Agricultural Pricing policy in Africa : Four Country Case Studies/ Edited by Charles Harvey

CONTENT
Chapter 1 Introduction
Starting point of the study
Non price factors
Farmer influence on pricing decisions
etc

Chapter 2 Mozambique
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2.1 Introduction
2.2 Marketing, planning and official agricultural prices
2.3 The market and the parallel market in Mozambique
2.4 Issues for pricing policy in Mozambique
2.5 Agricultural price policy and related policy issues in the present economic situation in Mozambique

Chapter 3 Tanzania
Map
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Evolution of price and marketing policy
3.3 Analysis of past price trends and their effects
3.4 Current price policy decisions
etc

Chapter 4 Zambia
Map
4.1 Introduction and summary
4.2 Development since independence :basic issues and problems
4.3 Zambian agriculture : past performance and strategic goals
4.4 Major issues in post independence agricultural policy
4.5 Agricultural market structures and government intervention : past policies and current reforms
etc

Chapter 5 Zimbabwe
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5.1 Introduction
5.2 The historical development of the price and marketing structure
5.3 Analysis of price policy experience pre-independence
5.4 Post independence experience
5.5 The agricultural sector in independent Zimbabwe

Chapter 6 Summary and conclusions
6.1 Importance of price and non price factors
6.2 Mozambique
6.3 Tanzania
6.4 Zambia
6.5 Zimbabwe
etc

Includes bibliographic references . _ Index : p.251-256