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Impacts of Market Reform on Spatial Volatility of Maize Prices in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.author Kilima, Fredy T.
dc.contributor.author Chung, Chanjin
dc.contributor.author Kenkel, Phil
dc.contributor.author Mbiha, Emanuel R.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-08-16T09:37:32Z
dc.date.available 2023-08-16T09:37:32Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.identifier.citation Fredy T. M. Kilima, Chanjin Chung, Phil Kenkel and Emanuel R. Mbiha (2008). Impacts of Market Reform on Spatial Volatility of Maize Prices in Tanzania. Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 59, No. 2, 257–270. en_US
dc.identifier.other doi: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2007.00146.x
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/483
dc.description A full text article from Marketing, Procurement and Supply Management with doi: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2007.00146.x en_US
dc.description.abstract Maize is one of the major staples and cash crops for many Tanzanians. Excessive volatility of maize prices destabilises farm income in maize-growing regions and is likely to jeopardise nutrition and investment in many poor rural communities. This study investigates whether market reform policies in Tanzania have increased the volatility of maize prices, and identifies regional characteristics that can be attributed to the spatial price volatility. To achieve the objectives, an autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity in mean (ARCH-M) model is developed and estimated in this study. Results show that the reforms have increased farm-gate prices and overall price volatility. Maize prices are lower in surplus and less developed regions than those in deficit and developed regions. Results also show that the developed and maize-deficit regions, and regions bordering other countries have experienced less volatile prices than less developed, maize-surplus and non-bordering regions. Our findings indicate that investments in communication and transportation infrastructures from government and donor countries are likely to increase inter-regional and international trade, thereby reducing the spatial price volatility in Tanzanian maize prices in the long run en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Journal of Agricultural Economics en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Vol. 59;2
dc.subject Maize en_US
dc.subject Price volatility en_US
dc.subject Market reform en_US
dc.subject Tanzania en_US
dc.subject Cash crops en_US
dc.title Impacts of Market Reform on Spatial Volatility of Maize Prices in Tanzania en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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