Author: None Mokitimi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Analysis of the Performance of the Lesotho Grain Marketing System
Author: None Mokitimi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Reforming Grain Marketing Systems in West Africa
Author: Elliot Berg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
This paper examines the foodgrain-marketing problems of Mali and analyzes why numerous proposals for reform have proved infeasible or too difficult to implement. Among the principal findings are: (1) government implementation is severely limited by physical, financial, and organizational factors; (2) the present mixed (government and private) system of marketing cannot be easily improved; (3) uncertainty over prices and general market disorganization divert farmer effort to cash crops and may reduce farmer willingness to develop grain production; (4) since existing co-operative organizations are instruments of government used mainly for grain requisition, farmers are reluctant to set up true co-operatives that could better defend their interests; (5) external assistance including food aid and a line of credit in the Operations Account in Paris has diluted the impact of grain-marketing policies and allowed the Mali government to maintain policies without having to fully absorb the consequences; (6) until very recently, the government had not been presented with well thought through proposals. The paper concludes that in any successful reform the State grain agency will have to play a major role - even under a "minimalist" assumption about the State's role in grain marketing - and that major improvements will result from indirect measures such as improvement and extension of feeder-road networks, better information on crops and marketing and better dissemination of such information, closer attention to relaxation of production constraints on food grains, and improved policy analysis within government. Such indirect changes will widen the options for reform and increase the probability of their adoption.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
This paper examines the foodgrain-marketing problems of Mali and analyzes why numerous proposals for reform have proved infeasible or too difficult to implement. Among the principal findings are: (1) government implementation is severely limited by physical, financial, and organizational factors; (2) the present mixed (government and private) system of marketing cannot be easily improved; (3) uncertainty over prices and general market disorganization divert farmer effort to cash crops and may reduce farmer willingness to develop grain production; (4) since existing co-operative organizations are instruments of government used mainly for grain requisition, farmers are reluctant to set up true co-operatives that could better defend their interests; (5) external assistance including food aid and a line of credit in the Operations Account in Paris has diluted the impact of grain-marketing policies and allowed the Mali government to maintain policies without having to fully absorb the consequences; (6) until very recently, the government had not been presented with well thought through proposals. The paper concludes that in any successful reform the State grain agency will have to play a major role - even under a "minimalist" assumption about the State's role in grain marketing - and that major improvements will result from indirect measures such as improvement and extension of feeder-road networks, better information on crops and marketing and better dissemination of such information, closer attention to relaxation of production constraints on food grains, and improved policy analysis within government. Such indirect changes will widen the options for reform and increase the probability of their adoption.
Grain Marketing Policies and Food Aid in Lesotho
Author: Andrew Lehlohonolo Makenete
Publisher:
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Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of Lesotho
Author: Rosenberg
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810865742
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Although Lesotho is a small state never likely to be a major player in global affairs, its special interactions with South Africa make it a prototype for regional cooperation. Joint action by South Africa's and Botswana's military forces to end anarchy and preserve democracy in Lesotho serves as an important test case of regional peacekeeping in Africa. This reference provides comprehensive entries on historical events and personalities and focuses especially on the Basotho who have shaped Lesotho's development rather than on colonial officials and other expatriates. Greatest attention is given to the events, institutions, issues, personalities, places and external relationships of the post-independence era. The bibliography introduces a plethora of newer publications about Lesotho that have supplanted the rather sparse published literature previously available. An extensive chronology of Lesotho's evolution is included. The authors range of professional expertise and ability to compliment each author's areas of specialization. Offers in depth coverage of the most crucial events and participants in Lesotho's development.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810865742
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Although Lesotho is a small state never likely to be a major player in global affairs, its special interactions with South Africa make it a prototype for regional cooperation. Joint action by South Africa's and Botswana's military forces to end anarchy and preserve democracy in Lesotho serves as an important test case of regional peacekeeping in Africa. This reference provides comprehensive entries on historical events and personalities and focuses especially on the Basotho who have shaped Lesotho's development rather than on colonial officials and other expatriates. Greatest attention is given to the events, institutions, issues, personalities, places and external relationships of the post-independence era. The bibliography introduces a plethora of newer publications about Lesotho that have supplanted the rather sparse published literature previously available. An extensive chronology of Lesotho's evolution is included. The authors range of professional expertise and ability to compliment each author's areas of specialization. Offers in depth coverage of the most crucial events and participants in Lesotho's development.
Report to the Government of Lesotho on Proposals for the Improvement of the Marketing of Grains and Pulses
Author: H. C. Creupelandt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Agricultural Marketing in Lesotho
Author: M. T. Mochebelele
Publisher: IDRC (International Development Research Centre)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Agricultural Marketing in Lesotho
Publisher: IDRC (International Development Research Centre)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Agricultural Marketing in Lesotho
Seed Business Management in Africa
Author:
Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Agrekon
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: National University of Lesotho. Institute of Southern African Studies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Lesotho Social Sciences Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description