@article{Kuteya:171877,
      recid = {171877},
      author = {Kuteya, Auckland N. and Sitko, Nicholas J.},
      title = {Creating Scarcity From Abundance: Bumper Harvests, High  Prices, And The Role Of State Interventions In Zambian  Maize Markets},
      address = {2014-05},
      number = {1092-2016-87533},
      series = {IAPRI Policy Syntheses},
      pages = {5},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {From 2010 through 2012 harvest seasons, Zambian farmers  produced three consecutive maize bumper harvests. The total  maize production during this period was 8.6 million metric  tonness, of which 4.6 million metric tonnes was a  marketable surplus (CSO/MAL various years). This far  exceeded the national maize consumption requirement. In an  effort to prevent producer price collapse in the wake of  these historic harvests, the Government’s Food Reserve  Agency (FRA) was mandated to purchase approximately 80% or  3.7 million metric tonnes of the available surplus.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/171877},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.171877},
}