Assessment of El Niño impacts and grain trade policy responses in East and Southern Africa
This study analyzes recent household data on Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia to assess the impact of the most recent El Niño in East and Southern Africa and the trade policy responses to it. Its findings suggest that although these policies helped some low-income consumers of maize, they resulted in no...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2018
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| author | Mamun, Abdullah Chapoto, Antony Chisanga, Brian D’Alessandro, Stephen Koo, Jawoo Martin, Will Samboko, Paul |
| author_browse | Chapoto, Antony Chisanga, Brian D’Alessandro, Stephen Koo, Jawoo Mamun, Abdullah Martin, Will Samboko, Paul |
| author_facet | Mamun, Abdullah Chapoto, Antony Chisanga, Brian D’Alessandro, Stephen Koo, Jawoo Martin, Will Samboko, Paul |
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| description | This study analyzes recent household data on Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia to assess the impact of the most recent El Niño in East and Southern Africa and the trade policy responses to it. Its findings suggest that although these policies helped some low-income consumers of maize, they resulted in notable market volatility—and they exacerbated the adverse impacts of drought-affected yields for many low-income farm households. Indeed, in Zambia the downside impacts of the export ban on the poor appear to have greatly exceeded the impacts of El Niño itself and amplified food security concerns in importing countries, such as Malawi. Given the detrimental effects of these policies, a strong case exists for alternative policies that help reduce market price volatility and safeguard poor households’ welfare and access to food. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1461432025-11-06T07:18:50Z Assessment of El Niño impacts and grain trade policy responses in East and Southern Africa Mamun, Abdullah Chapoto, Antony Chisanga, Brian D’Alessandro, Stephen Koo, Jawoo Martin, Will Samboko, Paul extreme weather events grain trade policies productivity food security poverty smallholders el niño This study analyzes recent household data on Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia to assess the impact of the most recent El Niño in East and Southern Africa and the trade policy responses to it. Its findings suggest that although these policies helped some low-income consumers of maize, they resulted in notable market volatility—and they exacerbated the adverse impacts of drought-affected yields for many low-income farm households. Indeed, in Zambia the downside impacts of the export ban on the poor appear to have greatly exceeded the impacts of El Niño itself and amplified food security concerns in importing countries, such as Malawi. Given the detrimental effects of these policies, a strong case exists for alternative policies that help reduce market price volatility and safeguard poor households’ welfare and access to food. 2018-12-14 2024-06-21T09:05:57Z 2024-06-21T09:05:57Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146143 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Mamun, Abdullah; Chapoto, Antony; Chisanga, Brian; D’Alessandro, Stephen; Koo, Jawoo; Martin, Will; and amboko, Paul. 2018. Assessment of El Niño impacts and grain trade policy responses in East and Southern Africa. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146143 |
| spellingShingle | extreme weather events grain trade policies productivity food security poverty smallholders el niño Mamun, Abdullah Chapoto, Antony Chisanga, Brian D’Alessandro, Stephen Koo, Jawoo Martin, Will Samboko, Paul Assessment of El Niño impacts and grain trade policy responses in East and Southern Africa |
| title | Assessment of El Niño impacts and grain trade policy responses in East and Southern Africa |
| title_full | Assessment of El Niño impacts and grain trade policy responses in East and Southern Africa |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of El Niño impacts and grain trade policy responses in East and Southern Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of El Niño impacts and grain trade policy responses in East and Southern Africa |
| title_short | Assessment of El Niño impacts and grain trade policy responses in East and Southern Africa |
| title_sort | assessment of el nino impacts and grain trade policy responses in east and southern africa |
| topic | extreme weather events grain trade policies productivity food security poverty smallholders el niño |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146143 |
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