El comercio de la yuca fresca en los Departamentos de Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba y Sucre
The results of a survey among 506 cassava middlemen (wholesalers and retailers) to investigate the rural and urban marketing structure for fresh cassava, in the departments of Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba, and Sucre (Colombia), are discussed. The course of fresh cassava from the farmer to the consume...
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
1984
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| description | The results of a survey among 506 cassava middlemen (wholesalers and retailers) to investigate the rural and urban marketing structure for fresh cassava, in the departments of Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba, and Sucre (Colombia), are discussed. The course of fresh cassava from the farmer to the consumer is briefly described. Commercialization costs for fresh cassava are high due to perishability problems and uncertainty in demand, especially in urban centers. Although cassava has an attractive price in rural areas, its price in urban areas is too high compared with other crops (potato, plantain, yams). Research is being conducted on solving perishability factors in cassava, which cause most of the marketing problems. (CIAT) |
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| spelling | CGSpace550732025-11-05T18:07:11Z El comercio de la yuca fresca en los Departamentos de Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba y Sucre Janssen, W. manihot esculenta trade prices socioeconomic aspects development research development economics marketing research starch crops comercio precios aspectos económicos investigacion para eldesarrollo The results of a survey among 506 cassava middlemen (wholesalers and retailers) to investigate the rural and urban marketing structure for fresh cassava, in the departments of Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba, and Sucre (Colombia), are discussed. The course of fresh cassava from the farmer to the consumer is briefly described. Commercialization costs for fresh cassava are high due to perishability problems and uncertainty in demand, especially in urban centers. Although cassava has an attractive price in rural areas, its price in urban areas is too high compared with other crops (potato, plantain, yams). Research is being conducted on solving perishability factors in cassava, which cause most of the marketing problems. (CIAT) 1984 2015-01-28T14:17:23Z 2015-01-28T14:17:23Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55073 es Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture Janssen, W. 1984. El comercio de la yuca fresca en los Departamentos de Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba y Sucre. In: Best, R. (ed.). Plan piloto para el desarrollo agro- industrial del cultivo de la yuca en algunos departamentos de la Costa Atlantica de Colombia: Tercer informe junio 1983-junio 1984. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. p. 58-64. |
| spellingShingle | manihot esculenta trade prices socioeconomic aspects development research development economics marketing research starch crops comercio precios aspectos económicos investigacion para eldesarrollo Janssen, W. El comercio de la yuca fresca en los Departamentos de Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba y Sucre |
| title | El comercio de la yuca fresca en los Departamentos de Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba y Sucre |
| title_full | El comercio de la yuca fresca en los Departamentos de Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba y Sucre |
| title_fullStr | El comercio de la yuca fresca en los Departamentos de Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba y Sucre |
| title_full_unstemmed | El comercio de la yuca fresca en los Departamentos de Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba y Sucre |
| title_short | El comercio de la yuca fresca en los Departamentos de Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba y Sucre |
| title_sort | el comercio de la yuca fresca en los departamentos de atlantico bolivar cordoba y sucre |
| topic | manihot esculenta trade prices socioeconomic aspects development research development economics marketing research starch crops comercio precios aspectos económicos investigacion para eldesarrollo |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55073 |
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