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The study used a case study approach and a survey questionnaire to collect data on farmers markets in the Alabama Black Belt. Specific objectives were to describe the current state of development of farmers markets, categorize the farmers markets, and make comparisons between and assessments of...
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This study explores the perceptions and practices of limited resource farmers in South Central Alabama regarding farm product marketing. The objectives are to identify the demographic characteristics of the farmers, assess their marketing characteristics and identify their marketing problems and...
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Agricultural market information such as commodity prices, trade volumes and weather conditions, plays an important facilitating role in improving the performance of markets. This research assesses the impact of the agricultural Market Information Service (MIS) on the performance of maize markets...
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To spur rural development and food security, agricultural education and training in Africa has traditionally focused on increasing agricultural productivity on the farm. More recently, development practitioners and policy makers have broadened their attention to include agribusiness or...
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A credit scoring function incorporating statistical selection criteria was proposed to evaluate the credit worthiness of agricultural cooperative loans in the Fifth Farm Credit District. In-sample (1981-1986) and out-of-sample (1988) prediction performance of the selected models were evaluated...
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