dc.contributor.author | Byerlee, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Morris, M.L. | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Sub- Saharan Africa. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-27T09:28:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-27T09:28:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Byerlee, D. and Morris, M.L. (1988) The political economy of wheat consumption and production with special reference to Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Rukuni, M. and Bernsten, R.H. (eds.) Southern Africa: food security policy options. Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference on Food Security Research in Southern Africa. 1-5 November, 1987, pp. 361-388. Harare: University of Zimbabwe/Michigan State University Food Security Research Project. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/12009 | |
dc.description | A position paper on the increased importance of wheat as a staple nutrition cereal in Sub-Saharan Africa. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Over the past 25 years, one of the most dramatic changes in dietary patterns in developing countries has been the increasing role of wheat as a staple food. Wheat consumption has risen rapidly both in countries where wheat is a traditional staple (e.g., in the Middle East and North Africa) and in countries where wheat is an "introduced" food, especially in the tropical countries lying between 23°S and 23°N latitude . In most cases, increased wheat consumption has been made possible by rapid increases in imports; over 80% of increased wheat consumption over the past two decades in these two groups of countries has been supplied from wheat imports . Only in the large mixed-cereal economies of India, China, and Mexico that experienced the Green Revolution in wheat production has increased wheat consumption been largely supplied from domestic sources. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | The research supporting the preparation the proceedings papers was financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development, Bureau of Science and Technology; Bureau for Africa; and the Southern Africa Regional Programme; under a Food Security in Africa cooperative agreement | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension; UZ/MSU Food Security Research in Southern Africa Project | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Agriculture | en |
dc.subject | Economic Development | en |
dc.subject | Nutrition | en |
dc.title | The political economy of wheat consumption and production with special reference to Sub-Saharan Africa. | en |
dc.type | Book chapter | en |
dc.type | Conference paper | en |
dc.rights.holder | University of Zimbabwe (UZ) / Michigan State University (MSU) | en |