Prices, Products, and People: Analyzing Agricultural Markets in Developing Countries
The authors go beyond the traditional presentation of economic principles, offering instead a series of applied methods for data collection and analysis. Drawing on extensive experience in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, they not only describe specific procedures, but also provide a wealth of illustrative research results. This book will be particularly useful to teaching professionals, development specialists, and applied researchers working in developing countries.
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The authors go beyond the traditional presentation of economic principles, offering instead a series of applied methods for data collection and analysis. Drawing on extensive experience in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, they not only describe specific procedures, but also provide a wealth of illustrative research results. This book will be particularly useful to teaching professionals, development specialists, and applied researchers working in developing countries.
Tables and FiguresForewordForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Agricultural Marketing Research in Developing Countries: Old Tasks and New Challenges1Pt. 1Field Methods: Sub-Sector Analysis1Rapid Reconnaissance Methods for Diagnosis of Sub-Sector Limitations: Maize in Paraguay212Using Rapid Appraisal to Examine Coarse Grain Processing and Utilization in Mali433The Policy Analysis Matrix Applied to Agricultural Commodity Markets734A Multi-Product Sub-Sector Study in Rwanda995Methods for Evaluating the Market Potential of Processed Products115Pt. 2Field Methods: Market Analysis6Field Methods for Exploring the Role of Indigenous Rural Periodic Markets in Developing Countries1437Wall-to-Wall Fieldwork: Secondary Data Collection for Food Systems Research1678Field and Analytical Methods for Agricultural Commercialization Studies: Guatemala1879Industrial Organization and Market Analysis: Fish Marketing21710Socioeconomic Methods for the Study of Input Markets: Seed Potato in Argentina239Pt. 3Analytical Methods: Price Analysis11A Primer on Marketing Channels and Margins25712Using Microcomputer Spreadsheets for Spatial and Temporal Price Analysis: An Application to Rice and Maize in Ecuador27713Efficiency and Complexity: Distributive Margins and the Profits of Market Enterprises30114Analyzing Market Integration32515Pricing Conduct of Spatially Differentiated Markets343Pt. 4Analytical Methods: Models for Market Analysis16A Financial Model for the Implementation and Evaluation of Small-Scale Agro-Enterprises36117Markets, Transaction Costs, and Selectivity Models in Economic Development38318Measuring Welfare Benefits from Marketing Improvements: Potato Storage in Tunisia40319Spatial Equilibrium Models in Agricultural Marketing Research: A Simplified Exposition42120Programming Models: Potential Applications to Agricultural Marketing Research43921Equilibrium Displacement Modelling: An Application to Indonesian Food Price Policy461Index481About the Book and Editor495
