Maize marketing and distribution in Southern Zaire

dc.creatorMwamufiya, M.
dc.creatorFitch, J.B.
dc.date2012-01-06T05:06:07Z
dc.date2012-01-06T05:06:07Z
dc.date1976
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-17T19:55:15Z
dc.date.available2023-07-17T19:55:15Z
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10883/858
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7508187
dc.descriptionRecent dramatic increases and shifts in Zaire's population have had significant influences upon both the supply and the demand for basic foods, with profound effects being registered on maize in urban Shaba and in the Kasai regions. Urban demand for food, such as maize, increased rapidly, not only as a result of population increases, but also due to investment and income distribution policies which favored urban areas. These factors present a problem of developing an expanded production system, together with a distribution system capable of delivering mere food to the growing urban market. This paper focuses on the marketing of maize and is directed to improving the understanding of factors which influence the nature and effectiveness of the marketing process. Information presented here is based on a study of the production and marketing of maize in the districts of Tshilenge, Gandajika. Mwene-Ditu, and Kaniama, in south-central Zaire. This included a 1974-75 survey of 299 producers interviewed in their villages, a separate survey of 93 producers who were selling their maize in rural and urban markets of the Kasai Oriental region, and the analysis of the retail price shares received by various marketing agents in each of three different types of rural-urban market channels. These results are more fully discussed in an Oregon State University Ph.D. thesis by one of the authors.
dc.description20 pages
dc.formatPDF
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherCIMMYT
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dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectSUPPLY CHAINS
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFOOD SUPPLY
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMARKETING CHANNELS
dc.subjectPRICES
dc.subjectPRODUCTION
dc.subjectSIZE
dc.subjectTRADE
dc.subjectUSES
dc.subjectZEA MAYS
dc.subjectSUPPLY CHAINS
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFOOD SUPPLY
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMARKETING CHANNELS
dc.subjectPRICES
dc.subjectPRODUCTION
dc.subjectSIZE
dc.subjectTRADE
dc.subjectUSES
dc.subjectZEA MAYS
dc.titleMaize marketing and distribution in Southern Zaire
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.coverageDemocratic Republic of the Congo
dc.coverageMexico


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