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Evaluating the prospect to hedge maize price risk against the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Commodity Derivatives Market prices : The case of Eswatini
Dissertation (MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2021.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/78180 Evaluating the prospect to hedge maize price risk against the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Commodity Derivatives Market prices : The case of Eswatini Van der Vyver, André nicholassihlongonyane@gmail.com Barnard, Ulonka Sihlongonyane, Lindokuhle Nicholas Price Transmission Maize Prices Eswatini Hedging Value-Chain SAFEX UCTD Dissertation (MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2021. Maize production remains low in Eswatini. The small country is still unable to meet the local demand through local production. Maize is Eswatini’s staple food but the country has not yet reached self-sufficiency. This deficiency or shortfall in local maize production has been a persistent problem since the country’s independence. To fight this shortfall and reach self-sufficiency, the National Maize Corporation (NMC) was formed in 1985. The main purpose of the NMC is to keep the local demand satisfied. The NMC, as the only importer of white maize into Eswatini, does this by importing the deficit demand from South Africa. Stability of the local white maize price is also one of the responsibilities of the NMC. This study’s overarching aim was to determine whether or not a significant relationship exists between the maize prices as quoted on SAFEX and the local maize price in Eswatini. This is done to see if the importer of maize in Eswatini, the NMC, can hedge the price risk on SAFEX. The study also maps the Eswatini imported and local maize value-chain through the current price discovery mechanism. Secondary data offered by the NMC and data from the Ministry of Agriculture in Eswatini and educational journals were used in the study. Econometric time series methods were used along with monthly data from 2008 to 2019. Two hypotheses were tested during the study. The first hypothesis tested for the existence of a significant relationship between maize prices as quoted on SAFEX and the local maize price in Eswatini. The second hypothesis follows the first, determining whether or not hedging on SAFEX could be used as a tool to minimise price risk on the domestic price market in Eswatini. The study confirms that a long-run relationship exists between the South African maize market and the Eswatini maize market. The study showed that a 1% increase in the South African price led to a 0.67% increase in the local Eswatini prices. This indicates a slow rate shift in prices. Short-run dynamics indicated a 12.5% adjustment to equilibrium per term, which is a slow adjustment as a result of market conditions in Eswatini. The study also revealed asymmetry in price transmission and that the Eswatini prices only respond to positive changes (price increase) in the South African prices. This reveals that the two markets are poorly integrated. Due to the significant relationship between the two markets, it can be acknowledged that SAFEX could be used to hedge price risk by Eswatini through the NMC. Through mapping down the maize value-chain, the study discovered that the Eswatini maize market is not a liberalised one and value addition to maize through the chain is minimal. The relationship between the two maize markets, as well as the maize market of Eswatini, could still improve if means to liberate the market were to be exercised by the NMC and local government. This study can serve as the basis for understanding how risk management tools could be used by the Eswatini maize market and how the market could be improved or liberalised. African Research Consortium (AERC) Collaborative Master of Science Programme in Agricultural and Applied Economics (CMAAE) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics) Unrestricted 2021-02-01T13:25:09Z 2021-02-01T13:25:09Z 2021 2021-01-30 Dissertation Sihlongonyane Lindokuhle Nicholas, GE 2021, Evaluating the prospect to hedge maize price risk against the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Commodity Derivatives Market prices: The case of Eswatini, MSc thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria A2021 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78180 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Price Transmission Maize Prices Eswatini Hedging Value-Chain SAFEX UCTD Evaluating the prospect to hedge maize price risk against the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Commodity Derivatives Market prices : The case of Eswatini |
| title | Evaluating the prospect to hedge maize price risk against the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Commodity Derivatives Market prices : The case of Eswatini |
| title_full | Evaluating the prospect to hedge maize price risk against the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Commodity Derivatives Market prices : The case of Eswatini |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating the prospect to hedge maize price risk against the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Commodity Derivatives Market prices : The case of Eswatini |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating the prospect to hedge maize price risk against the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Commodity Derivatives Market prices : The case of Eswatini |
| title_short | Evaluating the prospect to hedge maize price risk against the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Commodity Derivatives Market prices : The case of Eswatini |
| title_sort | evaluating the prospect to hedge maize price risk against the johannesburg stock exchange commodity derivatives market prices the case of eswatini |
| topic | Price Transmission Maize Prices Eswatini Hedging Value-Chain SAFEX UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78180 |