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The teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) leaves marketing chain in southern Benin: part time trade, contribution to livelihoods and environmental sustainability
Aoudji, Augustin K.N.; Adegbidi, Anselme; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
The marketing and the valorisation of teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) leaves were studied in southern Benin, in order to … marketing system. Traders provided information on their functions in the marketing system, the costs borne, and their revenues …. In the consumers’ survey, respondents provided data on the consumption forms of teak leaves. The marketing channel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207618
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Influence of interlocked transactions on gum arabic production and marketing in Senegal
Mujawamariya, Gaudiose; D'Haese, Marijke F.C.; Burger, Kees - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010
Interlocked relationships are characterised by traders’ supply of inputs and cash to producers on credit, to be reimbursed at sale time based on a pre-defined price which is often lower than the prevailing market price. The study analyses determinants of choice of interlocking in the gum...
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Markets Access, Approaches and Opportunities for Quality Protein Maize Products
Ouma, James Okuro; Bett, Charles; Githaigah, T. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010
Technology Adoption ( IPTA) with the aim of production, value addition and marketing of QPM based products. These groups require …
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STOCHASTIC EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE BASIC MAIZE MARKETING STRATEGIES
Strydom, D.B.; Grove, Bennie; Kruger, Y.; Willemse, B.J. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010
The use of modern marketing strategies to minimize risk exposure is not a widely adopted practice under maize producers … strategy at all and to convince producers to reconsider the adoption of modern marketing strategies. …
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Market Integration with Transaction Costs in Developing Country Staple Food Markets: the Case of the Malawi Maize market
Zant, Wouter - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010
We investigate measurement of market integration of staple food markets in developing countries. The analysis takes the Parity Bound Model as starting point and modifies this model by parameterizing and estimating transaction costs. The specification of transaction costs takes account of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203043
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Commercialization of Smallholders: Is Market Participation Enough?
Gebremedhin, Berhanu; Jaleta, Moti - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010
The literature on commercial transformation of smallholders makes little distinction between market orientation (production decision based on market signals) and market participation (sale of output). However, policy implications to enhance commercial transformation of subsistence agriculture...
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Unexploited Agricultural Growth: The Case of Crop–Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe
Homann, Sabine; Rooyen, Andre van - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
poverty, we develop an innovative approach that would first evaluate local constraints in production and marketing, and then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004974008
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Effects Of EU’s Common Agricultural Policy Reforms On Prospects For Eastern And Southern Africa’s Trade With The EU Under The Economic Partnership Agreements
Echessah, Protase N. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Due to the size of the European Union’s agricultural production and its market, the impact of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reaches far beyond Europe and has major implications for trade in agricultural goods all over the world including the ESA region. Since the 1950s, the CAP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004974010
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Perception de la Dégradation des Terres et Adoption des Technologies de Conservation des Eaux et des Sols au Nord du Burkina Faso : le cas du Zaï et des Cordons Pierreux
Kinane, Modeste L.; Kone, Michel; Sidibe, Amadou - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
This study is based on data collected from 141 family-type farms in the Yatenga province in Burkina Faso. A probit approach is used to analyze the effect of perception of land degradation and other factors on the adoption of zaï and stone rows. The results of the estimation show that the...
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Market and Coordination Failures in Poor Rural Economies: Policy Implications for Agricultural and Rural Development
Dorward, Andrew; Kydd, Jonathan; Poulton, Colin - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2004
This paper argues that the disappointing outcomes of adjustment policies in poor rural economies, principally in sub-Saharan Africa, can be partly attributed to weaknesses in the neo-classical theory which underlies these polices and from associated failures to recognise structural changes (or...
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