Marketing agricultural commodities through the Zimbabwe Agricultural Commodity Exchange / by Patricia Masanganise - [Electronic ed.] - [Harare, 1997] - 13 Bl. = 58 KB, Text . - (Working paper / Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung ; 16) Electronic ed.: Bonn : FES Library, 2002 © Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

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Marketing agricultural commodities through the Zimbabwe Agricultural Commodity Exchange / by Patricia Masanganise - [Electronic ed.] - [Harare, 1997] - 13 Bl. = 58 KB, Text . - (Working paper / Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung ; 16)
Electronic ed.: Bonn : FES Library, 2002

© Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS: A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DURING THE 1990s

SMALL HOLDER FARMERS’ MARKETING PROBLEM ANALYSIS

Storage
Road Infrastructure
Transport Facilities
Quality
Attitudes and Behaviour

THE ZIMBABWE AGRICULTURE COMMODITY EXCHANGE (ZIMACE)

HOW SMALLHOLDER FARMERS CAN MARKET THROUGH ZIMACE

CONDITIONS OF TRADING ON ZIMACE

Trading
Commodities
Volume
Transport
Pricing

CROPS THAT CAN BE TRADED ON THE EXCHANGE BY SMALLHOLDER FARMERS

Agricultural Commodity Prices Analysis For 1996/97 Marketing Year
[Storage Profitability Assessment]

RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW SMALLHOLDER FARMERS COULD EFFECTIVELY MARKET THEIR COMMODITIES

CONCLUSION

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: GMB, Private Buyers and Local Trading Commodity Prices
Table 2. Average Monthly Prices for Commodities Traded on ZIMACE
Table 3: PRICES DIFFERENCE FOR WHITE MAIZE: ZIMACE versus GMB
Table 4: Monthly Percentage Price Changes
Table 5: Monthly Profit/Loss Ratios