Commercialization through cooperatives has the potential to reduce transaction costs and improve bargaining power of farmers vis-à-vis the market. The objective of this study is to evaluate the probability for Ethiopian agri-cooperative to engage in collective marketing activities over time,...

The limited exemption from antitrust legislation enjoyed by the Israeli agricultural sector enabled collective marketing of fish by aquaculture producers. The cartel-like organization of fish marketing raised concerns that fish growers exploited market power to the detriment of consumers and...

This study concerns the political, economic and socio-psychological conditions for marketing and supply cooperatives in Russian agriculture. An analysis of secondary data indicates that neither political nor economic conditions inhibit the development of cooperatives. Therefore, the focus is...

Global food security in the last decade has been a topic around many international agencies, organizations, and governments. Global food security can have a broader or a narrower definition, depending on the source. Nevertheless, most of the authors agree that it has become one of the 21st...

M. Delgado Cordomí, G. Antonio Perez and M. Rodrigo Talassino. The cut-flower demand: Data generation and marketing research. There is low information about cut flower market to support to the producer’s trade in the Tucumán’s province. The aim of this study was to conduct a market survey...

Sixty-five per cent of the Serbian land area is agricultural and 55% of the population is rural.Agriculture share of GDP is more than 10% and about 47% of the rural labour force deals with agriculture. The aim of this work is to analyse the impacts of the global financial and economic crisis on...

The paper presents the results of research of agriculture of the countries of the Western Balkans in the period of 2002–2009. Specifically, general economic (GDP per capita, share of agriculture in GDP, inflation rate, and unemployment rate), resource (share of arable land in the total...

Venture backed spin-offs represent a low proportion of companies, even of innovative companies. The research question was, whether these companies have an important role in innovation and economic growth. I present the most important indicators of innovation in connection with entrepreneurship,...

Agricultural policies in India directly impact the livelihoods of close to two thirds of India’s population. Through policies, the government manages food security, urban and rural poverty, energy, and infrastructure, among others. Given the current state of India’s governance, the...