Abstract
The Role of Strategic Grain Reserves in Enhancing Food Security in Zambia and Zimbabwe
Highlights
The study is organized into four (4) parts as follows: Part 1 presents the introduction laying out the background, objectives, methodology and structure of the report; Parts 2 and 3 present separate country analysis for Zambia and Zimbabwe containing subsections covering the overview of the food security situation, strategic grain reserve operations and management in relation to food emergencies and recommendations to enhance the strategic grain management, and Part 4 presents the conclusion
Using the national nutrition indicators, Zambia Statistics Agency (ZSA) et al reported that 35 percent of children under 5 in the country are stunted, a slight improvement from 40 percent reported in the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
A few industry players that sit on the stocks monitoring committee, voluntarily declare how much stocks they have during the year, and this informs government decisions around how much to procure for Strategic Grain Reserves (SGR) purposes, relief food responses, and trade policy
Summary
The increased incidence of droughts and floods has led to food shortages in Zambia and Zimbabwe, causing the number of vulnerable households in both countries to increase over time. The promotion of maize market liberalization with free private sector participation and market price determination could improve the status quo In xi this situation, the GMB would retain its role as a buyer of last resort to address emergency food shortages and encourage production. The report was commissioned by the World Bank in order to assist the governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe to review their national strategic grain reserve practices for domestic food security and identify potential improvement interventions The effectiveness of their grain reserve approaches and the management agencies has faced mixed reviews, with some arguing that they need to be disbanded because they have been marred with political interference that has bankrupted the countries and are irrelevant in liberalized market economies. The study is organized into four (4) parts as follows: Part 1 presents the introduction laying out the background, objectives, methodology and structure of the report; Parts 2 and 3 present separate country analysis for Zambia and Zimbabwe containing subsections covering the overview of the food security situation, strategic grain reserve operations and management in relation to food emergencies and recommendations to enhance the strategic grain management, and Part 4 presents the conclusion
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