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Strategic grain reserve

Grain held by the state to protect food supply in bad years

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Plain meaning
Grain held by the state to protect food supply in bad years
How to use it
Treat the reserve agency as a buyer of last resort and a source of policy risk: its purchases and releases move local grain prices.
South African benchmark
South Africa holds no state grain reserve; stocks are held privately and traded on SAFEX.
Country notes
Zimbabwe's GMB and Zambia's FRA hold strategic reserves; Zambia's FRA aimed to buy at least 500,000 tonnes of maize in 2026.
Go and read
C7
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A013, LIB-A076
See also
Floor price, White maize
Map of trade flows from South Africa into the four local marketsSouth AfricaZimbabweZambiaBotswanaNamibiaTrade corridorsSouth Africa supplies the regionImport parity sets the ceilingExport parity sets the floorBans and levies move the priceMain flows
From Module 7, Trade and Policy, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C7 Trade and Policy.