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The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa.

Traub, Lulama Ndibongo; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2004

The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa Abstract: This article determines the effect of …

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CONSUMERS' VALUATION OF DISEASE-RESISTANT NURSERY STOCK: A CASE STUDY OF DOGWOODS

Gardner, Justin G.; Eastwood, David B.; Brooker, John R.; … - In: Journal of Agribusiness 21 (2003) 1

about consumers' WTP and to identify potential marketing strategies for the introduction of the disease-resistant tree. On …, and income had significant effects on the WTP. Marketing implications include the need to provide information at the point …

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Unscrambling Africa: Regional Requirements for Achieving Food Security

Haggblade, Steven - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

Africa has inherited highly arbitrary political borders that vastly complicate current efforts to accelerate agricultural growth and reduce hunger. Because Africa’s inherited political borders arbitrarily partition agro-ecological zones and natural market sheds, current country borders serve...

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Impact of Agricultural Market Information Systems Activities on Market Performance in Mozambique: Mozambique Country Report

Kizito, Andrew M.; Donovan, Cynthia; Staatz, John M. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

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Evaluating Returns to Cool Season Grass Quality Characteristics for Niche Equine Feed Markets

Curtis, Kynda R.; Cowee, Margaret W.; Kim, Man-Keun; … - Agricultural Economics Association of Georgia - AEAG

This study examines the impact of cool season grass quality characteristics on pricing and net returns in niche equine feed markets. A hedonic analysis of Timothy grass hay prices in Nevada was performed to determine the implicit values of its quality characteristics. A Monte Carlo simulation...

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Predicting the Corn Basis in the Texas Triangle Area

Welch, J. Mark; Mkrtchyan, Vardan; Power, Gabriel J. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 27 (2009)

Shifting patterns of corn use as a result of the ethanol boom may be causing basis levels to change across the United States, creating the need for methods to predict basis levels in dynamic conditions. This study develops a new and straightforward economic model of basis forecasting that...

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Is Storage at a Loss Merely an Illusion of Spatial Aggregation?

Franken, Jason R.V.; Garcia, Philip; Irwin, Scott H. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 27 (2009)

The storage-at-a-loss paradoxâ€”stocks despite inadequate price growth to cover storage costsâ€”is an unresolved issue of long-standing interest to economists. Alternative explanations include risk premiums for futures market speculators, convenience yields from holding stocks, and...

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An Analysis of Alternative Maize Marketing Policies in South Africa

Jayne, Thomas S.; Hajek, Milan; van Zyl, Johan - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1995

recognition of the costs of historical controls on pricing and marketing already has led to partial maize market liberalization in … policy objectives and the existing marketing and pricing system. Second, trends in maize production, trade, prices and … marketing costs in South Africa and Zimbabwe, the two largest maize traders in the region, are presented. Third, we present four …

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Food Markets, Policy, and Technology: The Case of Honduran Dry Beans

Martel, Pedro V.; Bernsten, Richard H.; Weber, Michael T. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2000

To identify constraints and options to increase bean subsector’s productivity, 239 farmers and 57 city traders were surveyed, and a rapid appraisal of the El Salvadorian market was conducted. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, logistic analysis, and linear regression analysis....

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Opportunities to Improve Household Food Security Through Promoting Informal Maize Marketing Channels: Experience from Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Traub, Lulama Ndibongo; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2006

Maize meal is a staple food in South Africa, particularly among the poor. The South African government by the mid-1980s enacted a series of legislations aimed at reducing the role of government within the market and placing increasing reliance on market forces and the private sector. Ex post...

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