The purpose of this section is to review pricing mechanisms in agriculture and food. We started by constructing a taxonomy and system of classification for pricing mechanisms that is rooted in economic theory. This framework was applied to 26 pricing mechanisms observed from the following...

The general objective of this paper is to demonstrate the use of an innovative pricing mechanism observed from the literature in a context relevant to Canadian agriculture. The specific objectives are: · To select relevant pricing mechanisms from Parts I and II, and to select candidate...

The purpose of this study is to review pricing mechanisms discussed in the academic literature. The role of a pricing mechanism in a supply chain for a specialty farm good is to: · Allocation of supply chain profits and costs · Induce effort and investment · Price according to value and...