Reform in the transitional economies has been marked by falls in agricultural output and by decapitalisation of the agricultural production system. A key factor is the disruption caused by the break-up of the pre-reform, vertically integrated, centrally planned, contracting system within the...

Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to assess the role of a third-party market facilitation strategy in creating sustainable market linkages and revitalizing an important agri-food sector in a developing country setting. More specifically, this study evaluates a third-party facilitator’s...