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The Effects of Market Reform on Maize Marketing Margins in South Africa: An Empirical Study

Traub, Lulama Ndibongo; Jayne, Thomas S. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

This paper determines the effect of market reform and price decontrol on the size of maize milling/retail margins in South Africa. Regression models of monthly milling/retail margins are run over the period May 1976 to September 2003. To assess the robustness of our findings, we estimate several...

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Testing Market Integration for Fresh Pineapples in Kenya

Onyuma, Samuel O.; Icart, Eric; Owuor, George - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

efficiency in the marketing system. …

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Analysis of the Structure and Performance of the Beans Marketing System in Nairobi

Odhiambo, Mark O.; Oluoch-Kosura, Willis; Kibiego, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

price fluctuations and inadequate information on production, marketing and consumption. These problems are more acute in … urban areas. This paper analyzes the structure and performance of the beans marketing system in Nairobi metropolitan area … to analyze the marketing system by applying descriptive statistics, concentration ratios and co-integration models. The …

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Access to Dynamic Markets for Small Commercial Farmers: The Case of Potato Production in the Peruvian Andes

Escobal D'Angelo, Javier; Torero, Maximo - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

The study has evaluated which are the most relevant factors that determine that a small farmer switch marketing …

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Measuring Market Integration in Mozambican Maize Markets: A Threshold Vector Error Correction Approach

Alemu, Zerihun Gudeta; Biacuana, G.R. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

The primary objective of this research was to measure the extent of market integration between major surplus and deficit maize markets in Mozambique namely, Chimoio-Maputo, Chimoio-Beira, Ribaue-Nampula, and Mocuba-Nampula. To achieve this objective, Threshold Vector Autoregressive models were...

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Cointegration and Market Integration: An Application to the Potato Markets in Rural West Bengal, India

Basu, Jyotish Prakash - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

The paper attempts to examine the market integration with the help of cointegration test on the prices of potato of Hooghly district in West Bengal. The analysis has been made at two levels, namely at the level of wholesale markets and at the retail markets. The cointegration test by Johansen...

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The Effects of Strengthened IPR Regimes on the Plant Breeding Sector in Developing Countries

Eaton, Derek J.F.; Tripp, Robert; Louwaars, Niels P. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

This paper analyzes the effect of intellectual property rights (IPR) regimes on the plant breeding sector in developing countries. Most of these countries have implemented a system of plant variety protection (PVP), or are in the process of doing so, generally as part of their obligations under...

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Efficiency and Pooling in Western Cape Wine Grape Production

Conradie, Beatrice; Cookson, Graham; Thirtle, Colin G. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

This paper uses a stochastic frontier and inefficiency model to test the efficiency of grape production in the Western Cape. The data covers two panels of wine grape farms (34 in Robertson and 36 in Worcester) for 2003 and 2004 and 37 table grape farms in De Doorns for 2004 only. Tests show that...

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Determinants of Profit Efficiency Among Small Scale Rice Farmers in Nigeria: A Profit Function Approach

Kolawole, Ogundari - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

This study employs a stochastic frontier approach to examine profit efficiency of small scale rice farmers in Nigeria using farm-level survey data collected from 200 farmers in the study area. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and standard profit function. The result shows that...

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Productivity in Malagasy Rice Systems: Wealth-Differentiated Constraints and Priorities

Minten, Bart; Randrianarisoa, Jean Claude; Barrett, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

This study explores the constraints on agricultural productivity and priorities in boosting productivity in rice, the main staple in Madagascar, using a range of different data sets and analytical methods, integrating qualitative assessments by farmers and quantitative evidence from panel data...

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