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Abstract
This paper explores how Zambia's policy and organizational environment has shaped the
development, spread, and more recently, the disadoption of maize technology. It also traces the
political motivations that drove the establishment of the policy and organizational framework
supporting maize production and impeded the efficient operation of the parastatal-managed
marketing system. Options facing Zambian policy makers for increasing food production under
evolving political and economic conditions are discussed in the light of these experiences.