The Maize Price Spike of 2012/13: Understanding the Paradox of High Prices despite Abundant Supplies

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dc.creatorSitko, Nicholas J.
dc.creatorKuteya, Auckland N.
dc.date2017-04-01T19:41:20Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T08:06:20Z
dc.descriptionThe 2012 harvest was, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock national food balance sheet estimates, a major surplus production season. However, by November the same year, Zambia started experiencing widespread maize meal shortages and skyrocketing maize meal prices. Responding to these shortages and price spikes, the government increased the price subsidies it provided on maize sold by the parastatal Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to large-scale maize mills and imposed de facto price controls on maize meal by threatening to revoke the business licenses of commercial maize mills if retail prices of a 25kg bag of maize meal exceeded kwacha rebased (KR) 50. Despite these efforts maize meal prices continued to rise, reaching as high as KR100 in some markets by February 2013.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.171871
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/171871/files/wp81.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/171871
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/595572
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/171871
dc.titleThe Maize Price Spike of 2012/13: Understanding the Paradox of High Prices despite Abundant Supplies
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