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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509147
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Consumer Perceptions of Seafood Industries in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
McKendree, Melissa G.S.; Ortega, David L.; Widmar, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013
and agribusiness more resilient when facing such catastrophic events. Our results find that key socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909134
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Assessing the Feasibility of Implementing the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) Through an Electronic Voucher System in Zambia
Sitko, Nicholas J.; Bwalya, Richard; Kamwanga, Jolly; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
A number of problems plague the current Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP), including: late delivery of inputs; distribution of standardized inputs that may not be appropriate for all agro-ecological zones or soil types; crowding out of private sector; poor targeting, and; high cost to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909542
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Where Do Urban Households in Zambia Buy their Livestock Products?
Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource …
Livestock products and fish form an important component of urban consumers’ diet accounting for about one third of the total monthly budgetary expenditure on food. The budgetary share of livestock products increases with affluence or household income while the opposite is true for fish; 2) The...
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Urban Consumption Patterns of Livestock Products in Zambia and Implications for Policy
Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
Rapid urbanization in Zambia means that increasingly heavy demands are being placed on urban food marketing systems …
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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 …
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Linkages between Agricultural Marketing and Environmental Policies
Ravenswaay, Eileen O. van - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1993
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FOOD-GRAIN MARKET EVALUATION IN NICARAGUA: THE RICE CASE
Navarro, Luis A. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1972
Like most of the Latin American countries, Nicaragua bases its economy largely within the agricultural sector. Throughout history, the agricultural sector of Nicaragua has followed a tortuous path, which explains in part the pattern of a slow development process and the final relationship...
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E-COMMERCE AND INTERNET USE IN SMALL BUSINESSES: TRENDS AND ISSUES
Abatekassa, Getachew; Moser, Colletta H. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2003
on recent developments of E-commerce businesses and approaches to successes in Internet marketing. Details of the paper …
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The Impact of State Marketing Board Operations on Smallholder Behavior and Incomes: The Case of Kenya
Mather, David; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
Despite the resurgence of parastatal marketing boards and strategic grain reserves over the last decade in eastern and …
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