Assessment of El Niño impacts and grain trade policy responses in East and Southern Africa

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dc.creatorMamun, Abdullah
dc.creatorChapoto, Antony
dc.creatorChisanga, Brian
dc.creatorD’Alessandro, Stephen
dc.creatorKoo, Jawoo
dc.creatorMartin, Will
dc.creatorSamboko, Paul
dc.date2018-12-14
dc.date2024-06-21T09:05:57Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:05:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:34:22Z
dc.descriptionThis 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146143
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/108202
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMamun, 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
dc.subjectextreme weather events
dc.subjectgrain
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectel niño
dc.titleAssessment of El Niño impacts and grain trade policy responses in East and Southern Africa
dc.typeWorking Paper

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