Functional agricultural marketing system is purported to be the silver bullet and multiplier for stimulating production and consumption and, accelerating the pace of economic and rural enterprise development. Thus, understanding effectiveness of agricultural products market price transmission...

The study sought to establish the level of technical, allocative, and economic efficiencies in irrigated onion production in southern Ethiopia, as well as to identify the sources of inefficiencies. The cross-sectional data were obtained from a total of 165 random onion farmers selected from the...

This study was intended to identify factors affecting the technical efficiency of onion production by smallholder farmers in Dallo-Manna district of south eastern Ethiopia using cross-sectional data obtained from 183 randomly selected smallholder farmers. Both descriptive statistics and...

Cytoplasmic-genic male-sterility system has been extensively employed for the production of onion hybrids. Molecular marker assisted characterization of the cytotypes types and genotyping at the restorer-of male-fertility ( Ms) locus is important for accelerated breeding of onion hybrids. Indian...

Onion seeds are a promising sub-sector for boosting productivity, poverty alleviation, food and nutrition security in Nepal although they are high-value and low-volume commodities. Our study is useful to estimate the economics of onion seed production in the Salyan District of Nepal. Sixty...

We analyze definitions used by researchers about a single concept: Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF). It is still a matter of recent controversy and debate. We place these definitions into one of eleven categories. The results show full agreement (what we have called ‘the core') for just two...

The study evaluates an intervention designed to improve the livelihood of chronically-food insecure households with limited land holdings. The returns to the different stakeholders are estimated and a distribution analysis is conducted. The analysis suggests that the deterministic scenario will...

Country-of-origin (COO) is an increasingly politicized credence attribute in the globalizing food system. While international policy development in this area is geographically far-reaching, the benefits of country-of-origin labels (COOL) to producers and consumers from countries in different...

In the most comprehensive analysis to date of the world of open air marketplaces of West Africa, Gracia Clark studies the market women of Kumasi, Ghana, in order to understand the key social forces that generate, maintain, and continually reshape the shifting market dynamics.Probably the largest...