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RECENT CHANGES IN MARKETING AND TRADE PRACTICES IN THE U.S. LETTUCE AND FRESH-CUT VEGETABLE INDUSTRIES

Handy, Charles R.; Thompson, Gary D.; Glaser, Lewrene K. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2001

Fifteen lettuce and bagged salad shippers were interviewed as part of a larger study on changes in produce marketing …

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Spatial Price Analysis Incorporating Rate of Trade: Methods and Application to United States–China Soybean Trade

Han, Shengfei; Durham, Catherine A. - 2010

A regime-switching model for analysis of market integration has been developed that incorporates rate of trade information. An application of the methods to United States–China soybean trade demonstrates that the extended trade information allows better interpretation of market conditions....

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CARICOM’s COMPETITIVENESS WITHIN THE US IMPORT MARKET FOR SPECIALTY CROPS: A SHIFT-SHARE ANALYSIS

Lowe, Garfield G.; Davis, Carlton George - 2007

This paper is based on the premise that if CARICOM’s agricultural sector in general, and more specifically the export sub-sector, is to thrive in the rapidly changing trade environment there has to be a continuous systematic assessment of market opportunities and competitiveness status. Such...

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MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES FOR JAMAICA’S GRAPEFRUIT INDUSTRY

Evans, Edward A.; Nalampang, Sikavas; Spreen, Thomas H. - 2007

illegal. One alternative worth considering is exporting fresh grapefruits to the EU. This marketing opportunity comes about as … the demand for the fruit in the EU could create a marketing opportunities for countries such as Jamaica. The paper … discusses the state of the Florida citrus industry with particular reference to grapefruits and the marketing prospects for …

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Has Imported Rice Crowded-out Domestic Rice Production in Ghana? What has Been the Role of Policy?

Asuming-Brempong, Samuel; Osei-Asare, Yaw Bonsu - 2008

Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the...

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International and Internal Market Integration in Indian agriculture: A study of the Indian Rice Market

Jayasuriya, Sisira; Kim, Jae H.; Kumar, Parmod - 2007

There has been concern about the effectiveness of India's agricultural policy reforms adopted in recent years as part of the overall policy liberalisation process. These concerns have been strengthened by studies of spatial market integration of major agricultural commodity markets, such as the...

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