk products at prices set by the government. Discusses the implications ...
Livestock pricing policies in many developing countries are often instituted without a good appreciation of the consequences of such policies for allocative efficiency, output, trade and consumption. This paper evaluates, in a comparative cross-country context, the objectives and instruments of l...
Williams, Timothy O.
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[Impact of livestock pricing policies on meat and milk output in selected sub-Saharan African countries]
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Impact of livestock pricing policies on meat and milk output in selected sub-Saharan African countries
Examines urban butchers' procurement and slaughter practices under the distorting influence of retail price controls in northern Cameroon. Analyses the coasts and returns to butchering and retailing at urban markets. Discusses the potential effects of maintaining and relaxing price controls on ur...
Holtzman, J.S.
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[Price policy induced distortions: Undermining incentives to slaughter stall-fed cattle in urban areas of northern Cameroon]
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Price policy induced distortions: Undermining incentives to slaughter stall-fed cattle in urban areas of northern Cameroon