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An Analysis of the Recent Evolution of Mali’s Maize Subsector

Diallo, Amadou Sekou - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011

maize in Mali, the organization of the marketing channels and players, and the characteristics of the main consumption …

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Trends in the Production, Trade, and Consumption of Food-Legume Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa

Akibode, Comlanvi Sitou - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011

Food legumes in Sub-Saharan Africa play a vital role by being a source of livelihood for millions of people; and offer tremendous potential to contribute to the alleviation of malnutrition among resource-poor farmers. They contribute to the sustainability of cropping systems and soil fertility....

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Community Supported Agriculture: A Strategic Analysis of the Market and a Competency-‐based Strategic Plan

Meyer, Jenny - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

The Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farming model made its first appearance in the US in the 1980s, arriving from Europe and with clear social, economic and environmental goals. From less than a dozen CSA farms in the early 1990s, the movement has now expanded to over 3,000 farms. The...

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A Comparative Analysis of Strategic Management Practices in Michigan Agribusiness Firms: 1992 vs. 2012

Lopes, Miguel Vieira - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Over the past 20 years the agribusiness industry has been subject to a number of transformations and shocks that have altered its business environment and management practices. This thesis sets out to try to understand how the Michigan industry has changed in this period, and to understand if...

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Improving the Quality of Women’s Gold in Mali, West Africa: The Case of Shea

Perakis, Sonja Melissa - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009

-sector-development and rural-poverty-alleviation programs and strategies. Information asymmetry in the production and marketing of shea has …

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SOFT WHITE AND SOFT RED WHEAT PRODUCTION AND MARKETING IN MICHIGAN: IMPORTANCE SUPPLY, DEMAND, PRICE BEHAVIOR, AND FUTURES MARKET RELATIONSHIPS

Carman, Garth A. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1977

-offs in producing and marketing soft white and soft red wheat in Michigan for the purpose of identifying optimal strategies …

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THE MARKETING STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE OLIVE OIL INDUSTRY IN TUNISIA

Abdelkafi, Belhassen - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1977

benefits which could be derived from the olive oil sector will be directly affected by national policy regarding marketing and … change in production and marketing should not be underestimated. …

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THE ROUTES FOR MINIMIZING THE FERTILIZER TRANSPORTATION COST IN 1972 IN KOREA

Choi, Young Il - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1976

decreasing the marketing cost of fertilizer by reducing fertilizer transportation cost. …

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AN ASSESSMENT OF HAY MARKET INSTITUTIONS AND COORDINATION FUNCTIONS

Miller, Jeffrey H. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1986

great deal of attention, hay marketing has been neglected. Supplies of high quality hay can be expanded within the span of a … single growing season, but the marketing system generates prices which do not always clear the market and which do not serve … in hay grown in eastern states. Another reason that so little effort has been devoted to improved hay marketing is as old …

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DERIVING IMPLIED DISTRIBUTIONS FROM COMMODITY OPTION PRICES: AN APPLICATION TO SOYBEAN, CORN AND WHEAT USING MIXTURE OF LOGNORMALS

Fan, Rui - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2001

This paper develops a method to estimate the distribution of futures price movements from traded European options using a flexible mixture of lognormals distributional assumption. More specifically, the objectives are: 1) develop an alternative method for pricing commodity options when excess...

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