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The integration of the South African floriculture industry into the global market / M. van der Walt
Matthee, Marianne - 2004
.The international floriculture industry is one that is constantly changing and has a highlycompetitive environment. These challenges … floriculture industry on boththe competitiveness of the South African floriculture industry and its integration into the … floriculture arena, together with adelineation of the South African floriculture industry.The empirical study was conducted through …
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Economic and cost analysis of the floriculture industry differentiated by market segment.
Weddington, Megan - 2003
Data were collected from bedding and potted plant growers serving the wholesale and retail markets to determine business characteristics, average annual gross sales, average fixed and variable costs, costs per square foot per week ($/ft²/wk) or costs per square foot per year ($/ft²/yr) and...
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Financial Performance of U.S. Floriculture and Environmental Horticulture Farm Businesses, 1987-91
Johnson, Doyle C.; Johnson, Tarra M. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1993
The U.S. green industry (floriculture and environmental horticulture) is the fastest growing agricultural sector in …
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Innovative Logistics Concepts in the Floriculture Sector
Vorst, Jack G.A.J. van der; Bloemhof, Jacqueline M.; de … - International European Forum on Innovation and System … - 2012
’s objective is to strengthen the international leading competitive position of the Dutch floriculture sector in a global … discuss current floriculture sector developments in supply and demand and identify the main logistics bottlenecks and …
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Estrutura do mercado brasileiro de flores e plantas ornamentais
Anefalos, Lilian Cristina; Guilhoto, Joaquim J. M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
The objective of this paper is to analyze the structure of the flower and ornamental plants sector of Brazil and to verify the perspectives of its insertion in the international traded. The last years have seen efforts towards structuring the market, increasing the species and varieties mix,...
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Transportation Costs of Fresh Flowers: A Comparison across Major Exporting Countries
Vega, Henry - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
Using a case study approach of Ecuador's supply chain this presentation discusses exports dynamics from major fresh flower exporting countries. The document covers air transportation's importance, air cargo of perishables and fresh-flowers, and a discussion on supply chain's complexity, quality...
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Transportation Costs of Fresh Flowers: A Comparison across Major Exporting Countries
Vega, Henry - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
Exporting fresh flowers is one of very few successful efforts by producers in low-income countries to compete in international markets of high-value agricultural goods. While this success results from producers' ability to take advantage of their geographic location and access to low labor...
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The Green Industry Today - Some Issues and Future Prospects
Johnson, Doyle C.; Christensen, Robert L. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 13 (1995) 1
Green industry sales are projected to total $40.4 billion in 1994. The industry ranked sixth in 1991 among farm commodity groups in total cash receipts, and over the past decade total receipts increased 10 percent per year. Net income per farm is the highest of all the commodity groups....
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Productores de flor de corte de la comunidad de Francisco Zarco, en el municipio de Tenancingo, Estado de México: ¿Un caso exitoso de acción colectiva?
Gonzalez, D.I.S.; Gonzalez, D.J.G.; Garcia, V.R.; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
The idea of territory comprises a complex relationships net, its dynamics is understood by the geographical proximity, the rural agroindustry organization (AIR) and the way in which all of them are related with territory external actors. Despite the fact that between territory actors exist...
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Economic Analysis of Floricultural Plants Production in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria
Muhammad-Lawal, A.; Adenuga, A. H.; Olatinwo, K. B.; … - In: Asian Journal of Agriculture and rural Development 2 (2012) 3, pp. 373-380
In spite of the substantial contribution of floriculture to the Nigerian economy, there is still a low level of …
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