Volume 1B. Part 2: Marketing, Distribution and Consumers. Agricultural commodity markets: spot, futures, options …: an industrial organization approach (R.J. Sexton, N. Lavoie). Marketing margins: empirical analysis (M.K. Wohlgenant …). Economic analysis of food safety (J.M. Antle). Marketing and distribution: theory and statistical measurement [synthesis of 1B …

>Readership:</strong> Students and researchers of agribusiness and marketing courses; business professionals; environmentalists; and general public … focus on global food and agribusiness environment, food production trends, the structure of food chains as well as new … facilitate their strategic planning and thinking processes, demand-driven orientation, supply chain organization, marketing …

This study examines marketing cooperation between firms co-localized in an agribusiness cluster, using the proximity … findings support the conclusion that interfirm marketing cooperation in the chosen agribusiness cluster is mainly dependent on … interfirm marketing cooperation and different dimensions of proximity (cognitive, geographical, institutional, organizational …

Increases in food demand, product differentiation, and agribusiness growth provide new market opportunities for …, output marketing, input supply, and provision of technical assistance. Our empirical results also show that the members of … these marketing cooperatives have larger landholdings, better farm resources, and better access to extension services …