It is universally recognized that there is a need for increasing the amount of food available for human consumption, and at the same time, for improving the mechanisms of distribution, with views towards making it possible for people to gain access to that food. Some people have manifested...

Plum production is steadily becoming big business in Michigan. The literature shows that the industry contributes a total value of more than one million dollars annually to Michigan growers. The industry is relatively young, but so far it has demonstrated an ability for substantial growth. Its...

This study examines trends in total and per capita food crop production, marketing and prices in Rwanda during the period 1970-1991. It gives special emphasis to dry beans. This study is also concerned with gaining more insights into rural household level dry bean transactions, and gaining a...

The main objective of this paper is to develop a general framework for rural development in which marketing will play a major role. This framework could make the "learning by doing" process more efficient and effective. Specific goals of this paper are to provide the reader with: (1) a better...

The role of the agricultural sector in the process of economic development has been a controversial issue in the postwar development literature, as well as in the policy field. In recent years there seems to be greater acceptance of more balanced approaches to development which recognize the...

Agricultural marketing policy in South Africa has moved from a fully regulated marketing environment to a more open and transparent system. The demise of the Maize Board in 1996 created a need for South African maize producers to give more attention to price risk management. Commodity futures...

One of the major obstacles to the development of most Latin American countries has been the concentration of exports in a few agricultural commodities which have had unstable prices in world markets. Furthermore prices for these agricultural products have been declining relative to the prices of...

Increased rivalry in the food industry has led existing food marketers to change from a 'commodity' to a 'marketing' business orientation. This research investigates the marketing process as implemented by several consumer food product marketers. A model of the marketing process was developed...

Maize is one of the most important crops grown in Kenya. It is important as a basic staple, a source of income to many Kenyans, a source of raw material for a budding manufacturing industry as well as a source of foreign exchange. In fact, maize has been identified by the government as a major...

To many people, futures trading is a little understood and rather suspicious activity. The word most often associated with this trading is "speculation", the idea being that most of those involved in futures markets are gamblers in a high stakes game seeking profit at the expense of those...