Traditional Domestic Markets and Marketing Systems for Agricultural Products

Traditional Domestic Markets and Marketing Systems for Agricultural Products

Market systems play a major role in vibrant economies as mechanisms for exchange (necessary for specialization and economic growth) and for the coordination of that exchange (through price signals which shape producer and consumer incentives in supply and demand). This paper examines the major types...

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Main Authors: Dorward, Andrew, Kydd, Jonanthan, Poulton, Colin
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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World Development Report 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9244
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spelling okr-10986-92442021-04-23T14:02:44Z Traditional Domestic Markets and Marketing Systems for Agricultural Products Dorward, Andrew Kydd, Jonanthan Poulton, Colin World Development Report 2008 Market systems play a major role in vibrant economies as mechanisms for exchange (necessary for specialization and economic growth) and for the coordination of that exchange (through price signals which shape producer and consumer incentives in supply and demand). This paper examines the major types of marketing systems linking producers and consumers of domestically consumed agricultural products (cereals, roots and tubers, livestock products, and fruit and vegetables). For each, the major characteristics of supply and demand that affect market structures and prospects for growth in domestic demand being supplied by domestic smallholder farmers are discussed. 2012-06-26T15:42:41Z 2012-06-26T15:42:41Z 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9244 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa
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Dorward, Andrew
Kydd, Jonanthan
Poulton, Colin
Traditional Domestic Markets and Marketing Systems for Agricultural Products
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description Market systems play a major role in vibrant economies as mechanisms for exchange (necessary for specialization and economic growth) and for the coordination of that exchange (through price signals which shape producer and consumer incentives in supply and demand). This paper examines the major types of marketing systems linking producers and consumers of domestically consumed agricultural products (cereals, roots and tubers, livestock products, and fruit and vegetables). For each, the major characteristics of supply and demand that affect market structures and prospects for growth in domestic demand being supplied by domestic smallholder farmers are discussed.
author Dorward, Andrew
Kydd, Jonanthan
Poulton, Colin
author_facet Dorward, Andrew
Kydd, Jonanthan
Poulton, Colin
author_sort Dorward, Andrew
title Traditional Domestic Markets and Marketing Systems for Agricultural Products
title_short Traditional Domestic Markets and Marketing Systems for Agricultural Products
title_full Traditional Domestic Markets and Marketing Systems for Agricultural Products
title_fullStr Traditional Domestic Markets and Marketing Systems for Agricultural Products
title_full_unstemmed Traditional Domestic Markets and Marketing Systems for Agricultural Products
title_sort traditional domestic markets and marketing systems for agricultural products
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9244
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