Marketing extension guide 5

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Marketing extension guide

Horticultural Marketing

by
Grahame Dixie


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome 2005

 

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Contents

Acknowledgements

1. An introduction to horticultural marketing

2. Helping producers to farm profitably

3. Supply and demand

Case Studies of Successful Marketing Extension

4. Marketing extension

5. Helping farmers to understand the market

6. Helping farmers to decide what to do

7. Producing for the market

8. Post-harvest handling

9. Improving marketing arrangements

Annexes

Further reading

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