Urban Food Marketing and Third World Rural Development: The Structure of Producer-Seller Markets (Routledge Library Editions: Food Supply and Policy)

T. Scarlett Epstein

ISBN 10: 0367275910 / ISBN 13: 9780367275914

Published by Routledge 2021-03-01, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Urban Food Marketing and Third World Rural Development: The Structure of Producer-Seller Markets (Routledge Library Editions: Food Supply and Policy)
• Publisher: Routledge 2021-03-01
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367275910
• ISBN 13: 9780367275914
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 dispersed small satellite producers and urban buyers. In spite of these developments, producer-seller markets still operate in numerous countries, particularly the newly independent Pacific island states and large parts of Africa and Asia.

This book examines the phenomenon of producer-seller markets, basing the study on the situation in New Guinea. The author then uses this data to construct theoretical propositions for the marketing of various food items and examines the producer-seller market, arguing that the lack of inter-regional economic interdependence is likely to promote secessional movements, particularly in states where two or more ethnic groups exist.

About the Author

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