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| Singgih, Shinta; Woods, Elizabeth. |
| Two banana supply chains (BSC), one in Indonesia (BSC1) and one in Australia (BSC2), are described based on case study research conducted in 2002. BSC1 sources bananas from small farmers for distribution through traditional markets in Jakarta. BSC2 includes farmers supplying to both major and independent retailers in Sydney through a wholesale agency with some farmer ownership. Farmers in both chains live in relative isolation from the main markets for their bananas. Prices for their bananas depend on the market prices in the city, upon which they have little control. This paper focuses on how farmers removed from key markets, deal with buyers to receive fair prices. In both chains, most transactions between farmers and their buyers were completed through... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farmers; Banana supply chain; Isolation; Trust.; Crop Production/Industries; Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24336 |
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| Singgih, Shinta; Gray, David I.; Cameron, Ewen. |
| Market pressure is forcing New Zealand greenhouse tomato growers to shift from conventional to more environmentally-friendly pest control methods such as IPM (Integrated Pest Management). Growers can access IPM manuals, but these tend to provide generalized advice, which they find difficult to apply to their own situations. Alternatively, growers can use consultants to tailor IPM strategies to their own situations. One method of providing growers with better advice is to capture the knowledge of "expert" consultants and translate this into a form that can be used by growers. To this end, two consultants with expertise in IPM strategy were studied and their knowledge documented. This paper focuses on the strategies the expert consultants used to tailor... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Decision trees; Consultants; Encarsia; Greenhouse tomato; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24396 |
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