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| Dessalegn, Gebremeskel; Jayne, Thomas S.; Shaffer, James D.. |
| The purpose of this report is to assess the efficiency of the Ethiopian grain marketing system and identify some of the constraints on market participants which influence its performance. The main questions dealt with are: How is the grain marketing system organized and coordinated? Is the grain trade business composed of many small units competing one another or is it dominated by few large participants? What are the approaches followed by traders in buying, selling and pricing grain? Are there any barriers to entry, and if so, what are the major factors? What problems and constraints are observed in transportation, storage, financial credit, and market information? How have the structure and conduct of the market and the constraints and problems... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Ethiopia; Grain markets; Marketing; Q18. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55597 |
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| O'Brien, Daniel M.. |
| Corn and wheat cash prices in Kansas are affected by a number of local supply-demand, market structure, transportation access and other factors. Kansas corn prices in 2008 were affected by form of business organization, local feedgrain production and livestock feed usage, elevator storage capacity, access to railroad grain handling facilities, and to a limited degree by the number of competitors in local markets. Geographic proximity to grain ethanol plants did not have a positive impact on local corn prices, although a number of mitigating factors may exist. Kansas wheat prices in 2008 were affected by local wheat production, elevator storage capacity, the number of competitors in local markets, and by location relative to flour mills. Evidence of... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Grain markets; Market structure; Grain ethanol; Wheat flour; Monopsonistic competition; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53041 |
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