by John Lynton-Evans
Marketing and Rural Finance Service
FAO Agricultural Support Systems Division
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 1997
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Section two - Policy and strategy considerations
From regulated to free markets
The role of strategic grain reserves
Coping with food emergencies
Price stabilisation
Loan operations
Management information systems
Crop production forecasts
Market information systems
Early warning systemsPhysical stocks
Combination of physical stock with a cash component
The need for operational procedures
Management
Storage
Stock maintenance and quality control
Procurement
Recycling
Releases
Appendix 1 - Weekly market bulletin
Appendix 2 - Using risk management in grain trade: Implications for developing countries
Appendix 3 - Extracts from procedural manual prepared for food security unit Ethiopia
Procedure for authorising the release of grain from the reserve to meet a food emergency
Procedure for the receipt of grain into the EFSR
Procedure for the issue of grain from the EFSRAppendix 4 - Modalities for the sale of designated commodities by the food reserve agency (FRA)
Appendix 5 - The food reserve act, 1995
Arrangement of sections
Schedule administration of agency
Government of Zambia act no. 12 of 1995
Part I - Preliminary
Part II - The food reserve agency
Part III - The national food reserve
PART IV - Market information system for designated commodities
PART V - Weighing and grading standards for designated commodities
PART VI - Registration of traders and processors
PART VII - National food emergencyPART I - Administration of agency
PART II - Financial provisions