Zambia [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture]
Zambia was classified as a middle-income country after it gained independence in the 1960s. However, the economy deteriorated into low-income status over the next two decades, culminating in a major macroeconomic crisis in the late 1980s (World Bank 2010). The 1990s marked the advent of painful s...
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| author | Thurlow, James Benin, Samuel Diao, Xinshen Kalinda, Henrietta Kalinda, Thomson |
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| description | Zambia was classified as a middle-income country after it gained independence in the 1960s. However, the economy deteriorated into low-income status over the next two decades, culminating in a major macroeconomic crisis in the late 1980s (World Bank 2010). The 1990s marked the advent of painful structural reforms, during which the state’s ubiquitous interventions were removed and markets were liberalized. Comprehensive agricultural reforms entailed the removal of food and input subsidies and pan-territorial maize pricing (McCulloch, Baulch, and Cherel-Robson 2001). In many parts of the country these reforms led to a reallocation of productive resources away from maize and to more naturally suitable crops (for example, cassava in Northern Province) (Zulu et al. 2000). Eventually, liberalization encouraged the emergence of new export crops, such as cotton, which is now grown by one-fifth of all farm households (Jayne et al. 2007) and is credited with having reduced poverty in Eastern Province (see McCulloch et al. 2001). However, the reforms were not universally beneficial and did not address all constraints facing smallholders (Seshamani 1999). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1539672025-11-06T04:10:27Z Zambia [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] Thurlow, James Benin, Samuel Diao, Xinshen Kalinda, Henrietta Kalinda, Thomson economic growth agriculture agricultural sector farming poverty livestock rural development public investment agricultural growth public expenditure Zambia was classified as a middle-income country after it gained independence in the 1960s. However, the economy deteriorated into low-income status over the next two decades, culminating in a major macroeconomic crisis in the late 1980s (World Bank 2010). The 1990s marked the advent of painful structural reforms, during which the state’s ubiquitous interventions were removed and markets were liberalized. Comprehensive agricultural reforms entailed the removal of food and input subsidies and pan-territorial maize pricing (McCulloch, Baulch, and Cherel-Robson 2001). In many parts of the country these reforms led to a reallocation of productive resources away from maize and to more naturally suitable crops (for example, cassava in Northern Province) (Zulu et al. 2000). Eventually, liberalization encouraged the emergence of new export crops, such as cotton, which is now grown by one-fifth of all farm households (Jayne et al. 2007) and is credited with having reduced poverty in Eastern Province (see McCulloch et al. 2001). However, the reforms were not universally beneficial and did not address all constraints facing smallholders (Seshamani 1999). 2012 2024-10-01T13:58:40Z 2024-10-01T13:58:40Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153967 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Thurlow, James; Benin, Samuel; Diao, Xinshen; Kalinda, Henrietta; Kalinda, Thomson 2012. Zambia. In Strategies and priorities for African agriculture: Economywide perspectives from country studies, ed. Xinshen Diao, James Thurlow, Samuel Benin, and Shenggen Fan. Chapter 11. Pg. 317-348. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153967 |
| spellingShingle | economic growth agriculture agricultural sector farming poverty livestock rural development public investment agricultural growth public expenditure Thurlow, James Benin, Samuel Diao, Xinshen Kalinda, Henrietta Kalinda, Thomson Zambia [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title | Zambia [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_full | Zambia [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_fullStr | Zambia [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Zambia [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_short | Zambia [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_sort | zambia in strategies and priorities for african agriculture |
| topic | economic growth agriculture agricultural sector farming poverty livestock rural development public investment agricultural growth public expenditure |
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