Urban Food Marketing and Third World Rural Development: The Structure of Producer-Seller Markets

ISBN-13: 9780367275914 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 272 str.

T. Scarlett Epstein

Opis

Originally published in 1982. This book explores the nature of food marketing in Third World countries. It examines the phenomenon of producer-seller markets, basing the study on the situation in New Guinea and uses this data to construct theoretical propositions for the marketing of various food items.

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction 1. The Web of Producer-seller Markets 2. Market Settings Part 2: Market Transactions 3. Demand 4. Supply Part 3: Theoretical And Practical Implications 5. Price Formation Process　 6. Food Marketing in a Developing Economy 7. Small Farmers, Increasing Food Supplies and Novel Market Structures. Appendix A. The Craft of Market Studies. Appendix B. Sellers and Buyers Schedules. Appendix C. Guidelines for Sellers and Buyers Profiles

O autorze

Trude Scarlett Epstein OBEwas a social anthropologist and economist, whose work in development studies focused in particular on rural economies.