"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme socio-economics".
Transaction costs and food security: A case of maize in southern highlands of Tanzania
Abstract:
The study will asses transaction costs in the maize marketing
channels in Southern Highlands of Tanzania (Iringa, Mbeya
and Ruvuma). This is a major maize producing zone. Linking
this zone with food deficit regions like coastal areas and Dar es
Saalaam regions is important for food security in Tanzania. This
requires a well functioning market which lowers transaction
costs hence stimulates maize production and distribution to deficit
areas at affordable prices. Therefore, understanding nature and
magnitude of transaction costs especially non-transportation
costs in the maize marketing channels will be studied to provide
information to guide formulating appropriate policies for food
security in Tanzania.
L’étude évaluera des coûts de transaction dans les circuits de
vente de maïs dans les montagnes méridionales de la Tanzanie
(Iringa, Mbeya et Ruvuma). C’est une zone importante de
production de maïs. La liaison de cette zone avec des régions
de carence alimentaire comme des régions côtiëres et celles
de Dar es Saalaam est importante pour la sécurité alimentaire
en Tanzanie. Ceci exige un marché fiable qui abaisse des coûts
de transaction, par conséquent stimule la production et la
distribution de maïs aux zones de déficit aux prix accessibles.
Par conséquent, la nature comprehensive et l’ampleur des coûts
de transaction, particulièrement les coûts de non-transport dans
les circuits de vente de maïs seront étudiées pour fournir des
informations pouvant guider la formulation des politiques
appropriées pour la sécurité alimentaire en Tanzanie.
Language:
English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1565-1569
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