Selecting appropriate market outlets offer the opportunity for farmers to capture a bigger share of the price paid by final consumers. However, smallholder farmers in developing countries are still confronted with myriad challenges regarding selecting profitable market outlets. Thus, the main...

Adopting new technology as a strategic resource can result in a competitive edge in any market. However, a competitive advantage cannot be acquired in the production of horticultural goods without first embracing the practices that are inextricably linked to those goods. This paper investigates...

Amidst the prevalence of certification and pursuit of global markets, there is a dearth of studies on compliance with EU certification standards and market outlet preference among mango farmers in Ghana. Therefore, this study sought to determine factors influencing mango farmers to produce to...

The study was conducted to model the drivers of PHLs along the Mango value chain. Three levels of the chain were examined: farm, wholesale, and retail levels. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The sampling method was multistage in nature, where the counties were...

Club varieties are protected horticultural varieties that farmers can grow only with the agreement of the intellectual property right holder (breeder). They contribute to the development of vertically coordinated value chains where breeders act as leading firms, because they can control both...

Many countries have attributed the decline in agricultural productivity, leading to decreased national and household food security, as a direct effect of climate change. The main objective of this study was to assess mango farmers' perception of climate change and the link between climate change...

This study was aimed at investigating the suitability of two fruits (Orange and Pineapple) as substrates for wine production and the efficiency of yeast isolated from palm wine for alcoholic fermentation of fruits. During fermentation aliquot samples were removed daily from the fermentation tank...

This study aims to analyze the impact of ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) on the 4 major exports of plantation commodities (including the commodities of coffee, cocoa, rubber, and palm oil) in Indonesia. The trade impact is measured based on the occurrence of trade creation or trade...

"Searching For Modern Mexico explains the problems and paradoxes that define the U.S.'s southern neighbor by telling the story behind the coffee, mezcal, avocados, beer, and tacos Mexico produces and exports. Author Nathaniel Parish Flannery, a veteran Latin America analyst and writer, brings...

An intercropping trial was conducted on 30-year old mango mother plant orchard, where fruits are not taken and only scion materials are obtained for grafting purpose to identify the most profitable intercrop during 2015 and 2016 rabi (spring) seasons. The orchard trees are planted at a distance...

India is the centre of origin and diversity for mango. The entire nation harbours a wide variability for the crop in terms of fruit size, quality, shape, flowering and growth behaviour etc. It is often very difficult to identify a mango plant to a particular variety. this paper describes the...

The purpose of this paper is to identify the main factors affecting the consumption of avocado fruit among Italian consumers. In order to respond to the aim of the study, an empirical survey was conducted through the submission of an online questionnaire to 327 consumers. An ordered logit...

Consumer preferences in food products are complex and multidimensional in nature, whose measurement requires the designing of succinctly validated scales. This study investigates how urban consumers perceive quality of locally grown mangoes varieties in Pakistan and how much extra price they are...

Agricultural sector is the base of the economy of underdeveloped and developing countries like Bangladesh. Food sector is an important sector for any country. Food sector is directly related to agriculture, because most of the food products come from agricultural sector. Bangladesh is an...

Diese Dissertation analysiert die Wirtschaftlichkeit und Umweltverträglichkeit von kontrolliert biologischer kleinbäuerlicher Landwirtschaft in Afrika. Am Beispiel von exportorientiertem Ananasanbau in Ghana analysieren wir, ob zertifizierte Biolandwirtschaft diese beiden Ansprüche erfüllen...

Carbon accounting and labeling are new instruments of supply chain management and, in some cases, of regulation that may affect trade from developing counties. These instruments are used to analyze and present information on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from supply chains with the hope that...

In 2001 a pilot operation to export mangoes from Mali was set up as part of the new operation plan of the Agro-Processing Trading Project (Projet d'Appui ?a Valorisation et Commercialisation des Produits Agricoles - PAVCOPA), financed by the World Bank. The objective of the project was to...

European consumers were more likely, until recently, to eat Indian, Israeli or Brazilian mangoes rather than Malian ones. However, since 2001, sea-freighted Malian mangoes produced in the south of the country by small-scale farmers have been successfully exported and retailed in Northern Europe....

"The Competitiveness of Tropical Agriculture: A Guide to Competitive Potential with Case Studies describes and synthesizes existing methodologies for evaluating competitiveness in agriculture, introduces extensions and refinements, and provides a novel approach based on a combination of...