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dc.contributor.authorByerlee, D.
dc.contributor.authorMorris, M.L.
dc.coverage.spatialSub- Saharan Africa.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-27T09:28:46Z
dc.date.available2016-06-27T09:28:46Z
dc.date.issued1988
dc.identifier.citationByerlee, 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.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/12009
dc.descriptionA position paper on the increased importance of wheat as a staple nutrition cereal in Sub-Saharan Africa.en
dc.description.abstractOver 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.sponsorshipThe 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 agreementen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDepartment of Agricultural Economics and Extension; UZ/MSU Food Security Research in Southern Africa Projecten
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectEconomic Developmenten
dc.subjectNutritionen
dc.titleThe political economy of wheat consumption and production with special reference to Sub-Saharan Africa.en
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dc.typeConference paperen
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Zimbabwe (UZ) / Michigan State University (MSU)en


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