Rice is an important cereal to Ghana’s economy and agriculture. While there is huge potential for lowland rice cultivation in northern Ghana, erratic rainfall and low and degrading soil fertility remain the key constraints of production. The present study analyzes the adoption decision and the...

Price is the most critical factor in determining the way markets function. In a perfect market a price shock is transmitted to other vertically or horizontally connected markets within a given period of time. However, when markets do not function perfectly the speed and the magnitude of price...

Consumer behaviour in risky markets is a research field which was investigated and which is still investigated from different perspectives. Agent-based modelling is a relatively new research method which offers rich possibilities for consumer research. In this thesis a multi agent simulation was...

The study examines cattle keeping households’ preferences for phenotypic cattle traits in trypanosomosis prevalent production systems of Kenya and Ethiopia, using cross-sectional choice experiment survey data of 508 households. The data was collected between September 2004 and May 2005....

The dissertation develops a comprehensive theoretical framework which concerns the impact of institutional framework on economic performance at the micro and macro level. After extensively examining the existing literature, the conception of firm-government network relations and strategic...

The study uses Transaction Costs Economics Theory and Supply Chain Management frameworks to investigate determinants of coordination and supply chain performance in the Kenyan milk supply chains. The transactions investigated are between milk producers and buyer customers, between milk retailers...

Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich hauptsächlich mit dem mikroökonomischen Verhalten landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe. Dabei soll vor allem empirisch die Wirkung sozialer Netze auf Transaktionskosten auf landwirtschaftlichen Güter- und Faktormärkten untersucht werden. Für die empirische...