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1 Sri Lanka. Ministry of Finance and Planning, Department of Census and Statistics. 2012. Bulletin of selected retail and producer prices 2008-2011. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka. Ministry of Finance and Planning, Department of Census and Statistics. 246p.
Economic aspects ; Retail prices ; Consumer prices ; Food prices ; Agricultural production ; Consumer behaviour ; Households ; Livestock products ; Rice ; Fishery products ; Surveys ; Statistics / Sri Lanka / Colombo / Gampaha / Kalutara / Kandy / Nuwara Eliya / Galle / Matara / Hambantota / Jaffna / Manna / Vavuniya / Mullativu / Killinochci / Batticaloa / Ampara / Trincomalee / Kurunegala / Puttalam / Anuradhapura / Polonnaruwa / Badulla / Moneragala / Ratnapura / Kegalla
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 310 G744 SRI Record No: H046288)
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2 Hailegiorgis, D. S.; Hagos, Fitsum. 2016. Structure and performance of vegetable marketing in East Shoa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Journal of Marketing and Consumer Research, 26:7-16.
Marketing channels ; Wholesale marketing ; Vegetables ; Performance testing ; Wholesale prices ; Profitability ; Retail marketing ; Retail prices ; Agricultural production ; Agricultural prices ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Consumers ; Trade / Ethiopia / Oromia Region / East Shoa Zone
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047764)
http://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JMCR/article/download/32249/33138
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047764.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047764.pdf
Analysis of marketing performance of vegetable plays an important role in an ongoing or future market development plan. The study primarily examines market structure of major actors and assessing the market performance for key vegetable marketing actors and channels by quantifying costs and profit margins. The data was generated by household survey using pre-tested structured questionnaires. This was supplemented by secondary data collected from different published and unpublished sources. The study result shows that the total gross marketing margin was 30% with producer participation margin of 70% implying higher marketing margin of smallholder producers. The market intermediaries incurred different marketing costs such as costs of packing, sorting, transportation, loading and unloading. Central wholesalers obtain relatively highest profit in channel numbered II and III, which amounted to Birr 204,827 and 58,675, respectively. The study result signifies that the first four largest volumes of vegetable purchased by first four big traders (CR4) constitute 50% of market share, which indicates the market structure for vegetable is strongly oligopolistic. OLS regression results also revealed that there are economies of scale for wholesalers at Meki market, which clearly indicates the presence of barrier to entry/exit for wholesalers in the market. Policy implications drawn from the study indicate that changing oligopolistic market structure, capacitating unions to supply inputs and outputs and supporting actors involved in local vegetable markets.
3 Dessalegn, Y.; Assefa, H.; Derso, T.; Haileslassie, Amare. 2016. Assessment of fruit postharvest handling practices and losses in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 11(52):5209-5214. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2016.11731]
Market policy ; Retail marketing ; Retail prices ; Fruit growing ; Fruit crops ; Postharvest systems ; Postharvest losses ; Best practices ; Nutrition security / Ethiopia / Bahir Dar
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047949)
http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJAR/article-full-text-pdf/1C0F7F162231
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047949.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047949.pdf
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Demand for fresh fruit is steadily increasing in big cities of Northwestern Ethiopia. As a result, fruits are transported from nearby as well as long distance sources to urban centers such as Bahir Dar. The type of fruit crops available in the market and number of fruit retailers are increasing from time to time. However, the key challenge facing the sector is loss across the supply chain. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to analyze fruit marketing practices, document causes and extent of postharvest losses in Bahir Dar fruit market. The study was conducted in June 2016 using semi structured questionnaire. Thirty-one fruit retailers were randomly selected and interviewed to obtain information on their socio-economic characteristics, fruit marketing practices and postharvest losses. Data analyzed using SPSS statistical software. Results revealed that, 77.4% fruit retailers are less than 31 years old, 67.8% attended above primary school education, and 83.9% have less than six years fruit trading experience. Therefore, fruit retailers are young and educated but have very limited fruit trading experience. Of the seven fruit crops commonly sold in Bahir Dar market; mango, banana and avocado were the most prevalent. The average shelf life of fruits in retailers’ hand is only 3 to 4 days and about 20% of the fruits purchased by retailers lost before reaching to consumers mainly due to inappropriate handling and lack of proper storage facility. Therefore, multifaceted interventions such as capacity development, improved fruit production and harvesting practice, and proper storage and transportation facilities establishment are required to reduce postharvest loss and extend fruit shelf-life.
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