The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. www.ifama.org …

of Products with Designation of Origin in Mexico -- Part III – Case Studies in Agribusiness and Agri-Food Industries … local firms to participate in chains. Focusing on Latin America, this collection analyzes agribusiness and agri-food chains …

. Performance was assessed by the level of competition (using Hirschman-Herfindahl index), marketing margins and marketing costs … marketing costs for marketing maize and fertilizer, as envisaged by proponents of market liberalisation. Both marketing margins … and costs decrease with increasing trader size signifying economies of scale enjoyed by large traders. Place of purchase …

productive costs and coffee quality. Improved product quality and productive management were the most relevant aspects found to …, according to the returns and the risk level. Differentiation and costs were emphasized because they were the strategic options … that a relation between risks and returns could be presented. The returns were estimated by an index that relates costs and …

production process, participating agents, marketing costs and prices to then determine the margins and channels. The results …

production, is by costs or differentiation. A company that does not measure its processes cannot have control of the same, this …