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This assessment is the first part of a two-part regional value chain analysis. It focuses on identifying the key agriculturally-based value chains and assessing these value chains in terms of growth-potential and capability to benefit as many smallholders, small enterprises and the poor as possible. The value chains are also assessed according to whether or not they are capable of being scaled-up or replicated in other countries, given similarity within the respective agricultural economies. 

The objective of the study is to identify and analyze sources of price and market information in key countries in the Southern African region. The analysis of the information systems focuses on the quality of their service offerings and the efficacies of their business models. The study also identifies price and market information gaps for the Southern African Trade Hub (SATH) strategic value chains as well as other staple foods and commodities. From the analysis, recommendations are made to SATH to encourage private sector/commercial actors to cover gaps in the market.

Food security policy is necessarily multi-dimensional and in the long run it is inseparable from the fight against poverty. Governments in SADC and elsewhere have attempted to use controls on imports and exports to improve food security through their impacts on food prices and availability in the domestic market.

Are such policies helpful in solving the genuine and pressing problems of food security in the region?

This report examines recent global and regional experience to draw some lessons about the impacts on food security of domestic trade policies as they have been used in the region.

This report comprises an analysis of the regulatory environment in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe as it pertains specifically to animal feeds.

The report identifies specific animal feed legislation, regulations and standards in the six countries, the agency responsible for enforcement of the regulations and details on any Good Manufacturing Practice legislation that is in place.

This report comprises the compilation of a database of animal feed manufacturers, grain millers and oil expressers in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana. This database is the result of specific research undertaken for SATH into the presence, size and distribution of animal feed manufacturers, grain millers and oil expressers in the region.