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Modernizing Africa’s Fresh Produce Supply Chains without Rapid Supermarket Takeover: Towards a Definition of Research and Investment Priorities

Tschirley, David L.; Ayieko, Miltone W.; Hichaambwa, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

received greatest attention. In nearly the entire continent, the so-called traditional marketing sector – open air markets …, dispersed informal vendors, and traditional shops – is expected to play a dominant role in fresh produce marketing for several … production and marketing systems over a time frame acceptable to most policy makers and donors. Public engagement, preferably …

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Toward Improved Marketing and Trade Policies to Promote Household Food Security in Central and Southern Mozambique: 2007 Update

Tschirley, David L.; Abdula, Danilo Carimo - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2007

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique

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Toward Improved Maize Marketing and Trade Policies to Promote Household Food Security in Central and Southern Mozambique

Tschirley, David L.; Abdula, Danilo Carimo; Weber, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2006

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique

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How are Vegetables Marketed into Lusaka? The Structure of Lusaka’s Fresh Produce Marketing System and Implications for Investment Priorities.

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

Key findings regarding the structure of trade for tomato, rape, and onion into Lusaka are (a) regional trade is an important part of Zambia’s fresh produce system, (b) supply chains for tomato, rape, and onion are short, (c) the role of the modern market system is very small, and (d) the role...

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Do Brokers Help or Hinder the Marketing of Fresh Produce in Lusaka? Preliminary Insights from Research

Tschirley, David L.; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

’s produce. This policy brief explores the role of brokers in the marketing of fresh produce in Soweto Market. It concludes that …

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Improving Kenya’s Domestic Horticultural Marketing System: Competitiveness, Forces of Change and Challenges for the Future

Tschirley, David L.; Muendo, Kavoi Mutuku; Ayieko, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2004

Published by Tegemeo Institute for Agricultural Policy and Development

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Agricultural Transformation in Zambia: Alternative Institutional Models for Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth, and Commercialization

Chapoto, Antony; Haggblade, Steven; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

institutions. Maize receives intensive government input and marketing support. In contrast, cotton relies primarily on private …

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Staple Food Market Sheds in West Africa

Haggblade, Steven; Longabaugh, Steven; Boughton, Duncan; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

This paper aims to identify the geographic extent of major staple food market sheds in West Africa as well as the major trade corridors that link surplus producing areas with the deficit markets they serve. The method employed combines data on the spatial distribution of rural and urban...

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Financialization and Structural Change in Commodity Futures Markets

Irwin, Scott H.; Sanders, Dwight R. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 44 (2012) 03

The first decade of the 21st century has perhaps witnessed more structural change in commodity futures markets than all previous decades combined. Not only have trading volumes and open interest increased markedly, but this time period also saw historic changes in both trading and participants....

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Improving Kenya's Domestic Horticultural Production and Marketing System: Current Competitiveness, Forces of Change, and Challenges for the Future Volume I: Horticultural Productio...

Muendo, Kavoi Mutuku; Tschirley, David L. - Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and … - 2004

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