Prices, Products, and People : : Analyzing Agricultural Markets in Developing Countries / / ed. by Gregory J. Scott.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Alarcon, Jorge A.,; Brieva, Susana,; Christina-Tsigas, Eleni,; Collinson, Mike,; Delia Vedova, Olga,; Faminow, Merle D.,; Fuglie, Keith Owen,; Goetz, Stephan J.,; Goletti, Francesco,; Hahn, Herwig,; Harriss-White, Barbara,; Holtzman, John S.,; Immink, Maarten D.C.,; Jeffrey, Scott R.,; Krishnaiah, J.,; Lichte, John A.,; Loveridge, Scott,; Mendoza, Gilberto,; Morris, Michael L.,; Ostertag, Carlos,; Piggott, Roley,; Pomeroy, R.S.,; Porter, Gina,; Rosegrant, Mark W.,; Scott, Gregory J.,; Sebello Mendoza, Meyra,; Shapiro, Barry I.,; Sibrian, Ricardo,; Staal, Steven J.,; Tefft, James F.,; Trinidad, A.C.,; Tschirley, David L.,; Wheatley, Christopher,; Zandstra, Hubert,
• HerausgeberIn: Scott, Gregory J. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (520 p.)

The authors offer a series of applied methods, amply illustrated with research results, for data collection and analysis related to agricultural marketing in developing countries.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Agricultural Marketing Research in Developing Countries: Old Tasks and New Challenges -- Part 1 Field Methods -- 1 Rapid Reconnaissance Methods for Diagnosis of Sub-Sector Limitations: Maize in Paraguay -- 2 Using Rapid Appraisal to Examine Coarse Grain Processing and Utilization in Mali -- 3 The Policy Analysis Matrix Applied to Agricultural Commodity Markets -- 4 A Multi-Product Sub-Sector Study in Rwanda -- 5 Methods for Evaluating the Market Potential of Processed Products -- Part 2 Field Methods -- 6 Field Methods for Exploring the Role of Indigenous Rural Periodic Markets in Developing Countries -- 7 Wall-to-Wall Fieldwork: Secondary Data Collection for Food Systems Research -- 8 Field and Analytical Methods for Agricultural Commercialization Studies: Guatemala -- 9 Industrial Organization and Market Analysis: Fish Marketing -- 10 Socioeconomic Methods for the Study of Input Markets: Seed Potato in Argentina -- Part 3 Analytical Methods -- 11 A Primer on Marketing Channels and Margins -- 12 Using Microcomputer Spreadsheets for Spatial and Temporal Price Analysis: An Application to Rice and Maize in Ecuador -- 13 Efficiency and Complexity: Distributive Margins and the Profits of Market Enterprises -- 14 Analyzing Market Integration -- 15 Pricing Conduct of Spatially Differentiated Markets -- Part 4 Analytical Methods -- 16 A Financial Model for the Implementation and Evaluation of Small-Scale Agro-Enterprises -- 17 Markets, Transaction Costs, and Selectivity Models in Economic Development -- 18 Measuring Welfare Benefits from Marketing Improvements: Potato Storage in Tunisia -- 19 Spatial Equilibrium Models in Agricultural Marketing Research: A Simplified Exposition -- 20 Programming Models: Potential Applications to Agricultural Marketing Research -- 21 Equilibrium Displacement Modelling: An Application to Indonesian Food Price Policy -- Index -- About the Book and Editor -- Errata