1st Edition
Urban Food Marketing and Third World Rural Development The Structure of Producer-Seller Markets
By T. Scarlett Epstein
Copyright 1982
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1982. This book explores the nature of food marketing in Third World countries. Economic development invariably involves a transition from the traditional subsistence and/or barter economics to increasing participation in cash transactions. In many less developed countries this transition has been facilitated by enterprising middlemen, who provide the link between... Read more
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
Biography
Trude Scarlett Epstein OBE was a social anthropologist and economist, whose work in development studies focused in particular on rural economies.
