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Title:Grain Marketing Regulations: Impact on Peasant Production in Ethiopia
Authors:Franzel, StevenISNI
Colburn, ForrestISNI
Degu, Getahun
Year:1989
Periodical:Food Policy
Volume:14
Issue:4
Period:November
Pages:347-358
Language:English
Geographic term:Ethiopia
Subjects:marketing boards
grain marketing
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Development and Technology
international relations
Politics and Government
External link:https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-9192(89)90077-8
Abstract:During the past 10 years Ethiopia has established an elaborate system of trade restrictions, producer quotas and fixed producer prices for purchasing a substantial proportion of peasants' marketable surplus. Recent evidence suggests that the quotas are inequitably allocated among areas and that low fixed prices reduce farmer incomes, incentives to use improved inputs, and grain production. Regulation of marketplaces and interregional grain trade have important negative effects on consumers, producers and the national economy. By increasing grain prices the State can stimulate production and ensure adequate supplies of grain without the need for compulsory quotas. Relaxing the restrictions on marketplaces and on interregional trade can benefit farmers, consumers and the national economy with few costs. Notes, ref.
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