Do underdeveloped rural grain markets constrain cash crop production in Zimbabwe? Evidence from Zimbabwe

This paper focuses on how production of high-valued cash crops may be constrained by marketing problems in the grain sub-sector. The analysis finds that the higher financial returns to oilseeds as compared with marketed maize production may be negated if the grain marketing system cannot deliver low cost grain to rural areas. The price many rural consumers in semi-arid areas pay for maize (/.
A research paper on marketing problems of cash crops by smallholder rural farmers in Zimbabwe.